Mariska de Groot

Intrigued by the phenomena and history of optical sound, Mariska de Groot (1982, NL) makes, performs and composes for comprehensive analog light-to-sound instruments and installations which explore this principle in new ways. Her work often has a reference to media inventions from the past, with which she aims to excite a multi-sensorial and phenomenological experience in light, sound, movement and space.
Mariska obtained her BA in graphic design in Arnhem (2000-2005) and received her masters diploma at the ArtScience interfaculty in 2012. In 2009/2010 Mariska received a Startstipendium from Fonds BKVB. She won the BNG Workspace12 Project Prize in 2012, in 2014 she won the O68 Price for German/Dutch artists and in 2016 she received Creatives Industries Talent development grant.
Mariska de Groot has presented her work at several national and international events like STEIM [NL], Ars Electronica [A], Lab30 [DE], NK [DE], Atonal [DE], Oddstream Festival [NL], Fiber [NL], Todays Art [NL], Shiny Toys [DE], NCCA Moscow [RUS], NCCA Arsenal [RUS], Centras [LI], Glow [NL], HAFF [NL], Go Short [NL], CTM [DE], STRP [NL], for the IFFR in Worm [NL], Atelier Nord [NO], Mirage Festival [FR] and EYE Filminstituut Amsterdam [NL].
Projects
- Incidence of Light 2018
- Incidence of Light 2019
- Hidden Patterns
- Nibiru
- LFS2
- Cinechine II
- Lumisonic Rotera II
- Optical Sound Orchestra
- LFS1
- Stirred Mandala
Presentations
- festival Oscillation, Q-O2, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
- festival Dutch Modular Fest, foundation Dutch Modular Fest, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2018
- special event No Patent Pending #32, iii, Den Haag, The Netherlands, 2018
- special event No Patent Pending #30, STUK, Leuven, Belgium, 2017
- group show In Praise of Shadows, Tetem Kunstruimte, Enschede, Netherlands, 2014