Marie Louise Elshout
(born in Delft, 1967)
Marie Louise Elshout studied painting and printmaking at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and spent one semester at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, USA. She completed her education at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam.
Education
1998–1999 – Piet Zwart Institute, Department of Fine Arts, Rotterdam
1989–1994 – Willem de Kooning Academy, Department of Fine Arts, Rotterdam
Sept.–Dec. 1993 – Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, U.S.A.
Grants and Awards
2021 – Pictoright Subsidy
2019 – Exhibition Grant, C.B.K. Rotterdam, Bad Homburg, Germany
2016 – Nomination, Jacob Hartog Prize, The Hague
2004 – Project Grant, Jeune Création Paris
2004 – Kleinschalig Opdrachten Beleid (KOB), Installation in Arminius Church, C.B.K. Rotterdam
2002 – KOB, Light Installation, Fotomuseum Rotterdam
2001 – Project Grant, C.B.K. Rotterdam
2001–2004 – Basic Stipend, Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam
1999–2001 – Basic Stipend, Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam
2001, 2002, 2004 – Exhibition Grants, C.B.K. Rotterdam
Juries and Committees
2024 – Jury Member, Jacob Hartog Prize, Pulchri Studio, The Hague
2004–2006 – Deputy Member, Committee for Artistic Affairs, C.B.K. Rotterdam
2002–2007 – Member and in 2007 Chair, Professional Practice Evaluation Committee, C.B.K. Rotterdam
Artist Collectives
2023–present – 10Dence Platform, Collective
2021–present – Kunstambassade Rotterdam, Collective
2018–2021 – Art Nomads, Collective
2012–2016 – Nocturne, Collective
Collections (Selection)
2020 – Collection Adriaan de Regt & Tiana Wilhelm, Arnhem
2018 – Collection Adriaan de Regt & Tiana Wilhelm, Arnhem
2016–2017 – Various private acquisitions
2015 – Museum Gouda, Permanent Collection
2015 – Art Dealer Simonis & Buunk, Ede
2015 – Kevin Krumnikl Collection, Germany
1996–2014 – Various private acquisitions, including Roos van Put, Ton de Vos, Erik de Bruyn
2001 – Committee for Visual Art, Vlaardingen
1999 – Caldic Collection
1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2011 – Centrum Beeldende Kunst (C.B.K.), Rotterdam
1997 – Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Leiden
Selected Exhibitions
(abbreviated sample; full list available on request)
2025
Dreams of the Seen and Unseen, janinebeangallery, Berlin (two-person show with James Johnston)
Makersmomenten, Kunstgarage Franx, Zoetermeer
Every Cloud has a Neon Lining, Hedendaags Kunstkabinet, ’s-Hertogenbosch (solo)
The BodyWorx, Sint-Amanduskapel (Campo Santo), Ghent (Belgium)
Time, Timeless, Movement, Pulchri Studio, The Hague
Carbooth Biënnial, Heejsteck#, Utrecht
NordArt, Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Büdelsdorf (Germany)
IN YOUR FACE 2.0, Studio 2, De Doelen Art, Rotterdam
Horizon, ZERP Galerie, Rotterdam
2024
PAN Amsterdam, ZERP Galerie, Amsterdam
Myths, Fairy Tales and Mysteries, Hof van Ryhove, Ghent (Belgium)
De Kunstambassade Exposeert!, De Doelen Art, Rotterdam
Retrospect KunstRai, ZERP Galerie, Rotterdam
Tales and Landscapes, ZERP Galerie, Rotterdam
2023
I Am King, Abdijsite Herkenrode, Hasselt (Belgium)
GRAW 23, Open Studio, Rotterdam
About A Woman, Group Show, ART Rotterdam
(Further exhibitions from 1993–2022 include presentations at Pulchri Studio The Hague, Museum Gouda, TENT Rotterdam, CBK Rotterdam, Galerie Nasty Alice, ZERP Galerie, and Jeune Création Paris.)