Maja Klaassens

Maja Klaassens (b.1989, NZ) works across mediums to explore the influence of literature and film on our experience of reality. Klaassens holds a BFA from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (2014), and a MA in Contemporary Art History from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2021). She recently presented her solo exhibition Orca at Dürst Britt and Mayhew Frontspace, The Hague, and has exhibited at Parts Project and Billytown, The Hague; ABC Klubhuis, Antwerp; At7, Amsterdam, and art fairs including Poppositions (BE), Juxtapose (DK), and Art The Hague (NL). In 2020, she received the Stroom PRO Research Grant.

Maja Klaassens
Maja Klaassens, Villette, 2023 (still from HD video, 16 min). Courtesy of the artist

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  • 2023 / core / exhibition

    Maja Klaassens
    The view is total sea

    Joys
    This new body of work by multidisciplinary artist Maja Klaassens, born in Aotearoa/New Zealand and based in The Hague, unfolds across media including photography, video, text, sculpture, and painting. The exhibition approaches the familiarity and suspense bound to practices of framing, exploring how narrative techniques used in film and literature influence experiences, memories, and perceptions of place.
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