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. At 18, in 2022, she moved to Rome. In Rome her artistic practice was focused on incorporating traditional Dutch patterns and other forms of symbolism into large scale oil paintings. She graduated with honors with a BFA in Painting at the Rome University of Fine Arts in 2025.

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.