Please join us for an Artist Talk by Marieken Cochius on Sunday, July 26 at 2pm.

Marieken Cochius is a Dutch-born artist who is drawn to remote places where she studies nature and makes art inspired by it. Her work encompasses drawing, painting and sculpture. In 2021 Cochius received an NYSCA Decentralization Grant for an Individual Artist Commission. She is a 2020 recipient of a Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA), Emergency Grants COVID-19 Fund grant. In 2017 Cochius completed a public sculpture commission for the Village of Wappingers Falls, NY made possible by a grant from the Hudson River Foundation. Recent solo shows were at Palmer Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, SUNY Ulster, NY. She has participated in residencies including the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. Cochius' work has been shown in group exhibitions at the Lockwood Gallery, Kingston, NY, 6th International Drawing Triennial in Tallinn, Estonia; Ely Center, New Haven, CT; Holland Tunnel Gallery, Newburgh, NY and many more. Her work has been featured in Elle Decor, Columbia Journal, the New York Times, and in over 40 art, literary, poetry and university publications. Cochius studied photography at the Art Academy St Joost in Breda, the Netherlands and is self taught in drawing, sculpture and painting. She currently lives in the Hudson Valley, New York.

Ligenza Moore Gallery and Sculpture Garden is located at 78 Trout Brook Rd in Cold Spring, NY.

View Marieken Cochius’ work featured in our current exhibition, Distant Lands.