BIO
Marieken Cochius is a Dutch-born artist who is drawn to remote places where she studies nature and makes art inspired by it. Her work encompasses drawing, painting and sculpture.
In 2021 Cochius received an NYSCA Decentralization Grant for an Individual Artist Commission. She is a 2020 recipient of a Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA), Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund grant.
In 2017 Cochius completed a public sculpture commission for the Village of Wappingers Falls, NY made possible by a grant from the Hudson River Foundation.
Recent solo shows were at MIMIK Theater in Deventer, the Netherlands, Vassar College, NY, SUNY Ulster, NY. She has participated in residencies including the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
Cochius' work has been shown in group exhibitions at the Lockwood Gallery, Kingston, NY, 6th International Drawing Triennial in Tallinn, Estonia; Ely Center, New Haven, CT; Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh, NY and many more. Her work has been featured in Elle Decor, Columbia Journal, the New York Times, and in over 40 art, literary, poetry and university publications in the USA and abroad. Cochius studied photography at the Art Academy St Joost in Breda, the Netherlands and is self taught in drawing, sculpture and painting. She currently lives in the Hudson Valley, New York.
STATEMENT
Abstract Organic Art.
I am fascinated by growth-forms, root systems of plants, movements of microscopic organisms, seedpods, and animal architecture, and there are many similarities between my work and the natural world.
I am very interested in biology, geology, physics, astronomy, neurology and psychology. My work is rooted in observation and awareness, it is not conceptual.
The complexity of ecosystems fascinates me. It is astounding how many different kinds of connections there are between species or particles to exchange energy and information. The paths of interconnection can have similar looking shapes on different planes. Think of photos from the Hubble telescope or neurons, mycelium or nerve systems.
Only a part of the information that your brain is processing every second reaches one’s consciousness. You are interconnected with and part of everything around you on a much larger scale than you realize. You and your environment are actually inseparable.
So where does the self ends, and the world begin?
Analyzing and dissecting these different facets of reality is very interesting to me.
My sculpture, drawings, and paintings focus on fleeting moments by evoking the mystery and power of nature through intensely materialist and tactile forms and imagery.
I am on a quest to create a mesmerizing effect of movement, something that looks familiar, but that you cannot exactly define; something true that is recognizable without your intellect.
EDUCATION
1987-1990 Still Photography, Kunst Academie St. Joost, Breda, The Netherlands
1990-1993 Film and Video, Kunst Academie St. Joost, Breda, The Netherlands
Quit Art Academy and emigrated to New York, New York
SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
Energies of Tenderness, Mimik Theater in Deventer, The Netherlands (Solo)
2023
Blikken op Oneindigheid: De Hare en de Zijne, Kasteel de Haere, Olst, The Netherlands (2 person show)
Listening to music in languages I do not speak, DNA Galerie, Deventer, the Netherlands (Solo)
2022
Guiding The Currents, Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, SUNY Ulster, New York (Solo)
Impulse and Stillness, Palmer Gallery, VASSAR College, Poughkeepsie, New York (Solo)
Elements of the Motherboard; According to Plan, Patchett Gallery, Montgomery, New York(Solo)
Marieken Cochius, Grinnell Library, Wappingers Falls, New York (Solo)
2019
Natural Inclinations, ARTBAR gallery, Kingston, New York (2 person show)
2018
Complex Ecologies, CMA gallery, MSMC Newburgh, New York (2 person show)
Dark Matter, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (2 person show)
2016
A Space Once Occupied, Now Empty, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (Solo)
Invisible Nature, Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, New York (Solo)
2012
Marieken Cochius, Lily Too Gallery, Madison, Connecticut (Solo)
2005
Oology, Jacklight Gallery, New York, New York (Solo)
1990
Meat Market, New York, De Foyer, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (Solo)
PUBLIC WORKS
2017
The Gathering" Driftwood and metal Installed on 12/20/2020 for the Village of Wappingers Falls, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Path of Totality, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY.
2023
In Pursuit of Color 2023, The Lockwood Gallery, Kingston, NY
Driven to Abstraction, The Lockwood Gallery, Kingston, NY
2022
The 2022 Kingston Design Showhouse: Artworks selected by Pippa Biddle, Kingston, New York
2021
The 2021 Kingston Design Showhouse: Artworks selected by Maryline Damour, Kingston, New York
One Thing Leads to Another, The Lockwood Gallery, Kingston, New York
IMPULSE, 6th International Drawing Triennial in Tallinn, Estonia
2021, curated by Joseph Fucigna, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, Connecticut
CreArt Music Festival 2020/21 music and art online and live at the Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, New York
Works on Paper, LBIF, curated by Lanka Tattersall (MoMA), Loveladies, NewJersey
National Show, curated by Margaret Winslow, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, Maryland
2021 National, curated by Alice Gray Stites, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts
ViewPoints, curated by Eleanna Anagnos director of OyG Projects, Studio Montclair, Montclair, New Jersey
Home Sick, curated by Mary-Kay Lombino, The Art Effect, Poughkeepsie, New York
2020
Small works, LABspace, Hillsdale, New York
Terra/Derma, Holland Tunnel Newburgh Gallery, Newburgh, New York (3 person show)
Bloom, Awakenings, Chicago, Illinois
In Between, Local Project Art Space, Long Island City, New York
Open Air 2020, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, UConn Avery Point, Connecticut
Global Impact, Foundry Art Centre, St Charles, Missouri
What Matters Most, curated by Huguette Despault-May, The Artist Essentials
Impermanent Earth, curated by Rachel TonThat
Looking back in Wonder, curated by Greg Slick and Eliza Pritzker, AMH, Poughkeepsie, New York
On the Surface, curated by Neil Walsh, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts
artWork from Home, Art Gym Denver, Denver, Colorado
Stay Home Make Art, IG 5/11/2020 , Samual Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York
Large Works, Walter Meade Gallery, Roxbury, New York
2019
Portals, curated by Linda Marston-Reid, Queen City 15, Poughkeepsie, New York
Canopy, 3 person show, curated by Chris Davison, Hudson Beach Glass Gallery, Beacon, New York
Radius 50 curated by Cathleen Chaffee, Albright Knox Gallery, WAAM, Woodstock, New York
Ear To The Ground, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, Connecticut
2018
Met-a-mor-pho-sis, Percolate Art Space, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Relishing Restraints, curated by Krista Saunders Scenna, Loft Artist Gallery, Stamford, Connecticut
Allow me to Reintroduce Myself, curated by Krista Saunders Scenna, Cigar Factory, Long Island City, New York
Far and wide, curated by Daniel Belasco, Al Held Foundation, WAAM, Woodstock, New York
Curators Choice, Pro Arts, Casa Colombo, Jersey City, New Jersey
Collect and Connect, Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, New York
True North, LABspace, Hillsdale, New York
The Greatest Show on Earth, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2017
Silent Sentinels, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, New York
Taconic North, LABspace, Hillsdale, New York
Catalysts, Arts Mid Hudson, Poughkeepsie, New York
Through the Rabbit hole II, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2016
Artist in the world, #249 Project by André Smits
Through the Rabbit hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
100 works on paper, Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, New York
2015
From where I stand, Ube Gallery, Berkeley, California
Microcosm, GCCA, Catskill, New York
New Works Show, Seton Hall School of Law University, Newark, New Jersey
100 works on paper, Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, New York
Art About Water, Space Create, Newburgh, New York
Circle the Wagons, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2014
Framed, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Energy Fields, curated by Marieken Cochius, The Lofts at Beacon Gallery, Beacon, New York
100 works on paper, Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, New York
Textile Show, The Lofts at Beacon Gallery, Beacon, New York
Sideshow Nation At The Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2013
Unsteady Ground, CWOW Gallery, Newark New Jersey
100 works on paper, Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, New York
Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2012
Cowgirls of the Hudson Valley, Brik Gallery, Catskill, New York
Mullagatawny, Liberty Arts, Yreka, California
100 works on paper, Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, New York
Mic Check Occupy, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2011
Delft Blues, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Benefit for Marie Mason, Eric McDavid, New York, New York
Wish you were here, A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2010
Wish you were here, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Stations, Pump Project, Austin, Texas
It's a wonderful tenth, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2008
Raum fuer Kunst und Kommunikation, Monchengladbach, Germany
2007
Raum fuer Kunst und Kommunikation, Monchengladbach, Germany
Hot summer art battle, curator Saito, Sans Quoi Gallery, Okayama, Japan
ANA 35, curator Willem Volkersz Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
National, curator Thomas Lentz, Harvard Museum, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Small works, curator Jim Kempner, Washington Sq. East Galleries: New York, New York
2006
Long Island City artists, Citibank Headquarters: Queens, New York
Small works, curator Jack Shainman, Washington Sq. East Galleries: New York, New York
2005:
Scream, Jacklight Gallery, New York, New York
2004
Why War, Why Dubya?, Viridian Gallery, New York, New York
2004
Concert Series, collaboration w. composer Jorrit Dijkstra, New Gallery, Boston Massachusetts
2003
Between fear and freedom: Duct tape. Collaboration w. Jeff Slomba, Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut
2002
Mermaid Show, Holland Tunnel Gallery Brooklyn, New York
Day Job, Gibbs Gallery, Arlington, Massachusetts
2001
Cross Pollination, Arboretum, Los Angeles, California
Day Job, Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Collaborative Fusion 9/11, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, New York
Medical Contraptions and Conceptions, 31 Grand St. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
9th BWAC Pier Show, Brooklyn, New York
National, curator Susan Cross, Guggenheim, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Small Works show, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts
Cross Pollination, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
24th Annual Small Works. Curator Peter Blum, 80 Washington Sq. E. Galleries, New York, New York
2000
Industrious Subconscious, State of Art Gallery; Brooklyn, New York
8th BWAC Pier Show, Brooklyn, New York
1999
Lost and Found, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
7th BWAC Pier Show, Brooklyn, New York
1997
Artists Under Cover, Knickerbocker Gallery, New York, New York
1996
Coney Island -Photography, Chasse Theater, Breda, The Netherlands
Liars and Hypocrites, Jacklight Gallery, New York, New York
Valentines Show, Jacklight Gallery, New York, New York
1995
Extremely refrigerated, MEAT -Photography Installation, Meat Market freezer, New York, New York
1994
World's Women Online! Curator Muriel Magenta, Arizona State University
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2021
Individual Artist Commission, NYSCA Decentralization Grant Program administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.
2020
Foundation for Contemporary Arts: FCA Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund
Marjorie Curit Award for Contemporary and Non-Traditional work. Providence Art Club, Rhode Island
2016
Commission for Public Sculpture, funded by Hudson River Foundation Grant, for the Village of Wappingers Falls, New York
2007
Vermont Studio Center; residency (11/07) Vermont
2005
Best in Show award: SOLO show, Jacklight Gallery, New York, New York
1999
Vermont Studio Center; residency (4/99) Vermont
1992
Golden Flame: 1st Prize in Dutch National Video Award for up and coming talent. Short productions. The Netherlands
1989
Eddie Adams Workshop, 4 day photography workshop, Jeffersonville, New York
ART FAIRS
2020
OMG Art Fair, Represented by The Lockwood Gallery, Kingston, New York
2014
Huntenkunst 2014, Doetinchem, The Netherlands
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2024
Shoutout Miami: Meet Marieken Cochius, Visual Artist creating Abstract Organic Art
2023
The Closed Eye Open: Issue IX Frequency 45, P 55
Shoutout Miami: Meet Marieken Cochius. Artist and Professional Organizer
2022
Landing Zone: The Burnings
2021
Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library: 'So It Goes' Literary Journal 2021 no.10. K.V. and the Environment
Wordpeace Literary Journal: 6-2 Summer/Fall 2021. Drawing Friction #8
Hammond Museum: Essay by Frank Matheis: The Enigmatic Essence of Marieken Cochius
Awakened Voices Literary Magazine: Interview by Megan Otto with Marieken Cochius
Orenda Arts Journal: Winter 2021
2020
Nunum: Canadian Literary Journal Winter 2020
Columbia Journal: Columbia University, NY: Special issue on Uprising
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
Rachel TonThat Impermanent Earth
Tint Journal: Fall 2020 Call Into Question
ANTE mag Featured Artist Virtual Studio Visits Pt ii. IGTV interview by Audra Lambert
Hole In the Head Review Issue 3 08/01/2020 Marieken Cochius
Toho Journal Online Summer 2020 Painting End Zone, Flight featured
Impermanent Earth, summer 2020 Elements of a Motherboard
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 Collage Element#7 featured.
Superstition Review ASU: Elements of the Motherboard
Quarantine Zine by Shari Diamond. Under the Tree of Life. Night
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
2019
Mud Season Review issue 47 Sky
Miracle Monocle University of Louisville, issue 13. A Space Once Occupied, Now Empty
Tiny Seed Literary Journal Thinking out Loud
Willard and Maple Literary and Fine Art Magazine. Champlain College, VT: Wrap around COVER ART
The Esthetic Apostle September issue A Space Once Occupied
The Raw Art Review Spring 2019 page 119. Water series
Sun Spot Literary Journal Volume 1 issue #: Invisible Nature COVER ART
2018
Alluvian Environmental Journal Spring 2018 But I thought..
Fredricksburg Literary and Art Review Organic sculptures, pages 264-265-266
2016
The Mobile Mill, artist Jillian Bruschera. Simple human gestures go a long way
2009
Fifth Estate Magazine # 380: Featured Artist
SELECTED PRESS
2024
2023
NOS Journaal Regio 7/9/2023 :Laatste segment, The Netherlands
RTV Oost: Harro Brouwer: Kunstwerken voor Expositie zoekgeraakt door Orkaan The Netherlands
De Stentor: 7/9/23 Sandra Veltmaat: Kunstwerken voor Expositie blijven steken in Orkaanchaos Florida The Netherlands
Algemeen Dagblad 7/9/2023: Sandra Veltmaat: Kunstwerken voor Expositie blijven steken in Orkaanchaos The Netherlands
Southern Dutchess News: Kristine Coulter: Wappingers Falls Art Banner Project
2022
Upstate House: winter 2022: Mary Angeles Armstrong: Kingston Design Showhouse
Chronogram: The Kingston Design Showhouse Design Synergy
SUNY Ulster Voices: Dina Pearlman: Guiding the Currents
Poughkeepsie Journal :Melissa Thomas: Art and Wine
The Miscellany News, Vassar College: Ganesh Pillai: Palmer Exhibit provides a fascinating look at life
2021
Elle Decor: Charles Curkin: Inside the Inspiring Kingston Design Showhouse 2021
AD Pro: Mel Studach: See Every Room inside the Kingston Design Showhouse 2021
House Beautiful: Hadley Keller: How the Kingston Design Connection is helping solve...
Brownstoner: Susan de Vries: Creatives Unveil their Vision of Home at the Annual Kingston..
Chronogram Magazine: Carl van Brunt: One Thing Leads to Another
Broadwayworld.com Guillermo Laporta presents Luciform
2020
Chronogram Magazine: Terra/Derma Show
Poughkeepsie Journal, Linda Marston-Reid: Look Back In Wonder
Highlands Current, Alison Rooney: The Artist Next Door. Marieken Cochius
2019
Vasari 21, Ann Landi Newsletter: Daughter of the Rising Tide
Poughkeepsie Journal Linda Marston-Reid: Artists open doors to public at Beacon Open Studios
2018
Consulate of the Netherlands: Dutch Culture in the USA Cochius exhibits in Newburgh
Saatchi Art, Curated by Katherine Henning: Meet the New Masters of Abstract Painting
2017
Vasari 21, Ann Landi: What is Drawing, part two
NotRandomArt Contemporary Art Review magazine p188-195 The Art of Marieken Cochius
2016
New York Times: Listing and photo of 'Invisible Nature' at Matteawan Gallery.
Consulate of the Netherlands: Dutch Culture in the USA: Marieken Cochius solo exhibition
Arts Alive : Dakota Kim: Mircocosm invokes Nature's Abstract Beauty and Chaos. page 10.
Vasari 21, Ann Landi: The Aha-moment, part two
Highland Current: Making art with two hands
2015
Arts Alive May/June : Photos of work and article about upcoming Microcosm show
2014
New York Times 8/17/14 Listings: ‘Microcosms’ show at Lofts at Beacon Gallery.
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.
CD COVERS
2022: Tony Malaby: The Cave of Winds
2015: Jorrit Dijkstra: Never Odd or Even
2014: Jorrit Dijkstra: Music for Reeds and Electronics: Oakland
1996: The Dictators: I Am Right / Loyola