Maaike Alma - Meeting in the distance

Maaike Alma “Meeting in the distance

Framed with double glass plate” 4/10 Own print; intaglio drypoint and multi-colour aquatint print
Maaike Alma (full name Maaike Boomsma-Alma) was born on March 18, 1943, in Augustinusga, in the Frisian municipality of Achtkarspelen. According to sources, she is primarily known as a sculptor, graphic artist, installation artist, and draughtswoman. She is primarily regarded as a graphic artist: in recent decades, she has created striking series of copperplate prints (a drypoint technique in which both the grooves and the flattened burr hold the ink). In addition, she makes sketches, photographs, and videos as a starting point for her work—she retrieves images from afar via the internet and converts them into paintings or copperplate prints. She also creates temporary installations exploring the spatial experience of a particular environment. Her work is characterized by deep black or blue areas, hard and angular or, conversely, round and enigmatic. She has exhibited at, among others, Galerie Vermezzo (Milan), Stroom (The Hague), the Singer Museum, Grafiek Nu (Laren), the Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, GBK Nijmegen, SBK Amsterdam, the Printmaking Biennial in Taiwan, and De Krabbedans (Eindhoven). Her work is included in collections of, among others, the Museum of Modern Art in Arnhem, the Provinces of Gelderland and Utrecht, the Universities of Stockholm and Wageningen, and ABN-AMRO.