
© Sandder Lanen
BIO
Since childhood, Jalinka Gressmann has been captivated by the world's tales and visual richness, from refined eclectic aesthetics to offbeat vintage and the unconventional.
As a mixed-media artist, she creates visual stories infused with myths, dreams, and the extraordinary. Her work is driven by synesthetic curiosity; she gets lost in searching for meaning, following associations and research that live beneath the surface of every piece.
She works through play and experimentation, absorbing the world through all her senses until concepts emerge through the act of creating.
Working with abstract and figurative elements, she layers symbolism, imagery, and objects from nature and everyday life, composing like a puzzle, like life.
With a background in interior design, sculpture, and fine arts, her practice continues to evolve, always growing, always transforming.
Her greatest hope is that her work acts as a mirror, reflecting what we sometimes forget: that we are seen, worthy, and that connection was never lost, only forgotten.
EDUCATION
1998 - 2003
HKU University of Arts | Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture/Intermedia/Mixed-Media | Utrecht
1997 - 1998
HKU University of Arts | 3D-Design | Utrecht
1995 - 1997
Cibap | Vocational College for Design, Advertising, Styling, Interior & Set Design | Zwolle
EXHIBITIONS

2026
Of Love and Other Devotions | Pink Poodle Society | The Hoxton | Amsterdam
2025
Salon | Arti et Amicitiae | Amsterdam
2024
Salon | Arti et Amicitiae | Amsterdam
Kunst10daagse | Hotel Meyer | Bergen aan Zee
Painting Progress | Gallery the Koppel Project | London
HUGFEST | Gallery The Canvas3.0 | Oculus WTC | New York City
Art Queens | Gallery Paradigm | Philadelphia
2023
Salon | Arti et Amicitiae | Amsterdam
Solo Show | Pleintheater | Amsterdam
Collage Festival NL/BE | Stichting Kunstwerkt | Schiedam
Coupee Cahier 01: Type | Coupee Collage Collective | Industrie Museum | Gent, Belgium
2022
Salon | Arti et Amicitiae | Amsterdam
Recht op Kunst Zuidas | KunstRUIM | Amsterdam
Qickoff | Gallery Associates Des Arts | Buren
2021
Salon | Arti et Amicitiae | Amsterdam
Ruim Baan Voor de makers | KunstRUIM | Zoku | Amsterdam
2020
World Atlas Collage | Stichting Kunstwerkt | Schiedam
2019
World Atlas Collage | Museum Verbeke Foundation | Belgium
Nasty Women | de Balie | Amsterdam
Diamant aan de Amstel | KunstRuim | Hotel Pestana | Amsterdam
2017
Solo Expo | Roest | Amsterdam
2015
Duo Expo | Gallery Saguão | Viseu, Portugal
Gallery Carmo ’81 | Viseu, Portugal
Fremdkörper | Gallery BG het depot | Amsterdam
2011
Myths & Legends | Gallery Chiellerie | Amsterdam