Marijke de Goey (Utrecht, 14 April 1947) is a Dutch visual artist.

Biography

De Goey was born in

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and studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam between 1974 and 1979. Her work ranges from large monumental sculptures to sculptural paintings and small table sculptures and jewellery. She has regular exhibitions all over the world. In 1985 she received the Art Award of the City of Gouda and in 1986 she was the recipient of the Francoise van den Bosch Award, Boijmans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam. In 2001 she was recognized with the

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Projects

Her notable projects amongst others include: * 1987 ''Dancing Square'',

Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both banks of ...

* 1992 ''49 Neon Secrets'',

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* 1998 ''The Butterfly Orbit'',

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* 1999 ''The Mermaid'' sculpture for the Keystone Trust,

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, installed at Gibbs Farm * 2000 ''Dragonfly Orbit'',

* 2000 ''Cubic Gate l'Arche,'' Amsterdam; and ''Cubic Bridge'', de Balij,

Delft Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, ...

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* 2001 ''Marsupilamis'' sculpture,

Heerlen Heerlen (; li, Heële ) is a city and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of Limburg. Measured as municipality, it is the fourth municipality in the province of Limburg. ...

* 2002 ''Upbeat'' (in Dutch: ''De Opmaat'') sculpture,

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* 2003 Wall sculpture and two glass panels at the

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London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

, UK * 2004 ''Mi casa es su casa'' for the City Hall of

Smallingerland Smallingerland (; fy, ) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. Population centres Boornbergum, De Tike, De Veenhoop, De Wilgen, Drachten (main town), Drachtstercompagnie, Goëngahuizen, Houtigehage, Kortehemmen ...

* 2006 Acoustic sculptures, ''Red and Yellow'', for the Faculty of Architecture,

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* 2007 ''The Alchemist'' sculpture for the Faculty of Geosciences,

* 2008 ''Vertigo3'', Technical Pavilions,

Hellevoetsluis Hellevoetsluis () is a small city and municipality in the western Netherlands. It is located in Voorne-Putten, South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water and it includes the population centres Nieuw-Helvoet, Nieuwenhoorn ...

* 2009 ''The Secret of the Nano'', Van Leeuwenhoek Laboratory,

* 2011 ''Reikhalzende Chandeliers'', ROC Amstelveen,

Bibliography

*Schmidt, Maurits : ''Marijke de Goey'' (1997) V+K Publishing, Blaricum *de Goey, Marijke; Mertz, Paul; Schmidt, Maurits; Lewin, Pauline (ed.): ''Heartline'' (2001) *de Goey, Marijke: ''Rake Lijnen'' (2011) Bergarde Galleries, Heerjansdam

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References

Marijke de Goey Official SiteExposition Rake Lijnen at Bergarde GalleriesMermaid Bridge by Marijke de Goey at Gibbs FarmMarijke de Goey's jewellery at Klimt02
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