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Nowadays, Marije works as an illustrator in her own studio, a hidden courtyard in the middle of the old city center of The Hague. Her atelier is surrounded by loads of green as bamboo, roses, figs, wisteria and a big magnolia tree. A green island amidst the hustle and bustle of the city. No email, internet or phone (The only machine you will hear is the electric pencil sharpener). Her art work is purely analogue, combining printing techniques (etchings, risograph, linocut, photography) mixed with drawing materials: aquarel, gouache, acrylic, pencils, crayons, pen, ink, oil paint, airbrush. Every book or project is an expedition, in search of the right atmosphere and purpose.
The books she illustrated have been published and translated in more than 25 countries, read by children and grown-ups in America and Russia, from Qatar to Nepal and numerous other beautiful countries to be explored. She won several prices like the Golden Pencil, the Silver Pencil and the prestigious Bologna Ragazzi award.
This website shows a small selection of Marije’s recent artwork and picturebooks.
past exhibitions
Villa Verbeelding
Belgium 2024
Ensor de grote maskerade
Het eiland
Villa Verbeelding
Belgium 2023
Ensor de grote maskerade
Het eiland
Villa Verbeelding
Belgium 2022
Wolf en hond
Literatuurmuseum The Hague
The Netherlands 2021
Overview donation permanent collection
Villa Verbeelding
Belgium 2020
Vosje
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The Netherlands 2019-2020
Vosje
Biennial of illustrations Bratislava
Slovakia 2018
Het boek
Museum Meermanno – huis van het boek
The Netherlands 2018
Het boek
De boomhut
Het eiland
Feria del Libro Bogotá
Colombia 2016
Doei
Filbita Buenos Aires
Argentina 2016
De boomhut
CODA Museum Apeldoorn
The Netherlands 2014
Ensor de grote maskerade
Biennial of illustrations Bratislava
Slovakia 2014
Jumping penguins
Anton Pieck Museum Hattem
The Netherlands 2013
Seven years of Golden pencils
Museum Zutphen
The Netherlands 2013
Fifty years Lemniscaat publishers
Villa Zebra Rotterdam
The Netherlands 2012
Ensor, de grote maskerade
Galery Petit Amsterdam
The Netherlands 2012
The island
Museum Jorn, Silkeborg
Denmark 2012
Ensor de grote maskerade
Bilderbuchmuseum Troisdorf
Germany 2011
De boomhut
Biennial of illustrations Bratislava
Slovakia 2011
De Boomhut
28th Mostra Internationale d’Illustrazione per L’Infanzia
Italy and France 2011
De boomhut
Gemeentemuseum The Hague
The Netherlands 2011
Ensor de grote Maskerade
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The Netherlands 2010
De boomhut
Kinderboekenmuseum The Hague
The Netherlands 2010
Group exhibition
Kunsthal Rotterdam
The Netherlands 2009
De boomhut
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The Netherlands 2008
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