Marja was born in The Netherlands and graduated from the Akademie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Arnhem, the Netherlands in 1972. After some years of teaching she became a full time painter. She spend 2 years painting in the South of France but moved to Ireland in 1982. She is a co-founder of Artspace Studios, Galway and has participated in many exhibitions in Ireland and abroad. In 1997 she established her own studio in Galway, where she dedicates her time to painting and printmaking.
Her work is in many public collections, inluding: The Arts Council of Ireland Collection, The State Art Collection, Microsoft Irish Art Collection, Irish Trade Board, Office of Public Works, Western Health Board, Mayo County Council, Aalborg City Council, Denmark, Radisson Sas Hotel, Galway, Institute of Technology, Tallaght, Dublin and Dundalk, AIB, Dublin, Crumlins Childrens Hospital, Dublin. She received a travel award from the Department of Foreign Affairs for a solo exhibition in France.
| 1987 | Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin |
| Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford |
| 1988 | Clifden Arts Festival, Clifden |
| 1990 | Philine-Vogeler Haus, Worpswede, Germany |
| 1991 | Galway Arts Festival, Galway |
| Arts Council Foyer, Dublin |
| 1993 | Das Wasserwerk, Saarbruecken, Germany |
| 1994 | Two Person Show, with Kathleen Furey, Galway Arts Centre |
| 1995 | Centre D'Art Azilien, Le Mas D'Azil, France |
| 1997 | Transulents, with Dick Donaghue, Galway Arts Festival |
| 1999 | Spirit of Place, Galway Arts Centre, Galway |
| Garter Lane Art Centre, Waterford |
| Tig Fili Gallery, Cork |
| The Stationmasters House, Kiltimagh |
| The Basement Gallery, Dundalk |
| South Tipperary Arts Center, Clonmel |
| 2000 | Two Person Show (with Angie Grimes), The Bridge Gallery, Dublin. |
| 2003 | The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar |
| Monaghan County Museum Gallery, Monaghan |
| The Old Market House Arts Centre, Dungarvan |
| 2004 | Custom House Studios Gallery, Westport |
| 1992 | Galerie Monika Beck, Homburg, Germany |
| Riverun Gallery, Gallery |
| 1993 | Galerie Nord, Dresden, Germany |
| The Irish Centre, London |
| 1994 | Eigse Festival, Carlow |
| 1986-1995 | Artspace Studios "Open Days", Galway |
| 1995 | Impressions, print exhibition, Galway Arts Centre |
| 1996 | Town Hall Theatre, openings exhibition, Galway |
| Original Print Gallery, Dublin |
| 1996 | Mosaic, Ceannt Railway Station, Galway |
| L'Imaginaire Irlandais, L'Embarcadere, Lyon, France |
| Hotel de Ville, Lorient, France |
| 1997 | 5 Printmakers, Frank Lewis Gallery, Killarney |
| Begegnung, Galerie Scharpf, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwighafen, Germany |
| Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo Arts Festival |
| 1998 | Gateway to Art, Dublin Airport |
| 1998 | Print Exhibition, Frank Lewis Gallery, Killarney |
| Rencontre, Municipal Gallery, Lorient, France |
| Artspace Exhibition, Foxford Exhibition Centre |
| Logan Gallery, Galway |
| 1999 | Meeting.Begegnung.Rencontre, Galway Art Centre, Galway. |
| 8th, 9th, 10th Microsoft Art Exhibition, Dublin |
| 2000 | Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark |
| Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin |
| 2001 | Lavit Gallery, Cork |
| The Bridge Gallery, Dublin |
| The Art of Hurling, The Kenny Gallery, Galway |
| Iontas, Sligo Art Gallery |
| Ormeau Bath Gallery, Belfast |
| Municipal Gallery, Cork |
| 2002 | Kent Gallery, Kinsale |
| The Bridge Gallery, Dublin |
| Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin |
| Cuallacht, The Galway International Art Project, Open Studios, Spanish Arch and Cuallacht Exhibition, City Hall, Galway |
| 2003 | Impressions, The Art of The State, Touring Exhibition |
| 2004 | The Bridge Gallery, Dublin |
| Impressions Print Exhibition, Galway Arts Centre |
| Galway a Lorient, Municipal Gallery, Lorient, France |
