Selected permanent collections and exhibition venues: Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland (5th and 10th International Triennial of Tapestry); Stedlijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan (Beyond Textile, Four Dutch Contemporary Artists – traveling exhibition); Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark; Castle Alden-Biese, Belgium (2nd and 4th International Betonac Competition); Nagoya, Japan (4th International In Our Hands Competition); Dutch Textile Museum, Tilburg, the Netherlands (Dots & Dashes – solo exhibition); Beijing, China (International Textile Biennial); LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York (Small Works in Fiber – traveling exhibition). Recipient: Outstanding prize, Betonac Prize International Betonac Competition; Sincol prize, In Our Hands Competition; Bronze Medal, International Triennial of Tapestry. 3mb PALIMPSEST 2 Detail

Statement: I am fascinated by dots, lines and contours, by their rhythmical movements but also by the empty space they confine. Instead of drawing on paper, I draw in space using textile as a material. By leaving some space between the structure and the wall the object is freed from its background and interacts with the white wall. It becomes what I call a "spatial drawing."                                                                                                                             Marian Bijlenga

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