Made with my husband Frank Bezemer
we made two artists: Lola Bezemer and Boris Bezemer
Opera:
lolabezemer (visual artist specialized colorfoul performances)
borisbezemer (music composer specialized in opera)
frankbezemer ( sculpture, installations)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 An Angel at my Mirror, Galerie Dom'Arte, Rucphen
2022 Wysteria, P'Arts, Oirlo
2022 Make Love not War, Contour Gallery, Rotterdam
2022 Fruits de Rococo, Slot Zeist, Zeist, NL
2021 Im Banne der Schönheit, Schloss Kalsdorf, Ilz, (Galerie Reinisch, Graz), AT
2021 Masterpieces of Art, Salzburg(Galerie Reinisch, Graz), AT
2021 De Adem van de eeuwigheid, @ de witte Silo, Rothuizen Architecten, Middelburg, NL
2020 Heaven of healing Herbs, Slot Zeist, Zeist, NL (canceled due to Covid-19)
2019 Holy Disorders, Dom Church, Utrecht, NL
2019 Go with A light foot. Galerie Jordanow München, DE
2019 Is this New Music Honey?, Galerie Dom'arte Rucphen, NL
2018 PAN Amsterdam, ZERP Galerie, NL
2018 Holy Disasters, Spalding Nix Fine Art, , Atlanta, USA
2018 Keine Angst vor Blumen! MaxiPark Hamm, DE
2017 He, du! Halt an!, ZERP Galerie, Rotterdam, NL
2017 TZR Galerie, Düsseldorf, DE
2017 Den Fluss entlang, Kloster Bentlage, DE
2017 He, du! Halt an! Was ist das mit diesem Wasser Alter?, Museum Katharinenhof, Kranenburg, DE
2017 Wenn dir's in Kopf und Herzen schwirrt, was willst du Bess’res haben!, Galerie Jordanow, München, DE
2017 Bewitch, Bewilder, ZERP Galerie, Rotterdam, NL
2016 Holy Order, ZERP Galerie, Rotterdam, NL
2016 TZR Galerie, Düsseldorf, DE
2016 PAN Amsterdam, ZERP Galerie, NL
2015 PAN Amsterdam, ZERP Galerie, NL
2015 One day we went out fishing, Erasmushuis Jakarta, ID
2015 One day we went out fishing, ZERP Galerie, NL
2014 Beauty, Dom'arte, Rucphen, NL
2014 Ogentroost, Wanda Reiff, Bemelen, NL
2014 Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, NL
2013 Jordanow / Galerie für Fotografie, Munich, DE
2013 Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atalanta, US
2013 Veel Liefgs, Margriet Smulders & Frank Bezemer, Museum IJsselstein, NL
2012 The Match, Margriet Smulders & Frank Bezemer, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, NL
2012 Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atalanta, US
2012 Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day, ZERP Galerie, Rotterdam, NL
2012 Mural on the outer walls of Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, NL
2011 Artist in Residence at Van Gogh house, Zundert, NL
2011 Tell me your Dreams, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL
2011 Margriet Smulders at Witzenhausen gallery, New York, US
2011 Margriet Smulders at galerie Jordanov, München, DE
2010 RONMANDOS Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2009 Bloody Hell & Lucylures, Hot Prospects / VODW Art collection, NL
2008 Galerie Nouvelles Images, 's-Gravenhage, NL
2008 Jordanow / Galerie für Fotografie, Munich, DE
2008 Winter Selection, Margriet Smulders & David Fokos, EMON Photogallery, Tokyo, JP
2008 Land of Milk and Money, Maria Roosen en Margriet Smulders, SM-s Museum, ‘s Hertogenbosch, NL
2008 Hot Prospects / VODW Art collection, NL
2007 Galerie Arti Capelli, 's Hertogenbosch, NL
2007 Galerie jacoba Wijk, Wehe den Hoorn, NL
2007 Art Moscow, RU
2007 Galerie Nouvelles Images, ‘s-Gravenhage, NL
2007 PAN Amsterdam, NL
2006 PAN Amsterdam, with Galerie Arti Capelli, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
2006 De verleiding van Flora, Museum het Prinsenhof, Delft, NL
2006 Enivrez-vous!, Galerie Wäcker-Jordanow, Munich, DE
2006 Moscow, House of Photography, Moscow Photo Biennale, RU
2006 DFOTO, San Sebastian, with Flatland Gallery, NL
2005 ParisPhoto with Flatland Gallery, NL
2005 DFOTO, San Sebastian, with Flatland Gallery, NL
2005 Galerie Nouvelles Images, ‘s-Gravenhage, NL
2004 Flowers and Fishes, Galerie Arti Capelli, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
2004 Tulipomania, Gallery Wäcker-Jordanow, Munich, DE
2004 Tulipomania, Artcentre deWillem3, Vlissingen, NL
2003 Galerie Nouvelles Images, ‘s-Gravenhage, NL
2003 Galerie Arti Capelli, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
2002 Galerie Arti Capelli, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
2002 Les fleurs du mal, Galerie Pennings, Eindhoven, NL
2002 Galerie Nouvelles Images, ‘s-Gravenhage, NL
2001 Out of the Cocoon, ecological Tasarsilk in India, New Delhi, IN
2001 Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, NL
2001 Galerie Nouvelles Images, ‘s-Gravenhage, KunstRAI 2001, Amsterdam, NL
2000 Voluptuous Floral Still Lifes, Galerie Oele, Amsterdam, NL
2000 KunstRAI 2000, Amsterdam, NL
2000 Delight, Galerie Arti Capelli, ‘s Hertogenbosch, NL
1999 Out of the Cocoon, ecological Tasarsilk in India, Museum for Textile, Tilburg, NL
1998 75 portraits for the 75th anniversary of the University of Nijmegen, NL
1997 Museum Henriëtte Polak, Zutphen, NL
1996 Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, NL
1996 KunstRAI - 1996, Amsterdam, NL
1995 Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
1994 Photogallery Wien, Vienna, AT
1994 M.K. gallery, Rotterdam, NL
1991 Den Tempel, Centre for Photography, Sittard, NL
1990 The Limerick City Gallery, Dublin, IE
1990 R.H.A. Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, IE
1990 Galerie S&H de Buck, Gent, BE
1990 BBK Köln, Stapelhaus, Cologne, DE
1989 Canon Image Centre, Amsterdam, NL
1989 Mois de la photographie, Opera, Nice, FR
1987 Gallery Pennings, Eindhoven, NL
1986 Goem Gallery, Nijmegen, NL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Masterpieces of Art, Reinisch Contemporary, Salzburg, AT
2024 La poesie d'Été, Galarie Contour, Rotterdam, NL
2024 Art&Antique, Vienna, AT
2022 Photo Basel, Contour Gallery, Basel, CH
2022 Unseen, Contour Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Highlights Munich, Residenz" Palace, Munich, DE
2021 Masterpieces of Art, Salzburg(Galerie Reinisch, Graz) AT
2020 Haute Photographie, Dom'Arte Rotterdam, NL
2019 PAN Amsterdam, ZERP Galerie, NL
2019 Metamorphosen, Reinisch Contemporary Graz, AT
2018 Bloom, Karmelklooster Drachten, NL
2018 Das Paradies, Reinisch Contemporary Graz, AT
2018 Bloemenpracht bij MIJ, Museum IJsselstein, NL
2018 99+1, Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen, NL
2018 Anthologie, Buitenplaats Beeckestijn, Velsen-Zuid, NL
2017 Salon d'Hiver, ZERP Galerie, Rotterdam, NL
2017 PAN Amsterdam, ZERP Galerie, NL
2017 Galerie Jordanow, Munich, DE
2017 Kloster Bentlage, Rheine, DE
2016 Blütenpracht, Neuen Galerie des Haus Beda, Bitburg, DE
2016 We'll see, it's summertime, Het Klooster, Tiel, NL
2016 Floralia, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, NL
2015 Fireworks, ZERP Galerie, NL
2015 Sunflowertime: in honor of Van Gogh, Arti & Amicitiae, Den Haag, NL
2014 PAN Amsterdam with Zerp Galerie, NL
2014 All Coherence Gone, BayArt gallery, Cardiff, UK
2014 Dream On! Willem 3, Vlissingen, A Tender Forces project, NL
2014 Art Southampton 2014, Long Island. NY. With Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, US
2014 Mooi Oud, Museum Henriëtte Polak, Zutphen, NL
2014 Natuurkracht, Coda Museum, Apeldoorn, NL
2014 Blütezeit (Blooming Time) DZ Bank (Art Collection), DE
2014 StilLeben, Jordanow Gallery Munich, DE
2014 Armando, Margriet Smulders, Sabine Lintzen, Galerie Dom Arte, Rucphen, NL
2014 RAW Artfair, Rotterdam, with Galerie Domarte, NL
2013 PAN, Amsterdam, with Zerp Galerie, NL
2013 A Perfect, still, beautifull moment, Zerp Galerie, Rotterdam, NL
2013 Tijdloos Eigentijds - kunstenaars kijken naar oude meesters, Museum Flehite Amersfoort, NL
2013 Galerie S&H de Buck, Gent, BE
2012 PAN 2012, Amsterdam, ZERP Galerie, NL
2012 Lost in Flowers, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo; with a.o. Arjan van Arendonk, Ellen Jess, and Hildegard Monssen, NL
2012 KunstRai 2012, Amsterdam, ZERP Galerie, NL
2012 'Stil Even' at Stedelijk Museum Zwolle, NL
2012 Slick Brussels 2012, ZERP Galerie, BE
2012 Paviljoen Rotterdam 2012, ZERP Galerie, NL
2012 The Color of Water, Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen, NL
2011 Flowers: Time, Death & Beauty, with a.o. Nobuyoshi Araki, Jessica Backhaus, Michael Wesely, Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck, AT
2011 'Flower Power', Alfred-Ehrhardt-Stiftung, with a.o. Fischli / Weiss, Thomas Florschuetz, Luzia Simons, Vera Mercer, Holger Niehaus,Berlin, DE
2011 Tijdelijk verblijf, curated by Annemie van Laethem, Tanja Rumpff: Visual Art in Chateau d'Aspremont-Lynden, Oud-Rekem, BE
2011 ‘FOTO = Kunst', with a.o. Hans op de Beeck, Ruud van Empel and Ellen Kooi,Valkhof Museum Nijmegen, NL
2011 'O Schoon gebloemt', LUMC, Leiden, NL
2010 The Valkhof Experience, Valkhof Museum, Nijmegen, NL
2010 A la c'Arte, The art of food – Food in art, Noord Brabants Museum, ’sHertogenbosch, NL
2010 groupshow, Nouvelles Images, NL
2009 PAN Amsterdam, with RONMANDOS Gallery, NL
2009 Zomerse Stillevens & Tuinen - Hollandse Meesters Barok en Modern, Stadsmuseum IJsselstein, NL
2009 Arco Madrid with RONMANDOS Gallery, NL
2007 Tuin, Centrum Beeldende Kunst Flevoland, Almere, NL
2007 Art Amsterdam, with Arti Capelli and Nouvelles Images, NL
2007 Contour / Continuiteit, Heden en Verleden, Museum het Prinsenhof, Delft
2007 Amsterdam, Art and Antique Fair, Galerie Majke Hüsstege, NL
2006 Paris Photo, with Flatland Gallery, NL
2006 Art Brussel, with Flatland Gallery, NL
2006 Art Amsterdam / KunstRAI with Arti Capelli, NL
2005 PAN Amsterdam, with Arti Capelli, NL
2005 Blumenstück-Künstlers Glück, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, DE
2005 Moderne Favorieten, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, NL
2005 Strömungen – Wasser in der Fotografie, Wäcker-Jordanow, Munich, DE
2004 Rétoricas del Trabajo, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Malaga, ES
2004 Stilleben 1, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, AT
2003 Flowers, Wetering Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2003 Photofestival Naarden, Galerie Wijk, Groningen, NL
2002 Paris Photo, Galerie Pennings, Eindhoven, NL
2002 Souvenir for Pskov, museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen, NL
2002 30th annual home&garden show, FAXX Kunstuitleen Tilburg, NL
2000 Flowers of the New Age, Noord Brabants Museum, ‘s Hertogenbosch, NL
1998 Flowers in Art, Sonsbeek Art & Design, Arnhem, NL
1998 Sugar Mountain, Gallery van den Berge, Soest, NL
1998 Woman and Work, Randstad Photocollection, Diemen, NL
1997 Angelus Novus, The Heart Gallery, Paris, FR
1996 Vier Künstler aus den Niederlanden, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn, DE
1994 Who's looking at the family? Barbican Art Centre, London, UK
1994 Immagini della città, Mostra conclusiva del Laboratorio di Fotografia, Studio Prato PRG, Prato, IT
1994 Gelderland Biënnale, Henriëtte Polakmuseum, Zutphen, NL
1992 Meesterlijk gedekt, Jan Cunen Centre, Oss, NL
1990 The Limerick City Gallery, Dublin, IE
1989 Different voices, different rooms, Artis, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
1988 The self portrait, Commanderie van Sint Jan, Nijmegen, NL
1988 Summer of photography, Prize from the City of Antwerp, laureat, BE
ARTICLES AND CATALOGUES
2019 Kunstenares droomt van ‘bloemenzee’ onder gewelf van de Oversteek als ‘een ode aan de Waal’, De Gelderlander, Geert Willems
2019 Architect van De Oversteek: ‘Doe veel meer met deze stadsbrug’, De Gelderlander, Geert Willems
2017 Grootste werk ooit, De Gelderlander, Geert Willems
2017 In Farbe umgezetzte Poesie, Münsterländische Volkszeitung, Ingmar Winter
2017 Ik heb mijn vader en zusje niet kunnen helpen, De Gelderlander, Geert Willems
2017 Barocke Blumenpracht, Rheinische Post, Matthias Grass
2017 Den Fluss entlang, Reiner Service
2017 Von Blumen betrunken werden, Rheine, Paul Nienhaus
2015 Holy Disorders
2012 What Makes Great Photography: 80 Masterpieces Explained by Val Willams
2011 Vrouwelijke Troost, NRC Handelsblad, Marion van Eeuwen
2010 Oeuvre catalogue, Margriet Smulders, Thieme Art Publishers
2010 Flower Power, Matthias Harder, Dumondt Publishers
2008 Special dossier in Exit #28 - Flowers
2008 Bij Smulders zwemmen vissen door de bloemstillevens, NRC, Marion van Eeuwen
2008 Margriet Smulders : Bloody Hell & Lucylures, Welkenhuysen, Frank e.a.
2006 Get Drunk, Daniëlle Lokin/ Robbert Roos
2005 UMC Utrecht Kunst, Collection UMC Utrecht
2005 Strömungen, Ausstellung "Wasser in der Fotografie", Helmar Klier, Westend Anzeiger
2005 Wo Licht & Schatten fließen, Abendzeitung München
2005 Blumenstück – Künstlers Glück. Vom Paradiesgärtlen zur Prilblume.
2005 Ute Riese, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
2005 Verdieping, Exposities, Roos van Put, Haagsche Courant
2005 Moderne Favorieten. Aanwinsten Moderne Kunst 1999 – 2004, Frank van de Schoor, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen
2005 Sexual intelligence, Kim Cattrall, Carlton Books
2004 Retóricas del Trabajo, Randstad Photocollection, CAC Málaga
2004 Art in The Hinge. The collection of the European Patent Office in The Hague
2004 Barbara Rollmann-Borretty, EPO Collection
2004 Tulipomania, Siobhan Wall, EYE-Mazing
2004 Provozierend schön, Freia Oliv, Münchner Merkur
2004 Portrait of artist-photographer Margriet Smulders, Daphne Pappers, Zeeuws Tijdschrift
2004 Stilleben. Fotobuch 33 / 2004, Klaus Pamminger / Susanne Gamauf, Fotogalerie Wien
2003 Tulipomania, Erika Wäcker, München
2003 AMC Art Book, Sabrina Kamstra / Simon Knepper / Johan Korenray, AMC Artcollection
2003 Proof of Principle, Hester Alberdingk Thijm, Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Arnhem
2003 Stoute vrouwen, Martin Bril / Liesbeth Grotenhuis, Gasunie, Groningen
2002 Sirene, Verlangen en Verleiding, Margriet Smulders / Pietje Tegenbosch, Kempen Publishers
1999 Moderne Kunst. Keuze uit de verzameling, Frank van de Schoor, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen
1998 75 portraits, 75th anniversary University of Nijmegen
1998 Out of the Cocoon, ecological Tasarsilk in India
1998 Photographs commissioned by the organisation for development ICCO at Zeist, Holland
1994 Who's looking at the Family? Val Williams, Barbican Art Gallery, Londen
COLLECTIONS
ABN AMRO Artcollection, Amsterdam, NL. Achmea Artcollection, Zeist, NL. Ahold Art Foundation, Zaandam, NL. AKZO Nobel Art Foundation, Arnhem, NL. AMC Artcollection, Amsterdam, NL. AXA assurances, Amsterdam, NL. Bibliothèque National de Paris, Paris, FR. Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, NL. COFF Foundation, San Sebastián, ES. Delta Lloyd, Amsterdam, NL. ENECO Kunstcollectie, Rotterdam, NL. E. On Energie Deutschland, Münich, DE. Erasmus Medisch Centrum, Rotterdam, NL. European Patent Office, ‘s-Gravenhage, NL. Holland-America line, NL. Houthoff Buruma, Amsterdam, NL. ING Artcollection, Amsterdam, NL. LINK, the Contemporary Art Company, ‘s-Gravenhage, NL. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands: Dutch Embassy Ankara, TR, Kiev, UA, and Peking, CN. Ministry of Social Affairs and Welfare, ‘s-Gravenhage, NL. Museum Het Kruithuis, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL. Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, NL. Noord Brabants Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL. Rabobank International, Utrecht, NL. Radboud University of Nijmegen, NL. Randstad Photocollection Werk / Work, Amsterdam, NL. Utrecht Medisch Centrum, Utrecht, NL. Valkhof Museum, Nijmegen, NL. VODW Artcollection, Leusden, NL. White & Young Eng. BV, London, GB. And private collections.
EDUCATION
1985 Academy of Visual Arts, Arnhem
1983 Social Studies, University of Nijmegen
