Katja van Strijk was born 1973 in Zofingen, Switzerland. After studying at the Translation School in Zürich and several stages abroad, she never stopped developping her artist style and carreer as a painter.
The artworks of Katja van Strijk are full of matter, rich and elaborated, showing exquisite combinations of colours carrying through one always present texture, with she harmonizes with drawing. Her painting are showing us an open dialogue, a wide range of possibilities.
SOMETIMES AMUSING, SOMETIMES FULL OF MYSTERY...….
Museums:
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, NL, Contest "Long Live Rembrandt", July-Sept. 2019
Museum of Modern Art Soumaya, Rodin Show, Mexico City, August 2015
Exhibitions/Art Fairs/Live Painting:
Art Week Beirut, Sept. 2019
Patchings Festival, UK-Nottingham
Int. Watercolour Festival, I-Fabriano, April 2019
Creative World, D-Frankfurt, January 2019
Int. Art Fair, Beirut, September 2018
Design Fair Formex, S-Stockholm, August 2018
Art Festival, Ljubliana - Slovenia, August 2018
Patchings Festival, UK-Nottingham, July 2018
Int.Watercolour Festival, I-Fabriano, May 2018
Skrepka Expo, Ru-Moscow, March 2018
CAA College Art Association, US-Los Angeles, February 2018
Creative World, Live-Painting, D-Frankfurt, January 2018
Design Fair, Live-Painting, No-Oslo, January 2018
Intern. Watercolor Festival, Ru-Moscow, Lecture Modern Watercolor, October 2017
Art Ljubliana, Slo-Ljubliana, September 2017
Design-Fair Formex, S-Stockholm, August 2017
Skrepka Expo, Ru-Moskow, March 2017
Design Fair, No-Oslo, January 2017
Creativworld, D-Frankfurt, January 2017
Live Painting, Montreux Jazz Festival 50th, Nestlé/Nescafé Dolce Gusto, July 2016
NAMTA Fair, US-Houston, March 2016
Museum of Modern Art Soumaya, Rodin Show, Mexico City, August 2015
Exposition Don Rap, Cordoba, Veracruz, (MX) Nov. - Jan 2016
Patchings Festival, Live-Painting, Nottingham(UK) June 2015
Creativworld, D-Frankfurt, January 2015
MTV Live Painting, Juli 2012+2013, Blue Balls Festival CH-Luzern
Nestlé, CH-Orbe, März - Mai 2010
MAG Int. Kunstmesse,CH- Montreux, November 2009 + 2010
EUROP'ART, Int. Art Fair, Int. Kunstmesse Geneva, April 2009
Renaissance Zürich Hotel*****, Zürich, permanent Exhibition 2007-2012
EUROP'ART,Int. Art Fair / Int. Kunstmesse Geneva, Mai 2008
Salon International d'Art Geneva Palexpo, Int. Art Fair /Foire de Genève Nov. 2007
Teilnahme längstes Galeriebild der Welt/Weltrekord Deboga Juli / August 2007
Int. Art Fair / Salon International, Hotel Hilton, Genève November 2006
Kunstausstellung Schloss Greifensee, Dez. 2006
Kunst zum alten Schützenhaus Zofingen, Kunstwettbewerb 2005
Canon Switzerland, Event / Team Building,2005
Kunst im Spital, Zofingen in Zusammenarbeit mit Galerie Pitsch Geissbühler, Zofingen
Kunst im Spital, Zofingen in Zusammenarbeit mit Galerie Pitsch Geissbühler, Zofingen
Kunstausstellung anlässlich der Roga 2008, 16 versch. Künstler; Kurt Hediger, Cedric Meyer, Guido Wiederkehr, Max Woodtly, Jeannette Haemmerle und viele mehr in Zusammenarbeit mit Galerie KUKU, Rothrist, Willi Hofer
Kunstausstellung Art van Strijk und 14Künstler der Region; Gemeindesaal Rothrist 2006-2010