BIO
Marieken Cochius is a Dutch-born artist whose work is meditative and intuitive and often ex- plores 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 2017 Cochius completed a public sculpture commission for the Village of Wappingers Falls, NY with a grant from the Hudson River Foundation. She is a 2020 recipient of a Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA), Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund grant, and the Marjorie Curit award winner for Contemporary and Non Traditional art.
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 participated in recent group exhibitions at the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery at UConn Avery Point, CT; the Attleboro Museum, MA; Foundry Art Centre, St Charles, MO; Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY; Roxbury Arts Center, NY; The Ely Center, New Haven, CT; Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY; Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY and more. Her work was recently featured in the publications Willard and Maple Magazine (cover), Sun Spot Journal (cover), and in Columbia Journal, Superstition Review, High Shelf Press, Tule Review 2020, Cold Mountain Review, Mud Season Review, Art for a New Earth, DeLuge Journal, Alluvian Environmental Journal, and Raw Art Review. Cochius studied photography at the Art Academy St Joost in Breda, the Netherlands. She currently lives in the Hudson Valley, New York.
STATEMENT
I am fascinated by growth-forms, root systems of plants, movements of microscopic organisms, wind movements on water, seedpods and animal architecture. In those I see a sensitive chaos that contains and propels the origins and energies of life.
My sculpture, drawings and paintings capture fleeting moments in this organic world dominated by chaos and change. The energy that natural forms temporarily contain yet inevitably transform particularly inspires me. The found, often organic materials I use in my biomorphic sculpture (driftwood, bone, felt, stone, earth, mica), and the impasto surfaces of my landscape-inspired paintings embody this tension, suggesting both movement and enclosure. Evoking the mystery and power of nature through intensely materialist and tactile forms and imagery, they explore the porous boundary between what is seen and felt, where perception and experience merge.
I want to create a mesmerizing effect of movement, something that looks familiar, but that you cannot exactly place. Every inch of my work is as important as the whole. Like fractal dimensions, seen through a microscope or a telescope. I strive to have my work become an organic structure in itself, changing in different light or from different angles.
EDUCATION:
1987-1993: Kunst Academie St. Joost, Breda, Netherlands. Photography and Film.
GRANTS AND AWARDS:
2020: Grant: Foundation for Contemporary Arts: FCA Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund
Marjorie Curit Award for Contemporary and Non-Traditional work. Providence Art Club
2016: Hudson River Foundation Grant to fund a Commission for a public sculpture for 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
PUBLIC WORKS:
2017: Sculpture for the Village of Wappingers Falls, NY. Unveiled on 20/20/2020
Driftwood and metal. 96"x 66"x 18" (240cm x 165cm x 45cm)
SOLO and TWO PERSON SHOWS:
2019: ARTBAR gallery, Kingston, NY: Natural Inclinations, 2 person show with Carole Kuntstadt
2018: CMA gallery, MSMC Newburgh, NY: Complex Ecologies, 2 person show with Jackie Skrynski
Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Dark Matter, 2 person show with Kent Peterson
2016: Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: A Space Once Occupied, Now Empty. Solo
Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY: Invisible Nature. Solo
2012: Lily Too Gallery, Madison, CT: Marieken Cochius. Solo
2005: Jacklight Gallery, NY, NY: Oology. Solo
2000: The Thai Cafe, Brooklyn, NY: Works by Marieken Cochius. Solo
1990: De Foyer, Nijmegen, Netherlands: Meat Market, NY. Solo
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
2021: The Schuylkill Center: Citizen’s Eye: A Kaleidoscope of Nature. Virtual photo show.
The Art Effect, Poughkeepsie, NY: Home Sick. Curated by Mary-Kay Lombino, Curator, Loeb Art Center, Vassar
2020: LABspace, Hillsdale, NY: Small works
Roxbury Arts Center, Roxbury, NY: Small works
Holland Tunnel Newburgh Gallery, Newburgh, NY: Terra/Derma 3 person show
Awakenings, Chicago IL: Bloom
Dartmouth Cultural Center, Dartmouth, MA: Off the Wall, Online Auction
Local Project Art Space, LIC, NY: In Between.
Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, UConn Avery Point, CT: Open Air 2020
Foundry Art Centre, St Charles, MO: Global Impact
The Artist Essentials: "What Matters Most", curated by Huguette Despault-May
Impermanent Earth 5 Collages included in website created by Rachel TonThat
Art Center Sarasota, FL: The Big Show
AMH, Poughkeepsie, NY: Looking back in Wonder, curated by Greg Slick and Eliza Pritzker
Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA: On the Surface, curated by Neil Walsh
Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary, Dallas, TX: 2nd Annual
bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA: Representational abstract 3
Art Gym Denver, Denver, CO: artWork from Home
Providence Art Club, Providence, RI: curated by Dr. Matthew Hargraves. Marjorie Curit Award
Samual Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY: Stay Home Make Art, 5/11 Instagram
Walter Meade Gallery, Roxbury, NY: Large Works
Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY: Women's History Month
Queen City 15 Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY: Nude
Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh, NY: Vision 2020
2019: Queen City 15, Poughkeepsie, NY: Portals, curated by Linda Marston-Reid
AnnMarie Sculpture Garden, Solomon, MD: When Darkness Falls
Hudson Beach Glass Gallery, Beacon, NY: Canopy, 3 person show, curated by Chris Davison
WAAM, Woodstock, NY: Radius 50 curated by Cathleen Chaffee, Albright Knox Gallery
Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT: Ear To The Ground
2018: Holland Tunnel Art Newburgh, Newburgh, NY: Open
Percolate Art Space, Pittsburgh, PA: Met-a-mor-pho-sis
Loft Artist Gallery, Stamford, CT: Relishing Restraints. Curated by Krista Saunders Scenna
Cigar Factory, LIC, NY: Allow me to Reintroduce Myself. Curated by Krista Saunders Scenna
WAAM, Woodstock, NY: Far and wide. Curated by Daniel Belasco, Al Held Foundation
Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh, NY: First View
Pro Arts, Casa Colombo, Jersey City, NJ: Curators Choice
Kentler International Drawing Center: Collect and Connect
LABspace, Hillsdale, NY: True North
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: The Greatest Show on Earth
2017: Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY: Silent Sentinels
LABspace, Hillsdale, NY: Taconic North
Arts Mid Hudson, Poughkeepsie, NY: Catalysts
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Through the Rabbit hole II
2016: Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Through the Rabbit hole
Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, NY: 100 works on paper
2015: Ube Gallery, Berkeley, CA: From where I stand
GCCA, Catskill, NY: Microcosm
Seton Hall School of Law University, Newark, NJ: New Works Show
Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, NY: 100 works on paper
Space Create, Newburgh, NY: Art About Water
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Circle the Wagons
2014: Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Stairmasters Framed
The Lofts at Beacon Gallery, Beacon, NY: Energy Fields. Curated by Marieken Cochius
Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, NY: 100 works on paper
The Lofts at Beacon, Gallery, Beacon NY: Textile Show
Huntenkunst, The Netherlands: Huntenkunst 2014
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Sideshow Nation At The Alamo
2013: CWOW Gallery, Newark NJ: Unsteady Ground
Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, NY: 100 works on paper
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Sideshow Nation
2012: Brik Gallery, Catskill, NY: Cowgirls of the Hudson Valley
Liberty Arts, Yreka, CA: Mullagatawny
Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, NY: 100 works on paper
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Mic Check Occupy
2011: Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Delft Blues
Benefit for Marie Mason, Eric McDavid, NY, NY
A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Wish you were here
2010: A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Wish you were here
Pump Project, Austin, TX: Stations
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: It’s a wonderful tenth
2008: Raum fuer Kunst und Kommunikation, Monchengladbach, Germany
2007: Sans Quoi Gallery, Okayama, Japan: Hot summer art battle
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT: ANA 35: Curator Willem Volkersz
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA: National; curator Thomas Lentz, Harvard Museum
Washington Sq. East Galleries: NY, NY: Small works, curator Jim Kempner
2006: Citibank Headquarters: Queens, NY: Long Island City artists
Washington Sq. East Galleries: NY, : Small works, curator Jack Shainman
2005: Jacklight Gallery, NY, NY: Scream
2004: Viridian Gallery, NY, NY: YW Why War, Why Dubya?
2004: New Gallery, Concert Series, Boston MA: collaboration w. composer Jorrit Dijkstra
2003: Artspace, New Haven, CT: Between fear and freedom: Duct tape. Collaboration w. Jeff Slomba
2002: Holland Tunnel Gallery Brooklyn, NY: Mermaid Show
Gibbs Gallery, Arlington, MA: Day Job
2001: Arboretum, Los Angeles, CA: Cross Pollination
Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA: Day Job
450 Broadway Gallery, NY, NY: Collaborative Fusion 9/11
31 Grand St. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Medical Contraptions and Conceptions
9th BWAC Pier Show, Brooklyn, NY
Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA; curator Susan Cross, Guggenheim
Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA: Small Works show
Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Cross Pollination
80 Washington Sq. E. Galleries, NY, NY: 24th Annual Small Works. Curator Peter Blum
2000: State of Art Gallery; Brooklyn, NY; Industrious Subconscious
8th BWAC Pier Show, Brooklyn, NY: Sculpture
1999: Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: Lost and Found
7th BWAC Pier Show, Brooklyn, NY: Sculpture
1997: Knickerbocker Gallery, NY, NY: Artists Under Cover -Photography, poetry
1996: Chasse Theater, Breda, Netherlands: Coney Island -Photography Installation
Jacklight Gallery, NY, NY: Liars and Hypocrites -Photography
Jacklight Gallery, NY, NY: Valentine’s Show
1995: Extremely refrigerated, NY, NY: MEAT -Photography Installation
1994: World"s Women Online! Curator Muriel Magenta,
PUBLICATIONS:
2021: Hole in the Head Vol2 Nr1, 3 Drawings
Sun Spot Literary Journal: Culmination. Finalist
Hole in the Head: Issue 5 (2/2021)
Orenda Arts Journal. Vol2 Nr 1 Winter 2021
2020: Nunum Canadian Literary Journal Winter 2020
Columbia Journal Columbia University, NY
Verandah 35 eBook. Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. P. 60
High Shelf Press XXIII. 8 drawings featured
Pulp Mag Fall 2020 Issue 22 KPU, BC, Canada "Vocals"drawing featured
Tint Journal Fall 2020
High Shelf Press XXII 4 paintings featured
ANTE mag Featured Artist Virtual Studio Visits Pt ii. IGTV interview by Audra Lambert
Hole In the Head Review Issue 3 08/01/2020 Azoth, Space between Thoughts, Joy of Giono featured.
Toho Journal Online Summer 2020 Painting End Zone, Flight featured
Summer 2020
Oscilloscope Literary Magazine Issue 1 Painting Spread and interview featured.
The Closed Eye Open Issue 1, page 17-20 Space Unwound and 3 Solar Etches featured.
Camas Magazine Summer 2020 issue, Collage Element#7 featured.
Beyond Words drawing 'Morning with Lover' featured. Issue 2 April 2020
Superstition Review ASU: 5 Element collages featured
Quarantine Zine by Shari Diamond. Painting: 'Under the Tree of Life. Night' featured
Tule Review 2020 Sacramento Poetry Center. Page 30, Sculpture 'Gathering' featured.
Art for a New Earth. 3 Element Collages featured.
Cold Mountain Review Appalachian State University: 8 Cloud drawings featured.
2019: Mud Season Review Sky drawing featured
Miracle Monocle University of Louisville, issue 13. 3 Space Once Occupied works featured
Tiny Seed Literary Journal Sculpture Thinking out Loud featured
Willard and Maple Literary and Fine Art Magazine. Champlain College, VT: COVER ART (Wrap around)
The Esthetic Apostle September issue. 6 Space Once Occupied drawings featured.
The Raw Art Review Spring 2019 page 119. Water series #2 painting featured
Sun Spot Literary Journal Volume 1 issue #: Invisible Nature / Progenitor drawing featured. COVER ART
Fredricksburg Literary and Art Review: page 140
2018: deLuge Journal page34 Sculpture: Icon
Havik Journal of Arts and Literature Las Positas College, CA. Sculpure featured
Alluvian Environmental Journal Spring 2018 'But I thought..' painting featured
Fredricksburg Literary and Art Review Organic sculptures, pages 264-265-266
2009: Fifth Estate Magazine # 380: Featured Artist
PRESS:
2021: Nunum, Canadian Literary Journal Winter 2020. Interview.
2020: Chronogram Magazine Terra/Derma Show
The Nightingale, Megan Otto: "Bloom"
Poughkeepsie Journal, Linda Marston-Reid: Look Back In Wonder
Highlands Current, Alison Rooney: The Artist Next Door. Marieken Cochius Interview and photos.
Highlands Current Chip Rowe
Ann Landi: Vasari 21 Newsletter 5/18/2020: Jerry Saltz's strange appetites, member news
The Daily Star Roxbury Arts Group Large Works Show
2019: Ann Landi: Vasari 21 Newsletter: Photo and Canopy show featured.
Poughkeepsie Journal Linda Marston-Reid: Artists open doors to public at Beacon Open Studios.
2018: Cochius exhibits in Newburgh
Dean Goldberg: Interview 4min.
Ann Landi: Vasari21: Dark Matter show
Consulate of the Netherlands USA Holland Tunnel gallery Brooklyn presents Dark Matter Show
Saatchi Art Curated by Katherine Henning: Meet the New Masters of Abstract Painting.
2017: Ann Landi: Vasari 21 What is Drawing, part two.
NotRandomArt Contemporary Art Review magazine. Interview and photos. Pages 188-195
Roll Magazine: Chiara Harrison Lambe: Art Highlights fall 2016
2016: New York Times: Listing and photo of 'Invisible Nature' solo show at Matteawan Gallery.
Arts Alive : Dakota Kim: Mircocosm invokes Nature's Abstract Beauty and Chaos. page 10.
Ann Landi: Vasari 21 The Aha-moment, part two
Highland Current: Making art with two hands
The Mobile Mill blog. Simple human gestures go a long way
2015: Arts Alive May/June : Photos of work and article about upcoming Microcosm show
2014: Mid Hudson Times 10/1/14: Photo and work featured
New York Times 8/17/14 Listings: ‘Microcosms’ show at Lofts at Beacon Gallery.
Beacon Free Press: Textile show at the Lofts4/2/2014
2001: NY Arts Magazine September Vol.6 no.9 Listing of show p.69/70 :Medical Contraptions and Conceptions
1999: Het Parool 4/99 : "NL in NY" Dutch artists in NY (Netherlands)
1997: Brabant Cultureel 9/97 : Featured artist, midsection (Netherlands)
1996: De Telegraaf 9/12/96 : Coney Island show (Netherlands)
1995: Research Magazine, University of Arizona: Muriel Magenta: Worlds Women Online featured work.
1990: K.U. Nieuws 3/9/90: (University of Nijmegen, Netherlands) Interview and photos of solo ‘Meat Market’ show.