About
Located in Maastricht, the Netherlands Marieke Severens believes that art should be part of our everyday lives. Art makes you think, question, enjoy, laugh and get inspired. It gives a different perspective of the world we live in and it is a great conversation starter in any place, work or home.
The gallery represents a selective number of contemporary artists. They range from emerging talent to established artists, who each have their own distinct style and story. Our way of working with them is characterized by long-term personal relationships. We have contact on an almost daily basis and visit all of them frequently. This makes not only that we know all of their stories and motivations first hand, but also that we always know what they are working on, as well as have first access to new works.
Since 2024 our main focus is on works on paper.
Marieke Severens founded PontArte in 2013 in Spain and continued from 2015 in Maastricht, The Netherlands. In October 2024 the name was changed into Marieke Severens Gallery.
She holds a Master’s degree in Arts and Culture Studies from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam (1995) and an MBA from EADA Business School in Barcelona (2003). She has worked in the Noordbrabants Museum in Den Bosch and in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam in the area of funding and sponsorship. This career in the Museum world was complemented by over 15 years of practical business experience, having worked at ING-group and Hewlett-Packard. Marieke started PontArte in 2013 out of a deep desire to combine her extensive accumulated business experience with the area of her true passion: the arts.
She likes working with other galleries. In 2018 we have initiated the collaboration for Horizon, a show from Jenny Owens and Santiago Vélez with Tasneem Gallery in Barcelona and Lokkus Arte Contemporanea in Medelín.
From 2019 till September 2024 she worked with Rubrecht Contemporary in Wiesbaden and presented a number of exhibitions in both Wiesbaden-Maastricht under the name Rubrecht Severens Fine Art and participated 3 times at ART KARLSRUHE.
As of May 2023 she is the president of the Maastricht Gallery Weekend foundation.
Maastricht Gallery Weekend – The Maastricht Art Weekend
Marieke Severens Gallery is a member of the NGA: Nederlandse Galerie Associatie
We conform to the Gallery Fair Practice Code
as defined by the Mondrian Fund.
Artist Copyright – All works of art within this web site are protected under Spanish & Dutch law, international conventions and U.S. copyright laws. No portion of the artists works or statements may be used, downloaded, reproduced using any means, copied, linked to, or transferred electronically, without prior written permission from the artist or the gallery.
Gallery Fair Practice code:
In 2021, the Fair Practice Code became a fixed provision for the part of the cultural sector that is supported by public resources. The Mondriaan Fund supports the gallery sector in a number of ways, and therefore believes that it is important that the principles outlined in the Fair Practice Code are also self-evident in the gallery sector. As of July 1, 2023, the Gallery Fair Practice Code will become a permanent condition for galleries that want to offer the KunstKoop or receive a contribution for a foreign art fair. It is important to always apply the code and explain what it entails. The galleries are expected to publish the Code in full and in a prominent position on their website, alongside the declaration that they endorse the Code.
The code
- The gallery in question records in writing the relationship between the gallery and the artist, including agreements regarding the duration of the agreement, prices and any applicable discounts. Other matters that may be recorded in this document include: monitoring and evaluation of the agreements, both parties’ targets (e.g. regarding international visibility), the relationship with a second gallery, agreements regarding the settlement of any discounts, regarding commissions from third parties, or the settlement of other expenses such as for transport, photography, insurance or the construction of an exhibition. Model contracts are available on the Dutch Gallery Association (NGA) website.
- The artist remains the owner of their work until the full amount is paid to the gallery, with the exception of secondary trading. This also applies in the case of gallery bankruptcy or attachment.
- The gallery shall transfer the full artist’s share of the sales price agreed with the customer within 60 days following the sale of the artist’s work, and provide the artist with the buyer’s name and address details, and a copy of the invoice.
- Unsold artworks in the charge of the gallery must always be returned to the artist within a month, if requested by the artist.
- The relationship between galleries may involve competition and rivalry, but in the case of different galleries representing the same artist, the galleries should in all respects remain loyal to the interests of the artist in question. If a gallery exclusively represents an artist, thereby acting as their ‘mother gallery’, and another gallery would like to organise an exhibition with this artist, the involved parties should make written agreements regarding the conditions under which the exhibition can be held (see appendix for a Dutch Gallery Association (NGA) model contract).
- The gallery is expected to be professional and competent, and to maintain this professionalism and competence.
- The gallery vouches for the authenticity of the work that they are selling.* In the case that a work is adjudged to be fake by a recognised independent party, the customer may return the work to the gallery owner and have the amount paid for the work refunded.
- A gallery states the following on their website: their objectives, programme, working method and the artists that they represent.
- A gallery is expected to act in accordance with the Fair Practice Code (fairpracticecode.nl), which includes an assurance against inappropriate behaviour at the gallery and elsewhere.
*If desired, certificates of authenticity can be requested from the Dutch Gallery Association (NGA)
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Who are we
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https://mariekeseverensgallery.com
our business information is registered at the
Chamber of Commerce under number: KvK 70179972
Our address is:
Kapoenstraat 29
6211 KV Maastricht
+31 (0)6 37 40 34 99
BTW NL858177419B01 (TAX nr)
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