1989 Ōtautahi, NZ
Lives and works in The Hague, NL
Represented by
Dürst Britt & Mayhew
info@majaklaassens.com
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Education
2019 - 2021 | MA Contemporary Art History, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
2011 - 2014 | BA Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Art, NL |
2009 - 2010 | BA Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, NZ |
Upcoming Exhibitions
21.06-31.08 | Great God! This is an awful place, Dürst Britt & Mayhew (group) |
Solo Exhibitions
2025 | A Line of Stones, Dürst Britt & Mayhew, The Hague (NL) |
2023 | The view is total sea, Joys Toronto (CA) Core Program Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival |
2022 | Orca, Dürst Britt & Mayhew Frontspace, The Hague (NL) |
2015 | #1, Billytown The Kitchen, The Hague (NL) |
2009 | Colony, Nibelheim, Christchurch (NZ) |
Group Exhibitions
2025 | Art Island, Dürst Britt & Mayhew, IJmuiden NL |
2025 | Reality Check, Museum MORE, Gorssel NL |
2024 | Niek Kemps and Maja Klaassens, duo exhibition with Niek Kemps, lxhxb, Eindhoven (NL) |
Mountain Friends, Fred & Ferry, Antwerp (BE) | |
2023 | Cache, duo exhibition with Christofer Degrér, Billytown, The Hague (NL) |
Grand Day Out, Kate, Amsterdam (NL) | |
秋, SLoõPW, Beijing (CN) | |
It's Not the Heat, It's the Dust, GROVE, London (UK) | |
2022 | Art The Hague, Dürst Britt & Mayhew, The Hague (NL) |
Melk / Water, HaL x Frank Taal Gallery, Rotterdam (NL) | |
The Connection, CLC Gallery Venture (CN) x C5CNM (CN) x Sandwich Gallery (RO) x Billytown, The Hague (NL) | |
RSVP, Billytown, The Hague (NL) | |
2021 | Drawing Appreciation Day, Hgtomi Rosa, The Hague (NL) |
Juxtapose Art Fair, Aarhus (DK) | |
After Daan van Golden, Parts Project, The Hague (NL) | |
2020 | Can’t Make It, Sophie, Berlin (DE) |
2019 | Hinkypunk, Billytown, The Hague (NL) |
Hello Echo, 1646, The Hague (NL) (guest artist) | |
De Reconstructie, ABC Klubhuis, Antwerp (BE) | |
Studio Schottenheimer, Poppositions, Brussels (BE) | |
2018 | 24 Kleurplaten, Billytown, The Hague (NL) |
Mrs. Robinson, Billytown, The Hague (NL) | |
Dolores Meyer Collection, SID YOUNG, Glasgow (UK) | |
Housewarming, Atelier Oh Nee, Leiden (NL) | |
All Under One Blanket, At7, Amsterdam (NL) | |
2017 | Debt, The Palace, San Francisco (US) |
This is me, Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles (US) | |
2016 | Altijd en Overal, Vonkel, The Hague (NL) |
Can't Do Nothing, Billytown, The Hague (NL) | |
2015 | Trial and Triumph, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL) |
2014 | Goed Gegidst, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Brussels (BE) |
Graphos, Kunsthal Boschveld, Den Bosch (NL) | |
Graduation Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL) | |
35 Titles for a Group Show, Vrom, The Hague (NL) | |
2013 | In Your Living Room 17, The Hague (NL) |
2010 | Takeaways, High Street Project, Christchurch (NZ) |
Professional affiliations
2023 | Four Films, co-curated with Christofer Degrér, with works by Verena Blok (NL/PL) , Lisa Tan (US/SE), Eugene Sundelius von Rosen (SE), and Victoria Verseau (SE), Billytown, The Hague (NL) |
Guest lecturer, Interactive Media Design, Royal Academy of Art the Hague | |
Guest lecturer, Fine Art Department, Academie Minerva | |
2022 | Guest lecturer, Media, Art, Design and Architecture, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
2021 | Guest lecturer, Fine Art Department, Royal Academy of Art the Hague |
2020 - 2021 | Coordinator, Alternative Art Guide |
2019 - 2022 | Editorial Board, Kunstlicht, academic journal for art, visual culture and architecture |
2017 - 2024 | Member, Billytown, artist-run initiative and gallery, The Hague |
Press
2024 | |
The stillness of Haribo bears and coffee filters Yves Joris |
2023 | |
Total, see? Mailey Horner |
“The view is total sea” — Maja Klaassens Angel Callander |
2019 | |
Een hogere graad van moeraskunde - Hinkypunk bij Billytown Domeniek Ruyters |
Stipends / Awards
2023 | Sponsorship: Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Toronto |
2020 | PRO Research Grant, Stroom Den Haag |
2014 | Thesis Prize, Royal Academy of Art the Hague |