Marieke Bolhuis

Marieke Bolhuis was born in Hilversum, the Netherlands, Europe. She graduated from the school of Art and Industrial Design in Enschede, the Netherlands in 1984 and studied at the Rijksacademie Amsterdam. Participate in a numerous solo and group shows since 1984
In 1990 she made her first installation for Artist Space W139 in Amsterdam
In the following years many different installations where purposely built for specific sites in The Netherlands, France, and Memphis Tennessee. From these installations only the sketches and photos remain.
In 2003 she was invited by Amsterdam Print Center to use a large digital Epson printer. She started to photograph landscapes with meaning.
In 2005 she traveled to Iran [for Mesopotamia] in 2006 to Iceland, Japan,Tenerifeand in 2007 to Lanzarote and in 2008 to Jordan, Japan and Cappadocia in Turkey for the series about the earths crust.
In her studio she made small objects, using earth related material like glass clay cement, and placed them into the photos to point out the underlying meaning, drawing special attention to this by placing a landmark made of a mixture of different soil types.
The final work are often giclee prints printed by Bernard Ruijgrok Piezografie Amsterdam on German etchi...

Education: 1980 - 1981 - Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam, nl
1982 - 1984 - A.K.I., Enschede, nl

Grants / Nominations
2013 Amsterdam Fund for visual Arts, 3 sculptures, NL
2006 AIR residency + grant; Hirado Japan
2005 Grant for Iran,Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds,NL
2003 Grant; Basisstipendium fund for Visual Art B
2000 The Mondriaan funds installation Oerol,NL
1998 The Mondriaan funds installation Oerol,NL
1997 Grant;Basisstipendium funds BKVB, NL
1988 grant City of Amsterdam 5x last in 1995, NL
1984 Royal grant for painting also in 1985, 1996, NL
1992 Submision Ministery of Culture OCW, NL
1985 Grant; Starter Stipend, Fund for Visual Art, Amsterdam NL

2017 Groupe Global 3000, Berlin,Germany
Bienale kunst in de heilige Driehoek,
Oosterhout NL
2016 Art Amsterdam, Fair Amsterdam, NL
2015 NO Walls, Art Rotterdam, NL
2011 mail art project, VanAbbe museum, Eindhoven,
NL
Los Angeles Art Association, met C.A.R, LA,
USA
Het is aan, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL
C.A.R. contemporary Art Ruhr, Essen,
Germany
2010 PAN, FAIR, Amsterdam,NL
2009 Seyhoun Gallery, Europe now, West –Hollywood, LA, USA
2008 Anchor graphics and [c]space at Columbia college Chicago, USA
Art Rotterdam Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York
Art Amsterdam, NL at PARC-Editions, NL
Peace Museum, Nagasaki, Japan
Gallery Art Studio G++, Nagasaki, Japan
It's not easy, Exit Art, Chelsea, New York, USA
New Prints 2008 autumn, IPCNY, New York, USA
Night of 1000 drawing, Artists Space, New York, USA
2007 International Print Center New York, IPCNY, autumn 2007, New York, USA
Cumulus’, gast curator voor artist space, NP40, Amsterdam
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