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BIO & ART STATEMENT

Jalinka is an artist who creates mixed-media paintings and collages that explore and communicate concepts of mysticism, nature, and freedom through surrealistic and symbolic narratives. She draws inspiration from various sources and uses all her senses, including her dreams, to create balanced compositions featuring figurative and abstract work. Her creative process is primarily associative and experimental.

"I am an explorer of imagination. Ideas flow endlessly from within and in the world around me. With a love

for hunting and collecting the unique and the odd,

I wander through flea markets, antique shops, and second-hand bookstores filled with stories and history. However, the most magical discoveries are always in nature."

 

"Using art as a transformative tool, I visually communicate patterns and connections, shaping my life's purpose in this absurd existence. Sharing my art conveys that it heals and connects the internal with the external, it is synonymous with (my) life. Each moment is an opportunity for change."

Meet Amsterdam-based visual artist Jalinka Gressmann—an eclectic creative with a background in interior design, 3D design, and autonomous sculpture. After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Art - Intermedia from the Utrecht School of the Arts in 2004, Jalinka's artistic path took twists before fully embracing art in 2020.

 

Her work has been displayed worldwide and

is in private collections in the USA, UK, Netherlands, Brazil, Germany, and Belgium.

Photo by Sandder Lanen

© Sandder Lanen photography

EDUCATION

2002 - 2004

BFA | University of Fine Arts | Intermedia HKU | Utrecht  NL

1998 - 2002

BFA | University of Fine Arts | 3D Design & Sculpture HKU | Utrecht NL

1996 - 1998

Cibap | Vocational College for Design, Advertising, Styling Interior & Set Design | Zwolle NL

EXHIBITIONS

2024

Group Expo | Kunst10daagse | Hotel Meyer | Bergen aan Zee NL

 

Group Expo/Charity | Journey's | Painting Progress | Gallery the Koppel Project  | London UK

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Group Expo | Update | Arti et Amicitiae | Amsterdam NL

Group Expo | HUGFEST | The Canvas3.0 | Oculus WTC | New York City USA

 

Group Expo | Art Queens wall | Gallery Paradigm | Philadelphia USA​

2023

Group Expo | Winter Salon | Arti et Amicitiae | Amsterdam NL

 

Solo Expo | Collages | Pleintheater | Amsterdam NL

 

Group Expo | Collage Festival NL/BE | Stichting Kunstwerkt | Schiedam NL 

 

Group Expo | Coupee Cahier 01: Type | Coupee Collage Collective | Industrie Museum Gent Belgium BE

 

2022

Group Expo | Winter Salon | Arti et Amicitiae | Amsterdam NL

 

Group Expo | Recht op Kunst | KunstRUIM Rechtbank | Zuidas Amsterdam NL

 

Group Expo | Qickoff | Gallery Associates Des Arts | Buren NL

2021

Group Expo | Winter Salon | Arti et Amicitiae | Amsterdam NL

 

Group Expo | Ruim Baan Voor de makers | KunstRUIM | Zoku Amsterdam NL

2020

Group Expo | World Atlas Collage | Stichting Kunstwerkt | Schiedam NL

2019

Group Expo | World Atlas Collage | Coupee Collage Collective | Museum Verbeke Foundation | Belgium BE

 

Group Expo | Nasty Women | de Balie | Amsterdam NL

 

Group Expo | Diamant aan de Amstel | KunstRUIM | Hotel Pestana | Amsterdam

 

2017

Solo Expo | Cultural place Roest | Amsterdam NL

 

2015

Duo Expo | Gallery Saguão | Viseu, Portugal

 

Group Expo | Gallery Carmo ’81 | Viseu, Portugal 

 

Group Expo | Fremdkörper | Gallery BG het depot | Amsterdam NL

 

2011

Group Expo | Myths & Legends | Gallery Chiellerie | Amsterdam NL

Arte magica e altro
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