Marieken Cochius

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Marieken Cochius
Born in Leiden, Netherlands
Lives in Wappingers Falls, NY, United States
Education

Marieken Cochius attended to
St. Joost Academy of Arts
Breda, the Netherlands
1987-1993
Emigrated to NYC before graduating.

Grants

GRANTS / AWARDS:
2020: Grant: Foundation for Contemporary Arts: FCA Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund
2020: Marjorie Curit Award for Contemporary and Non-Traditional work. Providence Art Club
2016: Commission for a public sculpture by the village of Wappingers Falls, NY.
Funded by a Grant from the Hudson River Foundation2007 - Vermont Studio Center: residency
2005 - Jacklight Gallery, NYC; Best in Show award:
SOLO show.
2001 - Art Association of Harrisburg; 2nd Place Best in
Show, curator Susan Cross, Guggenheim
Museum.
1999 - Vermont Studio Center; residency (4/99)
1992 - Golden Flame: Dutch National Video Award for
up and coming talent; category short productions
1989 - Eddie Adams Workshop, NY : photography
workshop

Solo Exhibitions/ Two person shows

2020: (October) Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh, NY: Terra/ Derma, 2 person show with Kent Peterson
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 Peterson2018: Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: 'Dark Matter' 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, Madison, CT
2005: Jacklight Gallery, NYC; ‘Oology’
2000: The Thai Cafe, Brooklyn, NY
1990: De Foyer, Nijmegen, Netherlands: ‘Meat Market’

Group Exhibitions

2020: Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, UConn Avery Point, CT: Open Air 202
Foundry Art Centre, St Charles, MO: Global Impact
The Artist Essentials: "What Matters Most", curated by Huguette Despault May.
https://www.theartistessentials.com/curated-online-exhibitions/what-matters-most
http://impermanentearth.com 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
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
https://www.artgymdenver.com/?s=marieken+cochius
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
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAEEfQpFGN9/
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,
Groundfloor BK gallery2018:WAAM, Woodstock, NY: Far and wide
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
- LABspace, Hillsdale, NY: 'Taconic North'
- Arts Mid-Hudson, Poughkeepsie, NY: 'Catalytics'
- Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: 'Through the Rabbit Hole II'
2016
- Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY: The Flat Files
- Brik Gallery, Catskill, NY: 'Cowgirls of the Hudson Valley'
- Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: 'Through the Rabbit Hole'

2015
-Wired Gallery, High Falls, NY: 'Collectors Curate'
-uBe Gallery, Berkeley, CA: 'From where I stand'
-GCCA Catskill, NY: 'Microcosms'
-University of Seton Hall, Newark, NJ: 'New works'
-Newburgh, NY: 'Art about Water'
-Teran Studio, Newburgh, NY: 'What's love got to do with it'
-Sideshow Gallery, NYC: 'Sideshow Nation III, Circle the Wagons

2014
-Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn,NY: 'Stairmasters; Framed'
-Curated by Marieken Cochius: 'Energy Fields'
Lofts at Beacon Gallery, Beacon, NY
-Huntenkunst 2014, Netherlands
-Kentler International Drawing Center: 100 works on paper
-Lofts at Beacon Gallery, Beacon NY: Textile Show
-Sideshow Gallery, NY: 'Sideshow Nation II, At The Alamo'

2013
-CWOW, Newark NJ: 'Unsteady Ground'
-Kentler International Drawing Center, NY: '100 works on paper'
-Sideshow Gallery, NY: 'Sideshow Nation'

2012
-Brik Gallery, Catskill, NY:'Cowgirls of the Hudson Valley'
-Liberty Arts, Yreka, CA:'Mullagatawny'
-Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn:'100 works on paper'
-Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn: 'Mic: Check (Occupy)'

2011
-Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn: Delft Blues
-Benefit for Marie Mason and Eric McDavid
-Air Gallery, Brooklyn: Wish you were here
-Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn; IT'S ALL GOOD!! (apocalypse now)

2010
-NurtureArt @ Zieher Smith gallery, NYC
- A.I.R. gallery, Brooklyn, NY ; 'Wish you were here'
- Pump Project, Austin, TX, Stations, 14 views from Golgotha.
- Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, It's a wonderful 10th


2009
-ADC gallery, NYC, benefit Daniel McGowan
-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
-Cambridge Art Association; Boston, 10th National,
curator; Thomas Lentz, Harvard museum
-Washington Sq. East Galleries, NYC: 'Small works'
curator Jim Kempner

2006
-Citibank Headquarters: Long Island City artists 20th .
-Washington Sq. East Galleries, NYC: ‘Small works’,
curator Jack Shainman (2/4/06)

2005
-Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC: collaboration with
composer Jorrit Dijkstra (12/19/05)
-NYC open studios (10/24) nycopenstudios.org
-ABC no Rio: benefit
-Jacklight Gallery, NYC: "Scream" (1/05)

2004
-Viridian Gallery, NYC: ‘YW why war, why Dubya?’
(9/04)
-New Gallery, Concert Series, Boston MA: collaboration
with composer Jorrit Dijkstra (1 /22/04)

2003
-Union Gallery, New Haven, CT: collaborative sculpture
installation with Jeff Slomba (6/03)

2002
-Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn NY: ‘Mermaid Show’:
(5/02)
-Gibbs Gallery, Arlington, MA; ‘Day Job’: (1/02)

2001
-Arboretum, Los Angeles, CA; ‘Cross Pollination’
(11/01)
-450 Broadway Gallery, NYC; ‘Collaborative Fusion’:
(9/01)
- 31 Grand St. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; ‘Medical
Contraptions and Conceptions’ (9/01)
-9th BWAC Pier Show, Brooklyn, NY (5/01)
-Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA; curator
Susan Cross, assistant curator Guggenheim Museum.
(5/01)
-Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA: ‘Small Works Show’
(4/01)
-Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; ‘Cross
Pollination’ (3/01)
-80 Washington Sq. E. Galleries, NYC; ‘24th Annual
Small Works show’; curator Peter Blum, Peter Blum
Gallery NY. (2/01)

1990-2000
-State of Art Gallery; Brooklyn, NY; ‘Industrious
Subconscious’ (2000)
- 8th BWAC Pier Show, Brooklyn, NY (2000)
- Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; ‘Lost and
Found’: (1999)
-Kenilworth Art Showcase ww.kenilworthart.com;
‘Mixed media Sculpture’ (1999)
- 7th BWAC Pier Show, Brooklyn, NY (1999)
- Terminal, La Jolla, CA. photography (1997)
- Knickerbocker Gallery, NYC, ‘Artists Under Cover’:
photography, poetry (1997)
-Chasse Theater, Breda, Netherlands; ‘Coney Island’
photography installation (1996)
- Jacklight Gallery, NYC; ‘Liars and Hypocrites’
photography (1996)
-Rosa, Breda NL (1996)
- Jacklight Gallery, NYC: 'Valentine’s Show' (1996)
- Extremely refrigerated, NYC; ‘MEAT’ photography
installation (1995)
-World's Women Online! www.asu.edu/wwol
Curator Muriel Magenta, photography (1994)
-Rosa, Breda (1994)

Publications

2020: Toho Journal Online Summer 2020 Painting End Zone, Flight featured https://www.tohopub.com/jubilados
2020: http://impermanentearth.com Summer 2020
2020: Oscilloscope Literary Magazine: Issue 1 Painting Spread and interview featured. https://oscilloscopelit.com/marieken-cochius-visual-art/
2020: The Closed Eye Open: Issue 1, page 17-20 Space Unwound and 3 Solar Etches featured.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WkEXLU06S4SMYDCtcy5wRjSqNvw7Y5xz/view
2020: Camas Magazine: Summer 2020 issue, Collage Element#7 featured.
2020: Beyond Words: drawing 'Morning with Lover' featured. Issue 2 April 2020
2020: Superstition Review: 5 Element collages featured https://superstitionreview.asu.edu/issue25/art/mariekencochius
2020: Quarantine Zine, by Shari Diamond. Painting: 'Under the Tree of Life. Night' featured
https://www.sharidiamond.net/quarantine-zine/
2020: Tule Review, 2020, Sacramento Poetry Center. Page 30, Sculpture 'Gathering' featured.
2020: Art for a New Earth. 3 Element Collages featured.
https://artforanewearth.com/page/2/
2020: Cold Mountain Review. 8 Cloud drawings featured. https://www.coldmountainreview.org/issues/fall-winter-2019-special-issue-on-margins/from-clouds-by-marieken-cochius
2019: Mud Season Review. Sky drawing featured http://mudseasonreview.com/2019/12/fiction-issue-47/
2019: Miracle Monocle, issue 13. 3 Space Once Occupied works featured
https://louisville.edu/miraclemonocle/issue-13/marieken-cochius-1
2019: Tiny Seed Literary Journal. Sculpture Thinking out Loud featured
https://tinyseedjournal.com/2019/11/03/thinking-out-loud/
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. 6 Space Once Occupied drawings featured.
https://www.estheticapostle.com/marieken-cochius
2019:The Raw Art Review Spring 2019 page 119. Water series #2 painting featured
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 / Progenitor drawing featured. https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/02648e54-da59-4f41-9110-a5be25d4dace/downloads/SLJ%20V1%20I1%20March%202019%20Rev%202.pdf?ver=1557390176136
2019: Fredricksburg Literary and Art Review: page 140
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..' painting featured
http://alluvian.space/but-i-thought-marieken-cochius
2018: Fredricksburg Literary and Art Review: Organic sculptures
https://issuu.com/amybayne/docs/flar_s_s_2018 pages 264-265-266
2009:Fifth Estate Magazine # 380: Featured Artist

Collections

Kaplan Family Foundation

Pers

2020: Highlands Current: Alison Rooney: The Artist Next Door. Interview and photos. https://highlandscurrent.org/2020/06/08/the-artist-next-door-marieken-cochius/
2020; Highlands Current: Chip Rowe https://highlandscurrent.org/2020/05/15/creative-responses/
2020: Ann Landi: Vasari 21 Newsletter 5/18/2020: Jerry Saltz's strange appetites, member news https://mailchi.mp/1ebb2c32be71/smart-collecting-at-the-local-level-and-the-ultimate-teaching-challenge-1324609?e=ff31bab35a
2020: The Daily Star: Roxbury Arts Group Large Works Show https://www.thedailystar.com/news/entertainment_news/large-works-to-go-on-display-at-rag/article_cc3a6ed9-56e5-5f2f-96ab-ba73a080bc49.html
2019: Ann Landi: Vasari 21 Newsletter: Photo and Canopy show featured. https://mailchi.mp/9776d52203b4/smart-collecting-at-the-local-level-and-the-ultimate-teaching-challenge-1324497?e=ff31bab35a&fbclid=IwAR1imjjxHq8H1JhIh0TmZAdXvI_snTPJtuLDJDHwtPr0qBnsUMGWxUTsT6g
2019: Poughkeepsie Journal/ Linda Marston-Reid: Artists open doors to public at Beacon Open Studios this weekend.
https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/entertainment/2019/05/15/get-glimpse-inside-beacon-open-studios-weekend/3665686002/?fbclid=IwAR3uvoeQUpOF70kdQwS_Sncakh7mYt_5lmw6ybm9hDuNpxv8v1rqAWPR7RE2018: Consulate of the Netherlands USA
http://www.dutchcultureusa.com/blog/4358/holland-tunnel-gallery-presents-dark-matter
2018: Meet the New Masters of Abstract Painting. Curated by Katherine Henning, senior associate curator at Saatchi Art
https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting/Meet-the-New-Masters-of-Abstract-Painting/685448/225977/view
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
publishing date this spring http://fredericksburgwriters.com
2017: https://vasari21.com/what-is-a-drawing-part-two/
2017
-Interview and photos in NotRandomArt Contemporary Art Review magazine.
Pages 188-195
https://www.joomag.com/magazine/not-random-art/0194614001488987769

2016:
- Roll magazine: http://www.rollmagazine.com/art-highlights-fall-2016/
- Ann Landi http://vasari21.com/what-is-a-drawing/
- Ann Landi https://vasari21.com/the-aha-moment-part-two/
-NY Times listing and photo of 'Invisible Nature' solo show at Matteawan Gallery. 2/28/2016
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/nyregion/things-to-do-in-the-hudson-valley-feb-27-through-march-6.html

2015:
-Arts Alive issue 104, May/June 2015 Catskill NY: photos and story

2014:
-Mid Hudson Times 10/1/14 portrait and art
-NY Times Listing 8/17/14
-Beacon Free Press 04/04/14 interview about textile show

2012: Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vicky-tiel/women-artists_b_1831210.html

2009: Fifth Estate, spring 2009, featured artist.

-NY Arts Magazine; Brooklyn Reviews 10/99
-Parool, "NL in NY" Dutch artists in NY (Netherlands)
4/99

-Brabant Cultureel; featured artist midsection
(Netherlands) 9/97
-Telegraaf, Coney Island show (Netherlands) 9/12/96
-Research Magazine, University of Arizona worlds
women online featured work. FALL ‘95.
-K.U. Nieuws, University of Nijmegen, Interview on ‘Meat
Market’ show. 3/9/90

Work published in newspapers and magazines in the Netherlands, Spain, Denmark,USA

Links

https://www.mariekencochius.com
https://www.artworkarchive.com/profile/marieken-cochius

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