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Maja Klaassens, born in New Zealand and based in The Hague, is a multidisciplinary artist working with sculpture, painting, photography, video, and text.
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Curriculum vitae
Education
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2019 - 2021MA Contemporary Art History Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam diploma
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2011 - 2014BA Fine Art Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten diploma
exhibitions
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2025Art Island Dürst Britt & Mayhew IJmuiden, Netherlands Group
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2025Great God! This is an awful place Dürst Britt & Mayhew The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2025Art The Hague Art Walk The Hague x Dürst Britt & Mayhew The Hague, Netherlands
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2024Maja Klaassens & Niek Kemps lxhxb Eindhoven, Netherlands Duo
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2024Mountain Friends Fred & Ferry Antwerp, Belgium Group
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2024Reality Check Museum MORE Gorssel, Netherlands Group
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2023Cache Billytown The Hague, Netherlands Duo
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2023The view is total sea Joys Toronto, Canada Solo
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2023Cache Billytown The Hague, Netherlands Duo
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2023Grand Day Out Kate Amsterdam, Netherlands Group
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2023秋 SLoõPW Beijing, China Group
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2023It's Not the Heat, It's the Dust Grove London, United Kingdom Group
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2022The Connection Billytown (in collaboration with CLC Gallery Venture (CN) x C5CNM (CN) x Sandwich Gallery (RO) ) The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2022Melk/Water HaL x Frank Taal Gallery Rotterdam, Netherlands Group
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2022Art The Hague (Dürst Britt & Mayhew) The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2022Orca Dürst Britt & Mayhew, Frontspace The Hague, Netherlands Solo
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2022RSVP Billytown The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2021Drawing Appreciation Day Hgtomi Rosa x …ism The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2021After Daan van Golden Parts Project The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2021ARNE x AAG Juxtapose Art Fair Aarhus, Denmark Group
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201924 Kleurplaten Billytown The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2019Poppositions 8th Edition Studio Schottenheimer Brussels, Belgium Group
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2019De Reconstructie ABC Klubhuis Antwerp, Belgium Group
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2019Hinkypunk Billytown The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2018All Under One Blanket At7 Amsterdam, Netherlands Group
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2018Housewarming Atelier Oh Nee Leiden, Netherlands Group
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2018Selected Works: Dolores Mayer Collection SIDYOUNG Glasgow, United Kingdom Group
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2018Mrs. Robinson Billytown The Hague, Netherlands
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2015Maja Klaassens Billytown the Kitchen The Hague, Netherlands Solo
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2015Trial and Triumph Royal Academy of Art The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2014Graphos Kunsthal Boschveld Den Bosch, Netherlands Group
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2014Graduation Exhibition Royal Academy of Art The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2014Goed Gegidst Cultuur Centrum Strombeek Brussels, Belgium Group
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201317 In Your Living Room The Hague, Netherlands Group
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2010Takeaways High Street Project Christchurch, New Zealand Group
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2009Colony Neibelheim Space Christchurch, New Zealand Solo
International exchanges/Residencies
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2023
Sales/Works in collections
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2025Museum Voorlinden Wassenaar, Nederland
reviews
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2023The view is total sea” — Maja Klaassens Magazine Angel Callander Toronto, Canada cmagazine.com/articles/the-view-is-total-sea-maja-klaassens
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2023
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2019Een hogere graad van moeraskunde – Hinkypunk bij Billytown Magazine Domeniek Ruyters The Hague, Netherlands metropolism.com/nl/recensie/39887_een_hogere_graad_van_moeraskunde_hinkypunk_bij_billytown/
Awards and grants
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2023Sponsorship Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Toronto, Canada
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2020PRO Research Grant (sinds 2004) Stroom, Den Haag The Hague, Netherlands
Representation
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Secondary art-related activities
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2022 - 2022Guest lecturer, Media, Art, Design and Architecture, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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2021 - 2021Guest lecturer, Fine Art Department, Royal Academy of Art the Hague
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2019 - 2022Editorial Board, Kunstlicht, academic journal for art, visual culture and architecture