Marieken Cochius

Marieken Cochius is a Dutch-born artist whose work is meditative and intuitive and often explores growth forms, movement of light and wind, root systems, and animal architecture. She is drawn to remote places where she studies nature and makes art inspired by it. Her work encompasses drawing, painting and sculpture. In 2021 Cochius received an NYSCA Decentralization Grant for an Individual Artist Commission. She is a 2020 recipient of a Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA), Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund grant. In 2017 Cochius completed a public sculpture commission for the Village of Wappingers Falls, NY made possible by a grant from the Hudson River Foundation.
Cochius' work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and institutions in places ranging from New York City, NY, Berkeley, CA, Austin, TX, and Los Angeles, CA, to Japan, Germany and the Netherlands. She has participated in residencies including the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. Cochius' work has been recently shown in group exhibitions at the Lockwood Gallery, Kingston, NY, 6th International Drawing Triennial in Tallinn, Estonia, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery at UConn Avery Point, CT; Foundry Art Centre, St Charles, MO; Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, Wood...

​EDUCATION:
1987-1993: Kunst Academie St. Joost, Breda, Netherlands. Photography and Film.
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GRANTS AND AWARDS:
2021: Individual Artist Commission, NYSCA Decentralization Grant Program administered by
Arts Mid-Hudson.
2020: Foundation for Contemporary Arts: FCA Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund
Marjorie Curit Award for Contemporary and Non-Traditional work. Providence Art Club, RI
2016: Commission for Public Sculpture funded by Hudson River Foundation Grant for the
Village of Wappingers Falls, NY.
2007: Vermont Studio Center; residency (11/07)
2005: Jacklight Gallery, NYC; Best in Show award: SOLO show.
1999: Vermont Studio Center; residency (4/99)
1992: Golden Flame: 1st Prize in Dutch National Video Award for up and coming talent. Short productions.
1989: Eddie Adams Workshop, Jeffersonville, NY : 4 day photography workshop
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PUBLIC WORKS:
2017: Sculpture for the Village of Wappingers Falls, NY. Installed on 12/20/2020
"The Gathering" Driftwood and metal. 96"x 66"x 18" (240cm x 165cm x 45cm)
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Once Occupied, Now Empty. Solo Show
Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY: Invisible Nature. Solo Show
2012: Lily Too Gallery, Madison, CT: Marieken Cochius. Solo Show
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SOLO and TWO PERSON SHOWS:
2020: (October) Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh, NY: Terra/ Derma, 2 person show with Kent Peter
2016: Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY: Invisible Nature
2016: Holland Tunnel Gallery, NYC: Space
2012: Lily Too Gallery, Madison, CT: Marieken Cochius
2005: Jacklight Gallery, NYC: Oology
2000: The Thai Cafe, NYC: Works by Marieken Cochius
1990: De Foyer, Nijmegen, Netherlands: Meat Market NY

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
2021: The 2021 Kingston Design Showhouse: Artworks selected by Maryline Damour
The Lockwood Gallery, Kingston, NY: One Thing Leads to Another
6th International Drawing Triennial in Tallinn (Estonia): IMPULSE
Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT: 2021, curated by Joseph Fucigna
CreArt Music Festival 2020/21 - Web Experience Edition with Guillermo Laporta
LBIF, Loveladies, NJ: "Works on Paper" 2021, curated by Lanka Tattersall (MoMA)
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA: 2021 Curated by Eleanna Anagnos director of OyG Projects
by Mary-Kay Lombino, Curator, Loeb Art Center, Vassar2020: Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, UConn Avery Point, CT: Open Air 202
- Foundry Art Centre, St Charles, MO: Global Impact
-The Artist Essentials: "What Matters Most", curated by Huguett...