Suus Kooijman, born in Stoutenburg (the Netherlands) initially completed her nursing education before enrolling in the Utrecht school of  the Arts, where she pursued her studie in art.The works of Kooijman evoke various associations such as memories, transience, but also insignificance and melancholy. In an atmosphere of poetic stillness, the artist combines her love for aesthetic objects with everyday life. The works in beeswax translate into abstract pieces. her inspiration lies in making the everyday visible illuminating its beauty and meaning in a striking manner.

Her most  recent abstract pieces are crafted from plaster gilded with gold leaf. The light captured within them reflects and revels the rich lowland of the surface. With patient precision, she works on the objects to achieve a softness that blurs the original hardness of the plaster. Her ongoing quest for material, form, and texture remains constantly in flux

High School of Arts, Utrecht | Fashion Design and Fashion illustration

Exhibitions (a selection)

-2023: Affordable Art Fair (nov 2023)

-2023: Discovery Art Fair Köln, in collaboration with Gallery the Ploegh.

-2023: Starting point with 0000 , groups exhibition | Ravenstein (the Netherlands)

-2023: “Gallery The Dutch Maiden”, Gouda ((the Netherlands)

-2023: Free Academie Amsterdam, in collaboration with the Grachten Gallery Utrecht

-2022: Gallery the Ploegh Amersfoort, Groups exhibition,Starting point with 0000

-2022: Gallery Annee, summer exhibition.

-2022:Uw Gallery, Groups exhibition, Ootmarsum,

-2022-AAF Amsterdam in collaboration with Gallery the Ploegh.

-2021: Mondriaan House Amersfoort, “Ode to the landscape” (inspiration from Mondrian’s early works)

-2021: Exhibition Art Forum, Antwerpen.

-2021:Affordable Art Fair,Brussel

-2021:Affordable Art Fair,Amsterdam

–2019: “Long Live Rembrandt” Exhibition Amsterdam, a special exhibition at the Rijkmuseum.Artist from both the Netherlands and abroad could register to submit artwork inspired by Rembrandt’s work.

-2019: Different Landscape, Five woman 5 perspectives.Art Forum, Hamme Belgie.

-2019: Affordable Art Fair,Battersea,UK