maria hees
e-mail mariahees@hetnet.nl

education : Arnhem Academy of Arts
Department for design in metal and plastics 1975-1979
2x stipend for the European Ceramic Work Centre 2003, 2005
from 1986-2009: 6 times a stipend of the Art-Fund from the Dutch Government


Maria Hees regularly exhibits in shows at home and abroad.
Her work has been included in the collections of various museums:

Stedelijk Museum - Amsterdam NL
Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam NL
Coda - Apeldoorn NL
Stedelijk Museum Den Bosch NL
Museum voor Moderne Kunst – Arnhem NL
Designmuseum-Gent Be
Museum für Kunsthandwerk – Frankfurt De
Israël Museum - Jerusalem I
Victoria&Albert Museum- London, GB
Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal, Canada
Museum of Fine Arts - Houston U.S.A.
Museum of Fine Arts - Montreal Canada
Metropolitan Museum- New York U.S.A.
Cooper Hewitt Museum-New York, U.S.A.
Museum of Modern Art - New York U.S.A.


Most important exhibitions since 2014



2014 KunstRai, Amsterdam, NL
Metropolitan Museum , New York, U.S.A.
MoMa, New York, U.S.A.
2015 Object Rotterdam NL
KunstRai, Amsterdam, NL
Galerie Beeld en Aambeeld, Enschede , NL
Galerie de Mijlpaal, Heusden -Zolder, B
2016 Object Rotterdam, NL
Masterly the Dutch, Milano, IT
2017 CODA , Apeldoorn, NL
Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York
2018 CODA , Apeldoorn NL
IJsselsalon, Zutphen, NL
2019 KunstRai, Galerie Door, NL
IJsselsalon , Zutphen, NL
2020 Galerie Door, Object Rotterdam, NL
2022 Swiss National Museum, Zurich
KunstRai , Galerie Door, Amsterdam NL
Art The Hague, Galerie Door, Den Haag, NL
KIK, solo, Groenlo NL
2023 KunstRai Galerie Door,Amsterdam, NL
Art The Hague,Galerie Door,Den Haag, NL
Galerie Door solo,Heusden, NL
2024 KunstRai Galerie Door, Amsterdam NL
Art The Hague,Galerie Door Den Haag NL
Galerie Espace Enny Laag-Keppel NL
2025 KunstRai Galerie Door Amsterdam NL
Art The Hague,Galerie Door Den Haag NL
Galerie Door München BRD
Silent Ground, Galerie Door Rotterdam NL
Galerie Espace Enny Laag Keppel NL
Biënnale Puyuan Dutch Pavilion China
IJsselbiënnale, kleiclub Brummen NL
Galerie Handwerk München BRD
2026 Ver & Nabij, Stevenskerk Nijmegen NL