
ARTIST STATEMENT
Marije Dijkstra’s work is based on the research of landscapes. She is a textile artist, designer and researcher with a focus on finding new colours, materials and methods in the field of natural dyeing of textiles.
She is currently working on an ongoing research project about the natural dyeing of textiles with local clay, mud and silt from different landscapes and locations. A project evolving from one of her previous projects KLAAIKLÚT, which was about exploring the material options using silt found in the north of the Netherlands, the area Marije grew up in.
With her work she aims to raise awareness on the value of local materials and their overlooked possibilities. Her projects do not only tell the stories of the materials and landscapes around us, but also aim to make people reconnect with the landscape around them and the soil that’s underneath our feet.
She is currently doing her Master of Fine Arts in Fashion and Textile Design with specialisation in Textile Design at the Swedish School of Textiles, Borås.
Education:
2022-2024
MA textile design, Swedish School of Textiles, Borås (SE)
2017-2021
BA (hons) fashion design, University of Arts Utrecht (NL)
Exhibitions:
16/06/2022 – 16/10/2022
Group exhibition
Castellum Hoge Woerd Compostkleding (Utrecht, NL)
16/04/2022 – 21/08/2022
Group exhibition
Museum de Fundatie Nature Talks (Zwolle, NL)
19/05/2022 – 22/05/2022
Art and design fair
OBJECT (Rotterdam, NL)
27/11/2021 – 28/11/2021
Solo exhibition / open atelier
LekArt, Werk aan het Spoel (Culemborg, NL)
1916/10/2021 – 24/10/2021
Group exhibition
BioArt Laboratories / Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven, NL)
19/08/2021 – 12/09/2021
Group exhibition
Landhuis oud Amelisweerd Class of 2021 (Utrecht, NL)
17/01/2020 – 26/01/2020
Group exhibition
Academiegalerie Somewhere between desperate and devine (Utrecht, NL)
Residencies:
01/04/2022 – 30/04/2022
Artist in residence
TuoTuo (Joutsa, FI)
01/11/2021 – 30/11/2021
Artist in residence
LekArt, Werk aan het Spoel (Culemborg, NL)