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Education: Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam 1977-1982
Awards
2018 Grand Prix of Bozena Augustinova, Textile Art of Today, Bratislava
2010 Bavarian State Prize, Exempla, Munich, BRD
2009 ZOOM, Prize of Slovak Textile Artists Association, Bratislava
2002 OBG Award, International Textile Art Biennale, Belfast, UK
2002 Biennale prize, 2nd International Tapestry Art Biennale, Beijing, China
2001 Bronze medaille, 10th Textile triennial, Lodz, Poland
1999 Excellence Award, 6th International Textile Competition, Kyoto, Japan
1998 Sincol Prize, 4th “In Our Hands” Competition, Nagoya, Japan
1996 Betonac Prize,4th Internationale Betonac Prijs, Belgium
1995 Outstanding Prize Lacquered Textile Contest, Komatsu, Japan
1994 Profielprize, Stichting Profiel, Amsterdam
Selected Exhibitions: solo/duo
2019 - Constellation- Honolulu Museum of Art, Hawaii
Finding Form- Flow gallery, London, UK
2018 - Galerie Agnes Raben, Vorden
Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam
2017 - Fiber & Form, Flow gallery, London, UK
Universum, Raum für Kunst und Natur, Bonn,DE
Pas de Deux, Villa Friede, Bonn, DE
2015 - Linked Spaces, LaKazerna, Bad Nieuweschans
Galerie Agnes Raben, Vorden
2014 - Schattenschaetze- Raum für Kunst und Natur, Bonn, DE
Ginder, Museum De Speeltoren, Monnickendam
2013 - Resonantie- Galerie Agnes Raben- Vorden
Infectie- PuntWG- Amsterdam
2012 - Galerie Kunst is Kunst, Amsterdam
Galerie Agnes Raben, Vorden
Musëe Marzelles, Marmande, France
2011 - Schubben, zout en zeewier,Galerie 59, Amsterdam
2010 - 10xxx, Tricotfabriek, Winterswijk
2009 - Palimpsest, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, USA
2008 - Palimpsest I + II, Museum Waterland, Purmerend
2004 - Dots & Dashes, Ned. Textielmuseum, Tilburg
2003 - Tercera gallery, Palo Alto, USA
2002 - Gallerymateria, Scottsdale, USA
2000 - Gallery/Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Selected exhibitions: Group
2019 - STRUKTUREN!- Galerie Kellermann, Dusseldorf, DE
COLLECT, Flow gallery, Londen, UK
IDENTITY & INTERSECTION, Browngrotta arts, Wilton, USA
ART ON PAPER, Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam, NL
2018 - EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR APPLIED ARTS, Mons, Belgium
HUID, CBK, Emmen, NL
KUNSTRAI, Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam, NL
ART ON PAPER, Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam, NL
TEXTILE ART OF TODAY, Danubiana Museum, Bratislava, SK
DOTS, CIRCLES AND SPHERES, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, DE
KOREA BOJAGI FORUM EXHIBITION, Seoul, South Korea
THE EYE IS THE CENTRE, Ketelfactory, Schiedam, NL
BLUE/GREEN, Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, USA
KLEUR & ABSTRACTIE, Textile Museum, Tilburg, NL
100% PLANTAARDIG, LaKaserna, Bad Nieuweschans, NL
ASIA EUROPE III, Jan. Monkutes-Marks Museum, Kedainiai, Lithuania
2017 - KUNSTRAI, Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam, NL
COLLECT, Flow gallery, Londen, UK
STILL CRAZY…, Browngrotta arts, Wilton, USA
LIBRES COMME L'ART, XIe Triennale mini textiles, Musée d’Angers, France
PLUNGE , Browngrotta Arts, New Bedford Art Museum, USA
ASIA EUROPE III, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland
2016 - ART KARLSRUHE, galerie Franzis Engels, Karlsruhe, DE
KUNSTRAI, Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam, NL
ART.FAIR KEULEN,Galerie Franzis Engels, Keulen, DE
CHEMINS CROISÉ, WCC.bf, Mons, Belgium
ARTBOOM, Browngrotta arts, Wilton, USA
TEGENDRAADS, Galerie Witteveen, Amsterdam
COLOURS OF SEASON, Galerie Ramakers, Den Haag
BOJAGI FORUM, Suwon Museum of Art, South Korea
ASIA EUROPE III, Textil Museum Krefeld, Germany
SOFA CHICAGO, Browngrotta arts, Chicago, USA
SUMMERTIME, Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam
2015 - SIGNED, Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam015
ZERO SQUARED- Dutch Textile museum, Tilburg
Art Karlsruhe- Galerie Franzis Engels, Karlsruhe, DE
Meister der Moderne- International Trade Fair, München, DE
DELICACIES- Galerie Ramakers, The Hague, NL
2014 - BENOVW- Espace Enny, Laag-Keppel, NL
EEN WINTERTUIN- Galerie Ramakers, The Hague, NL
RAW ART FAIR, Galerie Franzis Engels, Rotterdam
ASIA-EUROPE II- Textilmuseum Krefeld, DE
Musée Jean-Lurçat, Angers, France
RUUDUKKO-IZGARA: Marmara Univ., Istanbul, TR
OF TWO MINDS, Gallery Browngrotta, Wilton, USA
2013 - AAF- Hamburg- Galerie Kunst is Kunst, DE
STRINGS- Designgalerie Vlaanderen- Brussel , BE
SLOW FREEZE- Gemak- Den Haag
2012 LANGSAM UND LEISE, Kunstlerforum, Bonn, DE
SENSE OF PLACE, Art Alliance, Philadelphia, USA
EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR APPLIED ARTS, Mons, Belgium
PAPERWORKS, Flinngallery, Greenwich, USA
TALLINN APPLIED ART TRIENNIAL, Tallinn, Estonia
Earlier Exhibitions, a choice
2000 KunstRAI, Galerie Binnen, Amsterdam
Gallery/Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
De voorstelling, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2001 gallerymateria, Scottsdale, USA
Nederlands Textiel, 4e Triennale, Doornik, Belgium
10e Textieltriennale, Lodz, Poland
Lace for Fashion, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australie
Braid, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
Face To, Poselli house, Rauma, Finland
A shriek from an invisible box, Meguro Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2002 Art Rotterdam, Galerie Binnen, Rotterdam
Gallerymateria, Scottsdale, USA
2e Internationale Tapestry Art Biennale, Beijing, China
International Textile Art Biennale, Belfast, UK
2003 Tercera gallery, Palo Alto, USA
Spirit of Material, Art Centre Silkeborg Bad, Denmark
Kunst op Kamers, De Rijp
2004 Meister der Moderne, Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munchen, BRD
Holland Papier Biennale 2004, Museum Rijswijk
Dots & Dashes, Ned. Textielmuseum, Tilburg
2005 Cervini Haas Gallery/Gallerymateria, Scottsdale, USA
SOFA NY, Cervini Haas Gallery/Gallery Materia, New York USA
Interface, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Temptation, Cheongju Int. Craft Biennale 2005, Korea
Sign Post to a new Space, Symposium, Harrogate, UK
2006 Beyond Weaving,Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, USA
Contemporary Dutch Fiber, Fiber Art Centre,Amherst, USA
ART Rotterdam, Galerie Binnen, Rotterdam
SOFA NY,Gallery Materia, Lecture+booksigning, New York, USA
Convoi Exceptionnel, Galerie Maria Chailloux, Amsterdam
2007 Solmukohta, Craftmuseum, Jyvaskyla, Finland
Textilkunst-Zauber des Fadens,Galerie Handwerk, Munchen, BRD
BRICK, the exhibition, Groot Handelsgebouw, Rotterdam
25 jaar Binnen, Galerie Binnen, Amsterdam
2008 SoftWare, Pulchri Studio, Den Haag
Knooppunt-Solmukohta, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk
Palimpsest I + II, Museum Waterland, Purmerend
SOFA CHICAGO, Cervini Haas Gallery, USA
2009 Marian Bijlenga: Palimpsest, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, USA
Cut the edge, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, USA
ZOOM, Gallery X, Bratislava ,Slovakia
Trous Cailloux, Antraigues, France
Aandacht, Arti, Amsterdam
Lingam, Adellab, Stockholm, Sweden
10th Wave III, Art Textiles, Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, USA
European prize for Applied Art, Mons, Belgium
2010 Lingam, Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht
Exempla 2010, Munchen, Germany
SOFA NY, Browngrotta Arts, New York, USA
Galerie Kunst is Kunst, Amsterdam
Eunique, Top of Europe, Karlsruhe, BRD
Inspiration by Paper, Gallery X, Bratislava, Slovakia
10xxx, Tricotfabriek, Winterswijk
Portage, Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland Islands, UK
Bio=Kunst, Museum Waterland, Purmerend
2011 Going Dutch, Flow Gallery, London, UK
Traces, Gregg Museum, Raleigh, USA
Gallery of Prizewinners, Gallery Handwerk, Munich, BRD
SOFA NY, Gallery BrownGrotta, New York, USA
Woven World-The five continents, International Triennial Textile Arts, Tournai, Belgium
Stimulus, Art and its inception, Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, USA
Schubben, zout en zeewier,Galerie 59, Amsterdam
Peindre autrement, Instituut Neerlandais, Paris, France
Museum Collecties
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Dutch Textile Museum,Tilburg
Government Collection, The Hague
Dutch Costume Museum, The Hague
Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art, NL
Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
CODA Museum , Apeldoorn
Craftmuseum, Finland
Longhouse Reserve, USA
Museum of Art & Design, New York, USA
Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Calais, France
Musëe Marzelles, Marmande, France
Musée d’Angers, France
HOMA- Honolulu Museum of Arts, Hawaii
Bedrijfscollecties
SVB Sociale Verzekerings Bank
LUMC Leids Univ. Medisch Centrum
AMC Amsterdams Medisch Centrum
UMCU Univ. Medisch Centrum Utrecht
AFM Autoriteit Financiële Markten
BZ Ministerie voor Buitenlandse Zaken