Jasmijn Doukje Plantinga was born in 2004 in Harderwijk, the Netherlands. From 2016 until 2022 she attended high school at Christelijk College Groevenbeek Ermelo where she succesfully completed a six-year bilingual programme, focussing on studying languages, art and history. After moving to Rome in 2022 her artistic practice was focused on incorporating traditional Dutch patterns and other forms of symbolism into large scale oil paintings. In 2025 she finished the BA in Fine Arts at the Rome University of Fine Arts.

Jasmijn Doukje Plantinga is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice centers around large-scale oil paintings, often rich with symbolic imagery, layered patterns, and portraiture. Her work creates dreamlike landscapes that blur the line between reality and imagination, inviting viewers into emotional and psychological spaces that feel both intimate and surreal.

Through recurring themes such as grief, childhood fears, and feminism, the artist explores the complexities of inner experience. Symbolism plays a key role in her visual language, offering a poetic means to navigate what is often difficult to articulate. In parallel with her painting, she engages in performance art, using her body as a medium to express what cannot be conveyed through paint alone. This physical dimension adds a visceral intensity to her practice and deepens the emotional resonance of her work.

Jasmijn Doukje’s art is an invitation to pause, feel, and reflect; a space where vulnerability and strength coexist.

CV

Jasmijn Doukje Plantinga

2022-2025 Rome University of Fine Arts, Italy, BA Paintings

2024-2025 Artist’s assistant to Mauro di Silvestre

2016-2022 Christelijk College Groevenbeek Ermelo, the Netherlands, TTVWO

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

2025 Garden of Juvenile Fears, curated by Janneke Leenders, Spazio Box, Rome, Italy

Collective exhibitions

2024 CALL TO THE ARTS FOR THE PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT, curated by THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HANDS and FARI CALURI, Museo del Fiume di Nazzano, Nazzano (RM) Italy.

2024 Impressioni, curated by Ayda Özcan, Miae Lee and Noor Fatima, Stamperia X, Rome, Italy

2024 Kunstnomaden, curated by Harry de Boer, Kunstcollectief stEK, Ermelo, the Netherlands

2025 Antibodies, curated by Davide Dormino and Fabrizio Dell’Arno, Accademia d’Egitto di Belle Arti a Roma, Rome, Italy