BIO
Marieken Cochius is a Dutch-born artist who has lived and worked in New York City since 1987, and in the Hudson Valley since 2013. Meditative, strong and intuitive work that often explores growth forms, movement and containment of energy, she is drawn to remote places where she studies nature and makes art inspired by it. Her work encompasses drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking.
A sculptural public commission was completed in 2017 for the Village of Wappingers Falls, NY.
Recent solo shows were at Matteawan Gallery in Beacon, NY, and Holland Tunnel Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.
Cochius' work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and institutions in places ranging from New York City, NY, Berkeley, CA, Austin, TX, Los Angeles, CA, to Japan, Germany and the Netherlands. Her work is in many private collections in the US and Europe. She has participated in residencies including the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
Cochius has participated in recent group exhibitions at The Ely Center, New Haven, CT; Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY; LAB Space, Hillsdale, NY; Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Ube Gallery, Berkeley, CA. Her work was recently featured on covers of Willard and Maple Magazine, Sun Spot Journal, and inside Tiny Seed Literary Journal, Esthetic Apostle, FLAR, DeLuge Journal, Alluvian Environmental Journal, Raw Art Review.
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 of pattern and order in this organic world otherwise 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, micah), 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 studied still photography and later film. I wanted to make still films and moving photographs. Though I now work in paint and other media, I am still on a quest to contain movement in a static medium. 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.
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.
2016: Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY: Invisible Nature
2012: Lily Too Gallery, Madison, CT: Marieken Cochius
2005: Jacklight Gallery, NY, NY: Oology
2000: The Thai Cafe, Brooklyn, NY: Works by Marieken Cochius
1990: De Foyer, Nijmegen, Netherlands: Meat Market, NY.
PUBLIC WORKS:
2017: Sculpture for the Village of Wappingers Falls, NY.
Driftwood and metal
8 x 5.5 x 1.5 feet (240 cm x 165 cm x 45 cm)
Installation will be in 2020
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
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 Gallery.
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,
Groundfloor BK gallery
Cigar Factory, LIC, NY: Allow me to Reintroduce Myself. Curated by Krista Saunders Scenna,
Groundfloor BK gallery
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
2009:ADC Gallery, NY, NY: Benefit for Daniel McGowan, environmental and social justice
activist
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: It’s a wonderful life
2008:Raum fuer Kunst und Kommunikation, Monchengladbach, Germany
2007:Raum fuer Kunst und Kommunikation, Monchengladbach, Germany
Sans Quoi Gallery, Okayama, Japan: Hot summer art battle
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT: ANA 35: Curator Willem Volkersz
BWAC, Brooklyn, NY: Pier Show XV
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:Cornelia Street Cafe, NY, NY: Collaboration with composer Jorrit Dijkstra
NYC open studios: nycopenstudios.org
ABC no Rio, NY, NY: ABC no Rio
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
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
Museum
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:
2019:(11/1) Tiny Seed Literary Journal
2019: Willard and Maple Literary and Fine Art Magazine: COVER ART (Wrap around)
Issue XX , Seeing /Not Seeing, also page 68 https://issuu.com/willardandmaplelitmag/docs/willard_maple_vol_20_ver_5
2019: The Esthetic Apostle, September issue
https://www.estheticapostle.com/marieken-cochius
2019:The Raw Art Review Spring 2019 page 119
https://therawartreview.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/rar-2019-spring-issue-electronic-final-04.pdf
2019: Sun Spot Literary Journal: COVER ART: Volume 1 issue #: Invisible Nature
2019: Fredricksburg Literary and Art Review: page 140
Thinking Out Loud https://issuu.com/amybayne/docs/fall_winter_2018_flar_final/234
2018: deLuge Journal: page34 Sculpture: Icon http://www.delugejournal.com/uploads/3/4/8/8/34888906/deluge.4.1.pdf
2018: Havik Journal of Arts and Literature
2018:Alluvian Environmental Journal: Spring 2018 'But I thought..'
http://alluvian.space/but-i-thought-marieken-cochius
2018: Fredricksburg Literary and Art Review: Organic sculptures
pages 264-265-266
2011: Catalogue of Drawings
2009:Fifth Estate Magazine # 380: Featured Artist
PRESS:
2019: Poughkeepsie Journal/ Linda Marston-Reid: Artists open doors to public at Beacon Open Studios this weekend.
2018: http://www.dutchcultureusa.com/blog/4559/cochius-exhibits-in-newburgh-from-oct-19
2018: Dean Goldberg: Interview https://vimeo.com/294209079 4min.
2018: Ann Landi: Vasari21: Dark Matter show
2018: Consulate of the Netherlands USA
http://www.dutchcultureusa.com/blog/4358/holland-tunnel-gallery-presents-dark-matter
2018: Curated by Katherine Henning, senior associate curator at Saatchi Art: Meet the New Masters of Abstract Painting.
2017: Ann Landi: https://vasari21.com/what-is-a-drawing-part-two/
2017: NotRandomArt Contemporary Art Review magazine. Interview and photos. https://view.joomag.com/not-random-art/0194614001488987769 Pages 188-195
2017: Roll Magazine: Chiara Harrison Lambe: Art Highlights fall 2016
http://www.rollmagazine.com/art-highlights-fall-2016/
2016: New York Times: Listing and photo of 'Invisible Nature' solo show at Matteawan Gallery. mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/nyregion/things-to-do-in-the-hudson-valley-feb-27- through-march-6.html
2016: Greenarts.org Arts Alive : Dakota Kim: Mircocosm invokes Nature's Abstract Beauty and Chaos.
https://www.greenearts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ArtsAlive-104-WEB.pdf page 10.
2016: Ann Landi: https://vasari21.com/the-aha-moment-part-two/
2016: Highland Current: http://highlandscurrent.com/2016/02/12/making-art-with-two-hands/
2016: http://themobilemill.tumblr.com/post/131111249929/simple-human-gestures-they-go-a-long-way-hand
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
2014:New York Times 8/17/14 Listings: ‘Microcosms’ show at Lofts at Beacon Gallery.
2014:Beacon Free Press: Textile show at the Lofts4/2/2014
2009:Fifth Estate Magazine # 380: Featured Artist
2001:NY Arts Magazine September Vol.6 no.9 Listing of show p.69/70 :Medical
Contraptions and Conceptions
1997: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. Nieuws3/9/90: (University of Nijmegen, Netherlands) Interview and photos
about solo ‘Meat Market’ show.
GRANTS AND AWARDS:
2016:Commission for a public sculpture by the village of Wappingers Falls, NY.
Funded by a grant from the Hudson River Foundation
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.
Category: Short productions
1989:Eddie Adams Workshop, Jeffersonville, NY : 4 day photography workshop