MaJa
- Born in Krefeld in 1966
-1989 completed artistic vocational training
- 2012 opening of the studio with art school, focus on pastel and acrylic, 2014 move to larger rooms
-Gallery opening November 2019
(Supervision of artists of different genres, painting, photography etc, 1st exhibition in 2019,
8 planned exhibitions in 2020
-Member of the "German Pastel Society" since 10/2018
- Member of the "Pastel Guild of Europe" since 11/2018
-Member of the artists' association "Neanderart-Group"
-Member of the artists' association "Cross-Art"
"MaJa" mainly works photo-realistic portraits of people, animals, in pastel and acrylic, lives and works in Nieukerk on the Lower Rhine.
Prizes: Recognition Award 2017, Event: Palm-Art Award
First place, audience award in the Kunstmüllerei gallery, March 2019
First place, audience award in the Kunstmüllerei gallery, May 2019
Exhibitions
- Sept-Oct 2017 group exhibition "Erotica" in the Lisnoir Gallery in Duisburg
- Sept-Oct 2017 group exhibition "Legends" in the MoSiMo gallery in Rees
-Oct 2017 group exhibition "Eastern Bloc" organized by TUBUKU in Krefeld
-since March 2018 participation in Reiner Langer's Mail Art project "Against War" is still ongoing (traveling exhibition runs across Europe, is currently visiting the Netherlands in May 2019
-March 2018 participation in the artist project in Switzerland of "Art in Open Roomz"
- permanent solo exhibition in our own gallery
- Oct 2018 Group exhibition with the German Pastel Society, Hückelhoven
-Nov 18-Jan 2019. Group exhibition in the “Lisnoir” gallery, Duisburg
- March-April 2019 group exhibition at the Kunstmüllerei gallery in Düsseldorf
-May 2019 group exhibition in the "ARTFABRIK" in Erkrath with Neanderart
- May 2019 group exhibition "Everyone has their place" in the water tower in Geldern
-June-July 2019 group exhibition in the "ARTFABRIK", Erkrath
Group exhibition in the "Kunstmüllerei" gallery, Düsseldorf
-July 2019, group exhibition VIP, Arthaus, Kempen
- Sept-Nov 2019 group exhibition "van Goghs Ohr", cultural center "Das Ohr", Cologne
-Oct-Nov 2019. Group exhibition at ARTFABRIK, Erkrath
Group exhibition in the “Kunstmüllerei” gallery in Düsseldorf
-Nov 2019 fair "Kreativvitti 2.0" in Pirmasens at the invitation of Ralf Leidinger
-Dec 19 -15 Jan 20. Solo exhibition in the town hall of Geldern
Group exhibition in the "ARTFABRIK", Erkrath