{"id":36,"date":"2023-02-21T12:47:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T12:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maartje-smits.com\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:10:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:10:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maartje-smits.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>About<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maartje Smits (1997) benadert kunst als een instrument voor bewustwording en persoonlijke groei. In haar schilderijen onderzoekt zij gevoel, intu\u00eftie en het innerlijk landschap, los van de zichtbare realiteit. Door kleur en vorm in te zetten als dragers van een spirituele beleving nodigt zij de kijker uit tot reflectie en zelfonderzoek. Haar werk stimuleert het opnieuw toelaten van gevoel en het maken van authentieke keuzes, zowel voor zichzelf als voor de toeschouwer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Curriculum vitae<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>26 January &#8211; 22 February, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/cacaofabriek.nl\/agenda\/space-between-frames\">Space Between Frames<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group show, de Cacaofabriek, Helmond<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>2025<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10 July \u2013 13 July,&nbsp;<em>Pop-Up Skatehal<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group show, Museum Helmond, Helmond&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 July \u2013 21 August,&nbsp;<em>What The Helmond?!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group show, New Colors Collective, Cacaofabriek lichtstraat, Helmond<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11 April \u2013 30 April,&nbsp;<em>Pop-Up expo<\/em>&nbsp;New Colors Collective<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group show, New Colors Collective, Ameidestraat Helmond center&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March, <em>&#8216;Groeispurt&#8217;<\/em> grant awarded by the city of Helmond<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12 February \u2013 14 February,&nbsp;<em>The Way the Wind Blows<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group show, STORMSLAG Gallery, KABUL&nbsp;\u00e0&nbsp;GoGo, Utrecht<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>2024&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participation in podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/1waywXDjuJXlXuna9oQrmn?si=d0e2f3aae46f4256\"><em>Tycho&#8217;s kunstbeleving<\/em> <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>2023<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>29 March 2023 &#8211; 25 June 2023,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/artutrecht.com\/agenda\/jacobikerk-x-stichting-kunstuitleen-utrecht-hoop\/\">Hoop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group show, Kunstuitleen Utrecht, Jocobikerk Utrecht<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5 May,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nd.nl\/nieuws\/nederland\/1174053\/wat-betekent-vrijheid-voor-studenten-in-utrecht-ik-vind-het-m\">Vrijheid<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group show, Stadsklooster Utrecht<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>2022<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>2021<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 September \u2013 10 October,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/landhuisoudamelisweerd.nl\/tentoonstelling-pannenkoek-en-appeltaart\/\">Pannenkoek \u00e9n Appeltaart<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group show, Kunstuitleen Utrecht, Landhuis Oud Amelisweerd, Utrecht<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12 August 2021 \u2013 02 October 2021,&nbsp;<em>Het Begin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group show, Kunsthub Bink, Elburg&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>24 June 2021 \u2013 04 July 2021, Graduation show<em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/matterport.com\/discover\/space\/2g53t2nyRBE\">OFFLINE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group show, HKU, Pastoefabriek Utrecht&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>2020<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10 January 2020,&nbsp;<em>Sur-Face<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group show, HKU, Pastoefabriek Utrecht&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Education<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2017 &#8211; 2021, Bachelor of Fine Art and Design in Education, HKU Utrecht<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2013 &#8211; 2017, Vormgeving Product Presentatie, SintLucas Boxtel&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ee2d28e5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:50px\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Maartje Smits (1997) benadert kunst als een instrument voor bewustwording en persoonlijke groei. 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