SmithDavidson Gallery is the official gallery for Marie Cecile Thijs with access to the full collection.
Cécile Thijs is a Dutch artist with a distinctive signature. Her portraits are still lifes and her still lifes become portraits. Objects become characters. They move away from their daily destination, away from time and space. That provides intriguing creations, where elements like tranquility, dynamics and sometimes also humor meet. In her work the unusual is natural.
Photographs of Marie Cécile Thijs - in terms of light and color - are reminiscent of the Golden Age. The old masters in painting are a major source of inspiration. At the same time her work is totally contemporary. She is specialised in staged photography, and created the series White Collar, Food Portraits, Cooks, Horses and Human Angels, which are still in progress to this day.
Cécile Thijs is a Dutch artist with a distinctive signature. Her portraits are still lifes and her still lifes become portraits. Objects become characters. They move away from their daily destination, away from time and space. That provides intriguing creations, where elements like tranquility, dynamics and sometimes also humor meet. In her work the unusual is natural.
Photographs of Marie Cécile Thijs - in terms of light and color - are reminiscent of the Golden Age. The old masters in painting are a major source of inspiration. At the same time her work is totally contemporary. She is specialised in staged photography, and created the series White Collar, Food Portraits, Cooks, Horses and Human Angels, which are still in progress to this day.
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ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2024
SmithDavidson Gallery congratulates Marie Cecile Thijs on being awarded Dutch Artist of the Year 2023.
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Selected Exhibitions
2023 - Reflections, SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2022 - The Photography Show, SmithDavidson Gallery, New York, USA
2022 - Solo: Parallels, SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2022 - 9th Beijing International Art Biennale, Hispano American hall, National Museum of Art (NAMOC), Beijing, China
2021 - Solo: Marie Cecile Thijs, Museum Landgoed Fraeylemaborg, Slochteren, The Netherlands
2021 - Solo: A Surreal World, SmithDavidson Gallery, Miami, USA
2019 - Solo: SOLO, SmithDavidson Gallery Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 - Panorama Tulipland 3.0 - Building blocks for a new museum, Museum de Zwarte Tulp, Lisse, The Netherlands
2018 - Solo: Tussen Hemel en Aarde, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, The Netherlands
2018 - The Unusual Is Natural, Palazzo Saluzzo Paesana, Turin, Italy
2018 - WE ARE FOOD - over de kunst van voedsel, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, The Netherlands
2017 - FOOD! Eten in de kunst en design van nu, Museum Nairac, Barneveld, The Netherlands
2017 - Cat Love, Nine lives in the Arts, Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2017 - Solo: exposition, Casa Tua, Aspen, Colorado, USA
2016 - Stills in Motion, 10 Corso Como Gallery, Shanghai, China
2016 - Solo: Argentum, SmithDavidson Gallery Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 - BAL, Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, The Netherlands
2016 - Hemels Rembrandt, in collaboration with Rembrandthuis, Rembrandt Tower Boardroom, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 - Mix and Match, SmithDavidson Gallery Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 - Beauty and the Beast, the Animal in Photography, MOPA, San Diego, USA
2016 - Dutch Identity, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands
2016 - Pavillion Chairmanship European Union, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 - Solo: Museum aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2014 - 1st Place - International Masters Cup, Category Food, Chickpeas
2014 - Exhibition at Sotheby's Paris, France
2014 - Presentation on Mediawand Rotterdamse Schouwburg
2013 - Portrait Salinero included in the collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
2013 - Top 3 Internationa, Masters Cup - Category Fine Art, White Collar & Majestic
2012 - Exhibition Melkweg Gallery The Last Dance, Highlights by curator Suzanne Dechert
2012 - Awarded in the Internationa, Photography Awards IPA, Unicorn
2012 - Exhibition at New York photofestival Photoville, Cooks, New York, USA
2011 - Awarded in the International Photography Awards IPA, White Collar & Cooks
2011 - Exhibition, Supreme Court The Hague, Legal Practitioners, The Hague, The Netherlands
2010 - Selected by the Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago for the Art of Photography Show 2010, White Collar. Chicago, USA
2010 - Awarded in Masters Cup of the International Color Awards, Human Angels
2007 - Portraits Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999 - Photobook Roomse Rituelen, publisher Ad. Donker Rotterdam
Selected Collections
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego, United States
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, United States
the National Museum of History and Art Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Selected Art Fairs
Photo London, London, United Kingdom
KunstRAI Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
PAN Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Paris Photo OVR, Paris, France
MIA Photo fair, Milan, Italy
Fresh Eyes Photo Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Zona Maco FOTO, Mexico City, Mexico
Art Miami, Miami, USA
EXPO Chicago, Chicago, USA
Art New York, New York City, USA
TEFAF Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Palm Beach, USA
Art Silicon Valley / San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
2023 - Reflections, SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2022 - The Photography Show, SmithDavidson Gallery, New York, USA
2022 - Solo: Parallels, SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2022 - 9th Beijing International Art Biennale, Hispano American hall, National Museum of Art (NAMOC), Beijing, China
2021 - Solo: Marie Cecile Thijs, Museum Landgoed Fraeylemaborg, Slochteren, The Netherlands
2021 - Solo: A Surreal World, SmithDavidson Gallery, Miami, USA
2019 - Solo: SOLO, SmithDavidson Gallery Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 - Panorama Tulipland 3.0 - Building blocks for a new museum, Museum de Zwarte Tulp, Lisse, The Netherlands
2018 - Solo: Tussen Hemel en Aarde, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, The Netherlands
2018 - The Unusual Is Natural, Palazzo Saluzzo Paesana, Turin, Italy
2018 - WE ARE FOOD - over de kunst van voedsel, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, The Netherlands
2017 - FOOD! Eten in de kunst en design van nu, Museum Nairac, Barneveld, The Netherlands
2017 - Cat Love, Nine lives in the Arts, Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2017 - Solo: exposition, Casa Tua, Aspen, Colorado, USA
2016 - Stills in Motion, 10 Corso Como Gallery, Shanghai, China
2016 - Solo: Argentum, SmithDavidson Gallery Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 - BAL, Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, The Netherlands
2016 - Hemels Rembrandt, in collaboration with Rembrandthuis, Rembrandt Tower Boardroom, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 - Mix and Match, SmithDavidson Gallery Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 - Beauty and the Beast, the Animal in Photography, MOPA, San Diego, USA
2016 - Dutch Identity, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands
2016 - Pavillion Chairmanship European Union, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 - Solo: Museum aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2014 - 1st Place - International Masters Cup, Category Food, Chickpeas
2014 - Exhibition at Sotheby's Paris, France
2014 - Presentation on Mediawand Rotterdamse Schouwburg
2013 - Portrait Salinero included in the collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
2013 - Top 3 Internationa, Masters Cup - Category Fine Art, White Collar & Majestic
2012 - Exhibition Melkweg Gallery The Last Dance, Highlights by curator Suzanne Dechert
2012 - Awarded in the Internationa, Photography Awards IPA, Unicorn
2012 - Exhibition at New York photofestival Photoville, Cooks, New York, USA
2011 - Awarded in the International Photography Awards IPA, White Collar & Cooks
2011 - Exhibition, Supreme Court The Hague, Legal Practitioners, The Hague, The Netherlands
2010 - Selected by the Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago for the Art of Photography Show 2010, White Collar. Chicago, USA
2010 - Awarded in Masters Cup of the International Color Awards, Human Angels
2007 - Portraits Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999 - Photobook Roomse Rituelen, publisher Ad. Donker Rotterdam
Selected Collections
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego, United States
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, United States
the National Museum of History and Art Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Selected Art Fairs
Photo London, London, United Kingdom
KunstRAI Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
PAN Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Paris Photo OVR, Paris, France
MIA Photo fair, Milan, Italy
Fresh Eyes Photo Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Zona Maco FOTO, Mexico City, Mexico
Art Miami, Miami, USA
EXPO Chicago, Chicago, USA
Art New York, New York City, USA
TEFAF Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Palm Beach, USA
Art Silicon Valley / San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
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