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

2023


2021


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