Monica Maat

Exhibitions and Resume

P r e v i o u s   e x h i b i t i o n s

M o n i c a M a a t has held more than 185 exhibitions at home and abroad. From the 80s she exhibited at various locations in Casole d 'Elsa, Volterra and San Gimignano in Tuscany. She received the 'Gulden Spoor' from the College of Mayor and Aldermen of the Belgian municipality of Kortrijk on the occasion of a major solo exhibition. At various exhibitions also works for children have been shown, under the title: 'From Childmathematics to Computer Art'. In Lelystad she had [in 1988] a large solo exhibition, in conjunction with a ceramic exhibition which was compiled by the museum for contemporary art Het Kruithuis in 's-Hertogenbosch, and which was entitled "Made in Holland 1945-1988

Furthermore, Monica had solo exhibitions in, among others, the RAI in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Naarden, Putten, Theater 't Spant' in Bussum, the NCRV in Hilversum, Delft, Amstelveen, Leidschendam, Arnhem, Zevenaar and The Hague. Together with her father and brother Dirk Antonie and Willem Maat she exhibited at the Stadsmuseum Woerden. She also participated in the 'Salon van Woerden', in the city museum. Various exhibitions were held under the title: 'Door-see', - manipulable perception. From 1993 to 2005, Monica exhibited at the S T I J L gallery in Arnhem: mathematical and geometrical works, furniture, installations, clothing, works of brass and works and furniture for children. She also exhibited regularly and alternately in gallery STIJL: computer art, painted wood panels, and geometric works on canvas. At Gallery S t i j l Monica also participated in the summer exhibition: 'Sonsbeek, well, and, ..' in Arnhem. In the large Eusebius Church in Arnhem, she had a large solo exhibition with house altars in combination with geometric wood panels, installations and furniture. In gallery RUACH in The Hague she exhibited contemporary house altars, installations, furniture and poetic furniture. She has commissioned various wall paintings in Friesland and France. Monica also designs Posters, Book covers and Decors.

For 'The Night of Poetry', with the late Simon Vinkenoog and the late Adriaan Morriën and Neeltje Maria Min, [famous writers of format in the Netherlands] she has designed and produced a decor for the theater in Woerden and she designed the poster and program booklet.

She also exhibited poetry in various places. Dozens of press articles about her work in the visual arts have appeared in various newspapers, local newspapers, weeklies and [trade] magazines. Since 2008, Monica has been participating in the painters' evenings: '24 Hours of Art' and various group exhibitions in the Free Academy, Art Factory and Kunsthuis Calliope in Lelystad. In 2009 and 2010 she participated in group exhibitions in the Center for Art and Culture in Lelystad and in the professionally organized Atelierroutes in Lelystad. From 2009 to 2013 she was a member of the Dijkdichters - the poetry group of Flevoland - and participated in the various activities. In 2010 she took part in the exhibition: 'Quatrains and Visual Arts' in the architecturally special library of Lelystad. Especially for this occasion she made a painting for a quatrain by Mustafa Stitou, writer, poet and former city poet of Amsterdam. Since 2009 she has been collaborating with Michel Martinus, the city poet of Harderwijk. This collaboration includes a number of projects in the fields of computer art, large poetry panels and computer music.

From 2012, Monica collaborated with poet and writer Job Degenaar on a visual story, which was published in May 2014 by publishing house Liverse in Dordrecht under the title: "Het Orakel van Parijs". The initiative for this publication came from Monica. The opposite route was taken: the illustrations preceded the author's text. For a photo report click on Monica Maat - Het Orakel van Parijs. Boekpresentatie het Orakel Van ...   or look at the Rubric:  Book + Expo Lelystad, on this site.

2014 - 2015 In the spring of 2014, Monica started writing a poetic play entitled: Deluge in New York'. The piece contains many disciplines such as music, song, drama, mime, reflection, film and ballet. Monica wrote the music and lyrics for the songs herself. From September 2014 she founded a theater company, with rehearsals and directing. Rehearsals will take place until June 2015 for a performance in the Agora Theater in Lelystad and the small art theater Posa. Monica owes a lot to Mariëlle Potters of ballet school Reflex in Lelystad. She had created a beautiful choreography for the piece and rehearsed the complete ballet weekly with her students. Also the unwavering support of Kevin Potters, director of cabaret Theater Posa in Lelystad, should not be missed! Special thanks also go to Anne Graalman, who did a lot of work for the musical arrangement, and to art photographer Marga Wiebenga, who took beautiful photos for the performance, and made special video recordings in concept, which were to be used for the performance. In short, it could have been an artistic performance like no other. Unfortunately, due to time constraints on the part of some members of the company, Monica was forced to end the collaboration in June 2015.

For a photo report see Category: Deluge in New York 1, 2 and 3 on this site.

In 2016 and 2017 Monica had several exhibitions, including an exhibition at Galerie Bos Fine Art in Utrecht with exclusively geometric works and in 2017 as part of the national celebration of the 100th anniversary of the art movement De Stijl. [see section: resume of previous exhibitions]

In 2017 and 2018, Monica was preparing an exhibition at the Stadsmuseum Harderwijk, which also featured her art book and art film: 'The Beauty of Geometry', about and with geometry. At her request, the poet Michel Martinus wrote poems to accompany the geometric images. In 2018, the art book by Monica and Michel Martinus was published by Boekscout publishers. [see further under exhibitions 2017 and 2018 and at: Monica Maat - STADSMUSEUM HARDERWIJK Reportage ...]   The first copy of the art book was received on 8 July 2018 in the City Museum Harderwijk by the director of the Museum, Corien van der Meulen . The art film also premiered in the City Museum on 8 July 2018.

2018-2019 Nomination Internationals André Evard Preis. International prize for concrete art. Expo Kunsthalle Messmer-Riegel from Nov. 2018 to Jan. 2019.

2020-2021 Online exhibitions in Galerie OPMAAT at Exto, Stock exhibitions at Galerie Bos Fine Art in The Hague. 2021 Solo exhibition City Hall Lelystad by Kunstuitleen Lelystad. Online exhibition in Gallery INART.

2021-'22 Nominated for the 6th Internationale André Evard Preis, an international prize for Concrete Art, by Kunsthalle Messmer in Riegel with an exhibition at the museum from December 2021 to February 2022. Finished in the top 10 nominees from 500 entries from 47 countries .

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CV Expo's 1 :  https://www.monicamaat.nl › 331560340_CV+Expo's

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