Marja de Jong is a Dutch artist who moved to Finland in 2003. She is the founder of several art organizations in Finland, including Saksala ArtRadius art center and the metsä-LABYRINTTI nature art project. Her work involves acrylic and oil paintings depicting landscapes and figures. She is focused on developing cultural tourism programs that combine art, nature, and tourism in the Haukivuori region of Finland.

1. Marja de Jong
artist

2. 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

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

4. Sunset Sunrise – acrylic – 122x134 cm - 2007

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

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

7. Eastern Eggs – acrylic – 6 cm - 2006

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

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

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

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

12. 24 HOURS – DAY and NIGHT – diptych - acrylic – 122x122+122x100 cm - 2005

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

14. 1947 – acrylic paint – 122x122 cm - 2000

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

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

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

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

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

20. Under Square – oil paint – 134x122 cm - 1998

21. Written Square – oil paint – 122x134 cm - 1998

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

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

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

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

26. Nude – oil paint – 60x50 cm - 1997

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

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

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

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

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

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

33. Passage – oil paint – 110x122 cm - 1991

34. Movement – oil paint – 110x122 cm - 1991

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

36. tear up a landscape 3 – mixed media 50x70 cm 1990

37. tear up a landscape 2 – mixed media 50x70 cm 1990

38. tear up a landscape 1 – mixed media 50x70 cm 1990

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

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

41. Rebuilding – oil paint – 90x80 cm - 1987

42. Painter – oil paint – 100x90 cm - 19986

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

44. Dixieland – oil paint – 80x90 cm - 1983

45. New Boots – oil paint – 80x90 cm - 1983

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

47. La Jeunesse – oil paint – 80x90 cm - 1983

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

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

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

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

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

53. Cover book – crayon – 70x50 cm – 1988

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

63. 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

64. 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)

65. 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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67. Marja de Jong
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