Maartje Jaquet (Egmond aan Zee, 1963) obtained a Master’s degree and teaching certificate in Dutch Modern Literature from the UvA (1988) and a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design and New Media from theRietveld Academy(1999). During her studies at the Rietveld Academy, she spent a year studying computer arts at the School of Visual Arts in New York (1998).

For the past twenty years, Jaquet has been working as an artist in various media. She draws, paints, works with collage, photography, video, and poetry, and designs and publishes her own art books. She enjoys collaborating with national and international artists and exhibits both in The Netherlands and abroad. Since 2016, she has been exploring her love of drawing and painting with pen and watercolor. She has traveled through Japan and completed artist residencies in Morocco, Suriname and in Amsterdam the city where she lives.

Ala Sma Tori, Keti Koti Verbeeld is her newest book, written in Dutch, published by LM Publishers. It is the result of three years work on a project around the abolishment of slavery by the Dutch in the Caribbean on July 1st, 1873. With 79 pen and watercolor portraits of all persons who commemorate and celebrate this, combined with 30 interviews with personal stories and opinions, photos and more.

Jaquet is a member of Arti et Amicitiae, the oldest artist society in the Netherlands. Part of her work is represented by / for sale at Atelier Open (10x10artist), CBK Zuidoost (who have bought some of her water colors drawings, available to the public through ‘art loan’ ) and Art Unlimited (postcards). In March 2021, a series of water color portraits has been acquired by the KOG, at the Rijksmuseum. In August 2023, her portrait ASHA was a prize winner at the ZomerSalon Royaal at CBK Zuidoost. It has been enlarged and was exhibited in Amsterdam Zuidoost, in public space, until July 2025:

Since 2024, Maartje Jaquet has been working on a new project: ‘Mama Aisa – Mother Earth’, an ode to Mother Nature. In February 2025, she created paintings on this theme during a live performance at Readytex Art Gallery (Paramaribo, Suriname), in collaboration with Surinamese artist Rinaldo Klas. Her own work consists of paintings, collage drawings (collages on which she draws/paints), graphics, and … ceramics. The use of clay, taken directly from the earth (ceramics are also called earthenware), gives the work an additional layer of meaning.

Below: Rinaldo Klas and I showing our finished paintings at Readytex Art Gallery; a collage drawing; a ceramic medaillon.