Margriet Craens studied Dutch Language and Culture and Fine Arts. She now works as a multi-disciplinary artist and writer, experimenting in art, design, food and culture. In a well-meant, playful and possibly humoristic way she provides an alternative view on our every day world. Always connected to larger topics in life, but without moving into an abstract zone.

Margriet Craens (1988) lives and works in Eindhoven.

Education
2016                Fine Art St. Lucas Antwerpen
2014                Academy St. Moritz, workshop Daniele Buetti
2010-2014       Fine Art, AKV St. Joost ’s-Hertogenbosch (BA)
2007-2011       Dutch Language and Culture, University of Amsterdam (BA)
2000-2006       VWO, Rythovius College Eersel

Grants
2019               projectbijdrage Cultuur Eindhoven
2019               Werkbijdrage Jong Talent Mondriaan Fonds
2017               projectbijdrage Cultuur Eindhoven
2016               Voucher Stimuleringsfonds

Exhibition
2020    Bar no. 5 / Prospects and Concepts / Art Rotterdam / Van Nellefabriek / Rotterdam
2020    Roerstok / Honey I shrunk the kids / self initiated / Wall Street / Eindhoven
2019    Ridgecrest / pilot Residency for the People / i.c.w. Onomatopee / Eindhoven
2019    The Digital Art Market / U R Art / Van Abbemuseum / Eindhoven
2019    Children of O / with Design Academy Eindhoven / Neo-futurist dinners / Mediamatic / Amsterdam
2019    Wall Street takes stock / self initiated / Wall Street / Eindhoven
2019    Wall Street X Van Abbemuseum / Museum Takeover: Bodies of Knowledge / Van Abbemuseum / Eindhoven
2019    Blockbuster / Wallspace i.c.w. Van Abbemuseum / Wall Street / Eindhoven
2018    The Light Market / GLOW / Eindhoven
2018    On Your Own Account / with Fontys ArtCoDe / Dutch Design Week / Wall Street / Eindhoven
2018    Dimensionair / with Design Academy Eindhoven / Neo-futurist dinners / Mediamatic / Amsterdam
2018    Kip Siam / Here & There / TCDC / Bangkok Design Week / Bangkok
2017    Let’s Stick Together / Brabant Wunderkammer / BKKC / Tilburg
2017    The Chair Affair / Beyond Generations / Van Abbemuseum / Eindhoven
2017    Wall Street / self initiated / Dutch Design Week / Eindhoven
2017    Let’s Stick Together / Art Miami Basel / Chamber Gallery / Basel
2017    Me and Chef Watson / Neo-futurist dinners / Mediamatic / Amsterdam
2017    The Chair Affair + Let’s Stick Together + The Elephant Factory / Here & There / State of Design / Berlin
2017    Let’s Stick Together / #3 Domestic Appeal / Chamber Gallery / New York
2017    Me and Chef Watson / STRP Biennale / Eindhoven
2016    The Elephant Factory / Here & There / TCDC / Chang Mai Design Week / Chiang Mai
2016    Let’s Stick Together / For Play / MU / Eindhoven
2016    The Fat Pony / self initiated / Dutch Design Week / Eindhoven
2016    Gerrit Rietveld and the lightness / See the lightness  / Jan van Eyk Academie / Maastricht
2016    The Chair Affair / PULSE Art / KinderModern / New York
2015    70%BAR / self initiated / Dutch Design Week / Eindhoven
2015    The Chair Affair / Onomatopee / Dutch Design Week / Eindhoven
2015    Transplantation Office / BKKC Land Art / Spinolaschans / Breda
2015    The haunted fisherman / Bosch Art Parade / Binnendieze ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2015    Could clouds / Kindergeburtstag Rene Haustein / Cite Internationale des Arts / Paris
2015    The Chair Affair / Vincent Affair / Nuneville / Nuenen
2014    What is not written in Luke 2.0 / Kerstgrot / Maas Kunstruimte / Nijmegen
2014    Ist’s nicht eine schöne Welt?! / Foederer Talent Award / Glow / Eindhoven
2014    In search of the sublime / Eindexpo / AKV. St. Joost / ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2014    In search of the sublime / Een roos voor losse flodders / Croxhapox / Gent

Publication
2017    Credit Fontys / project by ArtCoDe Fontys students executed at Wall Street / published by Fontys / text by Margriet Craens / design by Philip Stroomberg
2016    Under my Umbrella / starting point of project ‘The Elephant Factory’ by Lucas Maassen and Margriet Craens / story by Margriet Craens / exhibited at TCDC Chiang Mai
2016    Gerrit Rietveld and the lightness / project by Lucas Maassen & Sons / story by Margriet Craens / exhibited at Jan van Eyk Maastricht
2015    The Chair Affair / project by Lucas Maassen and Margriet Craens / published by Onomatopee / stories by Twan van Bragt / design by Olivier Lebrun
2015    Alvar Aalto and the eight legged stool / project by Lucas Maassen & Sons /
story by Margriet Craens / exhibited at New York Collective 3

And
2019    participant ‘Toren van Babel’ Cultuur Eindhoven
2017 - 2018     program manager at Dutch Design Foundation
2015    assistant Lucas Maassen during workshop 100 times Lucas Maassen & Sons / Design department University of Guangzhou China / exhibition at Fei Gallery / Guangzhou
2014    participant ‘8 billion city’ Arne Hendriks / Future Fictions / Z33 / Hasselt
2013    internship project management Leerling/Meesterproject / Kunstpodium T / Tilburg
2012    assistant Marien Schouten at EKWC (Europees Keramisch WerkCentrum)
2012    assistant Marion Verboom at EKWC