Sculptor Joeki Simak (Budapest, Hungary, 1925 - Rotterdam, 2015) attended the art academy in Rotterdam, where she has continued to live and work ever since. She was active as an artist from the period 1940. Until her death on January 8, 2015, she lived in a retirement home, where her studio was also located. She says she made 'figure performances', in which people played an important role. Simak also worked with paintings, ceramics and graphics, depicting domestic scenes and panoramas, among other things. She was married to sculptor Huib Noorlander.
