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PAN Amsterdam, November ’25
Contour Gallery and me are delighted to invite you to experience the celestial work En Tibi

Voor Charlotte, special edition of 40
With the working title Letters to Heaven, I’m writing a book with letters addressed to flowers, to my grandmothers, to my water mirror, to Rococo, to

Istanbul international art fair
Very glad my work is shown in Istanbul by Reinisch Contemporary.

Munich Highlights, 2025
Elka Jordanow presents in booth 6 of the Munich Highlights International Art Fair the amazing and large work With rosy Cheeks and glancing Eyes and

Featured on Gallery Viewer
I’m honored to share a recent feature on Gallery Viewer. The article offers a glimpse into my studio, my 40-year journey with beauty and femininity,

Artist Talk with Dr. Susan Bright — Photo London
As part of my presentation by Contour Gallery at Photo London 2025, I had the pleasure of speaking with curator Dr. Susan Bright about beauty, memory,

Vive la fête 40 jaar
To celebrate my 25 years working with flowers on my water mirror and 40 years of being an ecofeminist artist like my grandmother and mother

Passages 2025: Ode to Johanna
Welcome in our studiobuilding. All emancipation starts with education in my latest photo, a girl is flying high.

Lecture on Slow Flowers
Celebrate the Power of Art and Flowers at Contour Gallery Lecture by Mariette Kamphuis, art historian and founder of Loofwerk on Slow Flowers Cross-Pollinations: Perspectives on

De Nieuwe Gang, 2025
WATER — Group Exhibition at De Nieuwe Gang, Beuningen This Sunday, June 15 at 3 PM the exhibition Water opens at Galerie De Gang in

Photo London 2025
Galerie Contour Rotterdam, directed by Muriel Mager, is presenting my work at Photo London

Oogmerk, a series on Dutch artists
Flowers as actors Why daisies have the lead https://vimeo.com/711116142


PAN Amsterdam, 2025, Contour Gallery
Galerie Contour Rotterdam, directed by Muriel Mager, is presenting my work at PAN Amsterdam

Masterpieces of Art in Salzburg, 2021
“Our masterpieces are unique in their kind, each and every stroke of genius, which also puts the concept of fine art in a completely new,

This work Holy Order, 2015, 115 x 120 cm was made with irises who where tempting me to get indulge in their lighthearted licking lips. in the image bar her below you see Fruits de Rococo, 2022, 150.0 x 217.2 cm, 110.0 x 159.3 cm
I have been a rebellious admirer of Rococo since I was born and wanted to touch my smiling mother’s curly hair: “The aesthetic of the Rococo
26-5-2024 / 30-6-2024 / La poesie d’été / Galerie Contour
My newest works are shown in the colourful exhibition ‘La poesie d’été’ together with works of Dan Lam, Saidou Dicko, Marie Pop, Mesut Ozturk, Elsemarijn


19–26 November, PAN Amsterdam 2023
Last year’s October I got drunk on the colors of the red wild vine. Before the leaves would blow away I started picking and photographing

9–13 November 2023, Art & Antique, Vienna
Helmut Reinisch and his team are presenting my work at the Art & Antique in Vienna at this gorgeous international fair inside the Hofburg palace.

Till 12-09-2023, An Angel at my Mirror @ Galerie Dom’Arte
You can still see this summer show from the end of August till half September. Last day of the exhibition will be 12-09-2023.

Love in Eternity ❤️ Bob & Nienke
Where do I begin to tell the story of how great a love can be? Golden beautiful couple Nienke Bawa and Bob Kootte fell in

Hé Huân Huà, The Chinese ‘tree of collective happiness’
Each morning when I enter our studio garden I see that nothing is more beautiful than the stillness of our garden in the morning sun.

16-9-2022 / 18-9-2022 UNSEEN Amsterdam
Contour Gallery presents my newest works at international Photography art fair UNSEEN. See you soon!

It’s my dream women will grow like flowers pushing through the glass ceiling
I made this work as I’ve felt shocked by women’s rights being violated globally. I so want to change this. I wish for women to

2022-07-16 Let’s party and celebrate!
Saturday 16th of July, Muriel Mager of Contour Gallery and yours truly are throwing a party to celebrate our new and fresh collaboration with Contour

14-06-2022 / 19-06-2022 Photo Basel
Rotterdam Contour Gallery, proudly presents Margriet Smulders at Photo Basel

06-05-2022 / 06-26-2022 / Wysteria / p.ART.s / Oirlo NL
Did you miss the openingsparty of the show Wysteria? Piet Siebers opens the doors of his white grain silo for you. I love how the

22-05-2022 / 16-07-2022 Make love not war
The Power of the Flower Solo show in Contour Gallery, Rotterdam Feel welcome to join the preview on Sunday May 22 at 4 PM https://www.contour.gallery/exhibitions-fairs/

06-24-2022 / 06-27-2022 Incontro Celleno Italy
Happy to join Incontro festival in Celleno Come and visit this medieval city to explore your own creative energy. We attended a workshop with kids

28-5-2022 Flowering in Photography
I am very happy and proud to have been picked for publication by Lenscratch. Lenscratch is a platform for contemporary photography that has been giving

13-4-2022 / 18-4-2022 KunstRAI 2022 Amsterdam
Gallery Dom’Arte from Rucphen is presenting my works at the KunstRAI. I was happy Gerry Broos made a solobooth to show my newest works. Now

16-1-2022 / 8-5-2022 Fruits de Rococo, Slot Zeist
Margriet Smulders vindt het geweldig om in Slot Zeist te exposeren vooral vanwege de vrolijke roze en gouden krullen in de Spiegelzaal. “De levenslust die


11-11-2021 / 14-11-2021 Art at the Park, Vienna
Hotel Park Hyatt Vienna, Am Hof 2, 1010 Wien

21-10-2021 / 24-10-2021 Highlights München
Galerie Jordanow will show some works in the international Artfair Highlights in Munich in the gorgeous “Residenz” Palace


2021-01-30 De adem van de eeuwigheid
Still on show in Middelburg. The breath of Eternity / Nico Out

22-10-2020 / 09-09-2021 @ de witte Silo
Very happy six of my works are presented in the fabulous white grain silo of Rothuizen architects Middelburg.

01-01-2021 New Horizons / Solo Galerie Dom’Arte
Gerry Broos’ Galerie Dom ‘Arte in Rucphen has seven of my latest works on show in her freshly painted spacious pavilion. You are welcome to


04-05-2020 Municipality Zeist acquires ‘Heaven of healing Herbs’
This summer you can see this work ‘Heaven of Healing Herbs’ in the Brasserie of Baroque and Rococo Slot Zeist. (Due to Corona regulations the show in

09-02-2020 / 31-05-2020 Solo Dom’Arte – Partly prolongued
The soloshow in gallery Dom’Arte in Rucphen is over now. Gallery Dom’Arte made new customers happy with my art. Dance up on the Roof, 2018, 180 x

If you dare to dream: Heaven of healing Herbs
Due to Corona regulations the show was cancelled: In 32 works the flow of life is featured through flowers. This river of 31 works for

06-02-2020 / 09-02-2020 Haute Photographie Rotterdam
Galerie Dom’Arte presents ‘Waltzing in the Garden’

18-11-2019 Studiovisit by Alex de Vries
Alex de Vries has written the story of my life as an artist in the online art-magazine Mister Motley.

PAN Amsterdam November 24 – December 1, 2019
Zerp Galerie presents ‘Mignonne allons voir’ (2019) and ‘A Saturday in May’ (2019) Booth 134

04-07-2019 Ludamus, let’s play
Ludamus, what if we play together and organize a new way of life Last winter, I visited the exhibition ‘Pure Rubens’ in the Boymans van

2-8-2019 / 10-8-2019 Salzburg International ArtFair
SIAF Salzburg International ArtFair. Salzburg Airport Austria. Amadeus terminal 2, Reinisch Contemporary, Booth 1

13/09/2019 – 29/10/2019 Holy Disorders
Domchurch Utrecht, come and see my show ‘Holy Disorders’. Wonders happening each day in this most majestic and historic building.

6/7/2019 – 1/9/2019 Fill Your Heart
6/7/2019 – 1/9/2019, Vernissage at 15 PM, ZERP Galerie Rotterdam Duo exhibition Margriet Smulders / Mary A Waters

Metamorphosen
14/06/2019 – 26/07/2019, Galerie Reinisch Contemporary, Österreich Margriet Smulders, Herbert Brandl, Seiichi Furuya, Edelgard Gerngross, Martin Kippenberger, Hans Kupelwieser, Victor Piverno, Arnulf Rainer, Christoph Schmidberger,

Go with a light foot
05/04/2019 – 25/05/2019. Vernissage: Thursday 04/04/2019 6 PM. Galerie Jordanow, Munich, Germany


Margriet Smulders’ Wild Dream
Two articles in newspaper De Gelderlander about the wild dream of Margriet Smulders


15-9-2018 / 15-11-2018 Show at Spalding NIX Fine Art, Atlanta
This October Atlanta Celebrates Photography

7-9-2018 / 4-11-2018 Soloshow ‘Keine Angst vor Blumen!’ (No fear for flowers!)
Maximilianpark Hamm Alter Grenzweg 2, 59071 Hamm




09-06-2018 / 16-09-2018 Valkhof Museum Nijmegen
99 + 1: Eigentijdse kunst van eigen bodem
19-11-2017 / 26-11-2017 PAN Amsterdam: fair for art, antiques and design
ZERP Gallery shows my newest works in a solo presentation


8-09-2017 / 21-10-2017 Natura Morta
TZR Galerie: Wild life / Still life Very happy my works are shown in Dusseldorf during Photo Dusseldorf festival in TZR Gallery

I’ll be your mirror
I’ll be your mirror. When you think the night has seen your mind, that inside your twisted and unkind, let me be your eyes … As