Marian Pruijn's work takes the viewer into the intimacy of a captured moment.
The human figure, often a child, seems to come from times gone by, but at the same time from undefined times . What strikes is an attitude, a gesture, a being together, an expression that touches on our universal communication. Precisely because the detail is often left out and the color palette is sober, a certain anonymity is created; this anonymity touches the universal in what connects us as humans. The human figures and portraits express a longing for connection and the vulnerability that lies within.
The power of the images seems to be in the reduction. Omitting to the very point that the image still speaks to you without being distracting.
Born in The Netherlands 25-12-1954
Education
| 1990-1993 | Education Visual arts, Art-Ez Arnhem,The Netherlands |
| 1988-1990 | Education Teacher training, second degree, Tehatex Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
| 1986-1987 | Education Free drawing Academy Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
Exhibitions
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2023
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Solo art exhibition Art flow gallery Crete,Greece Art fair Kunstraffinaderij Nijmegen, The Netherlands Kunsthuis Wijchen solo exhibition, The Netherlands |
| 2020-2021 | Museum Tweestromenland participant Metamorfose Beneden-Leeuwen, The Netherlands |
| 2020 | Art route Kunstbakens-guest exhibitor, Artists association Maas-Waal, The Netherlands |
| 2019 | Museum El Greco solo exhibition Crete, Greece |
| 2018 | Art studio gallery, groups exhibition Crete, Greece |
| 2017 | Terra Art projects groups exhibition Zoetermeer, The Netherlands |
| 2017 | Art project 40-40 cm- participant nine visual artists- Venlo, The Netherlands |
| 2016 | Mylopotamos participant groups exhibition Melidonie Crete, Greece |
| 2016 | Coco Mat Arnhem solo exhibition, The Netherlands |
| 2015 | Art fair Assen participant expo artist, The Netherlands |
| 2015 | Art fair Arnhem, The Netherlands |
| 2015 | Aegean Arts International festival Crete, Greece |