17 Marja De Jong Artist

Marja de Jong artist

Marja de Jong • born in 1947 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands • moved to Finland in 2003 • artist, art teacher and art director • founder of art centre Saksala ArtRadius • founder of the metsä-LABYRINTTI on Saksalanharju • co-founder of the annual taidekirppujen yö in Haukivuori • co-organizer of the art education symposiums NATURALLY ART • involved with art, art education, cultural and creative tourism • developing programs for the exchange between Finnish and international artists • promoting the region through international contacts • working in Haukivuori on a unique project for innovative active cultural and creative tourism; a combination of art, culture, nature and tourism, • developing a year round inviting cultural, creative and nature program for artistic events, short or longer stays to increase the number of (international) cultural tourists in Haukivuori • working on an own art production

Saksala on the Rock – series of 49 – acrylic - 14x14 cm 2007-2009

Sunset Sunrise – acrylic – 122x134 cm - 2007

private collection private collection Finnish Landscape –– acrylic – 40x40 cm 2006-2008

private collection Daisies for Margreet and Jeroen – acrylic – 50x50 cm 2007

Eastern Eggs – acrylic – 6 cm - 2006

private collection 1980-2005 – acrylic – 100x100 cm – 2005-2006

Mariette 18 years – mixed media – 50x50 cm - 2006

Finnish Landscape – series painting in a box – acrylic – 7.5x7.5 cm 2007

Finnish Landscape – series of 35 – acrylic – 7.5x7.5 cm 2007

24 HOURS – DAY and NIGHT – diptych - acrylic – 122x122+122x100 cm - 2005

private collection Singapore series – mixed media – 50x50 cm - 2002

1947 – acrylic paint – 122x122 cm - 2000

self=-I – mixed media –131x107 cm - 1999

private collection Winter Square – oil paint – 122x134 cm - 1999

LUSTRUM – series of 9 – oil paint – 20x30 cm 1998

private collection Letter to my Father – oil paint – 122x122 cm - 1998

private collection Letter to the Past – oil paint – 122x122 cm - 1998

Under Square – oil paint – 134x122 cm - 1998

Written Square – oil paint – 122x134 cm - 1998

private collection Square in Square – oil paint – 110x122 cm - 1998

private collection Nude with Cats – oil paint – 100x100 cm - 1998

private collection Mike and Lotje – oil paint – diptych 2 x 70 x 100 cm 1998

private collection Nude with Cats – oil paint – 60x60 cm - 1997

Nude – oil paint – 60x50 cm - 1997

all in private collection series I 'paint in a box' called 'alarm clock' 7.5x7.5x5 cm 1995

Square with Nude VII-VIII – oil paint – 122x122 cm - 1995

private collection Square with Nude V-VI – oil paint – 122x110 cm - 1994

private collection private collection Square with Nude III-IV – oil paint – 132x122 cm - 1994

Square in Square - diptych – oil paint – 70x70 cm - 1993

private collection private collection Square with Nude I-II – oil paint – 122x132 cm - 1992

Passage – oil paint – 110x122 cm - 1991

Movement – oil paint – 110x122 cm - 1991

tear up a landscape 4 – mixed media 50x70 cm 1990

Waiting for the rain I+II – acrylic – 70x50 cm 1989

private collection Nude – oil paint – 110x90 cm - 1989

Rebuilding – oil paint – 90x80 cm - 1987

Painter – oil paint – 100x90 cm - 19986

Dancing with the Doll – oil paint – 100x90 cm - 1983

Dixieland – oil paint – 80x90 cm - 1983

New Boots – oil paint – 80x90 cm - 1983

private collection Calling with Grandma – oil paint – 80x90 cm - 1983

La Jeunesse – oil paint – 80x90 cm - 1983

private collection After Square with Nude V – mixed media – 30x30 cm – 1994-1996

Cover book – crayon – 70x50 cm – 1988

‘misschien ben jij het wel’ – Indian ink – 30x20 cm - 1988

Series the Box – Indian ink – 50x75 cm - 1989

Series of Tulips – Indian ink – 75x50 cm - 1989

Series of Bellflowers – Indian ink – 75x50 cm - 1989

Cats – Indian ink – 50x65+50x50 cm - 1988

On the Edge – Indian ink – 50x75 cm - 1988

artist work Working as an artist in own atelier first in Holland these days in Finland The work consists of monumental levels build up in many color layers. The starting point is the space of the under- layer. The visual reality gives motives which are used as an assignment, but recognizing at the end is not a goal. It is the light that visualizes the world on the canvas or paper. The Finnish light is remarkable and inspires to paint in a new way. Educating art more than 35 years to students of a teacher training college and worked with children and adults in the private AllaprimA art-school in Holland, now working on Saksala ArtRadius Finland. An authority in the field of children’s drawing and painting with a lot of experiences in education. During the years a huge collection of children’s drawings, made by children of the AllaprimA Art-school, existed. This collection is used by training teachers, giving workshops, making exhibitions and researching the way children see their world. used materials and techniques: oil- and acryl-paint, gouache, Indian ink, mono-print, crayon and pencil member *BBK Amsterdam Dutch Visual Artists Union Amsterdam *Teekengenootschap Pictura Dordrecht Visual Artists Society Pictura Dordrecht

publications • publications: *clazien immink, schilder immink, Geldrop (clazien immink, a painter immink Geldrop) *in beeld brengen Dijkstra Zeist (making art Dijkstra Zeist) *kijk, als je tekent zie je meer NOT Hilversum (look, if you draw you see more Dutch education broadcasting) *misschien ben jij het wel gedichten Jan ‘t Lam illustraties Marja de Jong Leopold (maybe it is you poems Jan ‘t Lam illustrations Marja de Jong Leopold) *informatie beelden zwijndrecht stichting vriendenkring beeldenpark drechtoevers (information sculptures zwijndrecht foundation circle of friends sculpture park zwijndrecht) *zwijndrecht een beeld van een stad gemeente zwijndrecht (zwijndrecht a city with sculptures municipal of zwijndrecht) *kindertekeningen, een beeldverhaal stichting AllaprimA Zwijndrecht (children’s drawings, a story in images AllaprimA Foundation Zwijndrecht) *uit de kunst Delubas Drunen (a way of art Delubas Drunen)

exhibitions • exhibitions • group • solo • Cosa Delft • Amro bank Zwijndrecht Artifort Maastricht Bijenkorf Den Haag • Muziekmuseum Vlaardingen WTC Amsterdam • Sheraton Hotel Geldrop Kultureel Sentrum Tilburg • Postiljon Motel Dordrecht teekengenootschap Pictura Dordrecht • Hotel van Maaren Didam gemeentehuis Norderstedt Germay • Keukenline Zwijndrecht • AllaprimA museum Haukivuori Finland • de Jong Intra Vakanties Ridderkerk • Riihisaari Savonlinna Finland • de Leeuwenhorst Noordwijkerhout • permanent Saksala ArtRadius gallery Haukivuori • galerie Witt Dordrecht • galerie Casus Purmerend • galerie Serruys Rotterdam • Leolux Eindhoven • Ichthus Hogeschool Rotterdam • burgerzaal gemeentehuis Zwijndrecht • galerie van Rotterdam Ridderkerk • Verkerk Installatietechniek Zwijndrecht • Veerplaat Zwijndrecht • AllaprimA galerie Zwijndrecht • AllaprimA Museum Haukivuori

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