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