MAARTJE STAPEL

Born 2002, Groningen, The Netherlands. 

Lives and works in Amsterdam,  The Netherlands

EDUCATION

2020 - 2024 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam - Propedeuse received 

June 2021 Accepted at Rietveld Fine Arts Department 

2014 - 2020 St. Odulphus Lyceum, Tilburg -  Gymnasium diploma received in May 2020 with Socrates Honors society, 10% highest scoring VWO students in The Netherlands  

2018 Pre-course at Sint Joost Art School ’s Hertogenbosch and Breda

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

October 2022 Reading of my Dutch poetry inspired and accompanied by: Main Title Star Wars (J. Williams) El Salón México (A. Copland), Pavane, opus 50 (G. Fauré), Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (B. Britten), Song to the Moon (A. Dvorak), Italiaans Capriccio (P. Tsjaikovski). Played by Euregio Jeugdorkest for the programme: Tot de maan en terug (To the moon and back) Performed in de stadsschouwburg Tilburg en Chassé Breda

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

January 2023 SOFT EDGES : Zone2source Amsterdam. Group exhibition in collaboration with the Art & Research program, a collaboration between the Rietveld Academy and the University of Amsterdam. 

October 2023 TEIGETJE & WOELRAT international fashion show : Hilton Hotel Amsterdam. Textile bags for T&W (Teigetje & Woelrat)

February 2024 DENT EXCLAIMER : M4 Amsterdam. Group exhibition in M4 (on invitation).                                                                                                                                                                          

December 2024 somewhere not here : Trio exhibition (with Leendert Vooijce & Tyron Winter) Josilda Da Conceicao Gallery 

FAIRS 

September 2024 NAP+ fair : (With Yang Ha & Maartje Stapel) Josilda Da Conceicao Gallery     

PUBLICATIONS

June 2022 WHITE WALLS: Publication for supporting visual work “WHITE WALLS”. WHITE WALLS is a book with 33 short stories about living in and the loving of the white cube.

January 2023 SOFT EDGES: Group Publication for Art & Research Program. In this publication I displayed the concept of the work Miscommunication, exhibited at ZONE2SOURCE Amsterdam.                 

June 2023 GIRL INTERRUPTED: Publication supporting video installation “GIRL INTERRUPTED”. GIRL INTERRUPTED is a book with 7 short stories about being a young woman and being interrupted.

October 2024  Amsterdam krant Z!: Interview “het perfecte vlak” by Anne Kleisen   

December 2024 Metropolis M: review “Aan het eigen lichaam voorbij – Somewhere not here bij galerie Josilda da Conceição in Amsterdam” by Kiki Mertens (https://metropolism.com/nl/recensie/aan-het-eigen-lichaam-voorbij-somewhere-not-here-bij-galerie-josilda-da-conceicao-in-amsterdam/)