Marja
VAN KAMPEN

Marja van Kampen was born in The Netherlands and graduated from the Akademie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Arnhem, The Netherlands. She moved to Ireland in 1982. She is a co-founder of Artspace Studios, Galway and has participated in many exhibitions in Ireland and abroad. She represented Ireland in the Aalborg Triennale in Denmark and participated the International Art Project in Galway. She is a full-time painter and printmaker. Her work is in many public collections : The Arts Council of Ireland, Office of Public Works, Mayo County Council, Microsoft Irish Art Collection, AIB and others. Some of her very large works are in the Radisson Hotel Collection and the University College Hospital Galway Collection. She has received Arts Council Awards and a Travel Award from the Department of Foreign Affairs for a solo exhibition in France.