Maria Roosen

Maria Lucia Cecilia («Maria») Roosen (born 2 April 1957) is a Dutch sculptor and illustrator, as well as jewelry designer. Roosen works mainly with glass and watercolor.

Career Roosen was born in Oisterwijk, in the Netherlands. She studied at the Moller Institute (Tehatex) in Tilburg between 1976 and 1981, and in 1981 and 1983 she studied at the Art Academy in Arnhem. In 1995, she was invited to participate in the Venice Biennale, where she exhibited with Marlene Dumas and Marijke van Warmerdam. The presentation was curated by Chris Dercon. She exhibited in 1999 with Home is where the heart is at the Kunstvereniging Diepenheim in Diepenheim, in 2001 with Maria Roosen in Himmelblau at the Groninger Museum in Groningen, and in 2006 with Maria's Maria at the Stedelijk Museum in Schiedam. She also participated in the art event Sonsbeek 2001 in Arnhem in 2001.

Maria Roosen received the Dutch Wilhelminaring Sculpture Prize 2006 and created a work for the Sprengenpark in Apeldoorn. In 2009, she won the Singer Oeuvre Prize and showed her work in the Maria Roosen exhibition. In 2020 she received the Jeanne Oosting Prize (watercolor).

The artist lives and works in Arnhem. She taught at the Academie Minerva in Groningen from 1992 to 2001, guest lecturer at the AKI in Enschede, the Utrecht School of the Arts in Arnhem and the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht. She has also taught at the Glass Department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Roosen creates sculptures, installations and conceptual art. Most of his objects are made of glass and ceramics.

Works (selection)

Ogen voor het Oosten (2000), Woningbouwvereniging het oosten, Sarphatistraat in Amsterdam 1 + 1 = 3 (2002), rotonte van Alen in Maasdriel Zonder titel (2003), Amsterdam Hoogtepunten (2003), Keuringsdienst van Waren in Woensel Centraalbeweging (2003), Diemen De Regenboog (2004), Antoni van Leeuwenhoekziekenhuis in Amsterdam Toiletten (2004), Rabo Theater in Hengelo De Madonna van Enschede (2005), Loenshof in Enschede Duiven (2005), Bibliotheek De Brugse Poort in Gent Spiegelbollen - Albert Cuyp (2006), Bagijnhof/J. de Wittstraat in Dordrecht Boomsieraad (2008), John F. Kennedypark in Apeldoorn Druiventros (2008), Achmea in Zeist Braamboot (2009), Singer Museum in Laren Borstentros (2010), Beeldenpark van Museum Arnhem in Arnhem Monument Anna Blaman - Eenzaam avontuur (2010) in Rotterdam Regenboogbrug over de Jansbeek (2019), Beekstraat in Arnhem

Exhibitions (selection)

1995 - Marlene Dumas, Maria Roosen, Marijke van Warmerdam, Pabellón Neerlandés, Bienal de Venecia, Italia 2014 - Kettingreacties, sieraden en fotografie van Claartje Keur, CODA, Apeldoorn

Public collections

Arnhem Museum, Arnhem Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Groninger Museum, Groninga Het Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch Stedelijk de Schiedam Museum, Schiedam

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