Aukje Koks is a visual artist living and working in Antwerp, Belgium.
In 2002, Aukje Koks graduated from St Joost Academy of Arts in Breda. Her artwork has received recognition, including the Royal Award for Painting in 2005, the Wolvecamp Prize for Painting in 2012, and a nomination for the Illy Prize in 2012.
She furthered her education by studying at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam from 2007-08 and completed residencies at Wiels in Brussels, Prague, and Vienna (Sammlung Lenikus), as well as a residency at Woning van Wassenhove/Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Belgium in 2019.
Aukje Koks has exhibited her work at notable venues such as GEM/Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Stigter van Doesburg Gallery in Amsterdam, Centre d’Art Contemporain Chanot in Clamart, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Wiels in Brussels, MOT International in Brussels, Fonderia Artistica Battaglia in Milan, Maison Grégoire in Brussels, Mains d’Oeuvres in Saint Ouen, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, and the Nubuke Foundation in Accra.
Her artistic practice has been supported by a.o. the Flemish Government, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the Mondriaan Fund.
Her work is in several collections, among others Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Museum Voorlinden in Wassenaar, Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Central European Bank in Frankfurt, ING Bank, De Nederlandsche Bank and private collections.