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Curriculum & Credentials

Every brushstroke rests on
a lifetime with horses

30Years in art
17Years selling worldwide
4Professional certifications
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I was an equine veterinarian

  1. Master in Veterinary Medicine

  2. Equine internship, Veterinair Centrum Someren

  3. Certified Equine Dentist, NVvGP

  4. Certified Equine Bitfitter

  5. 7 years of practical experience in equine veterinary medicine in the field

From clinic to canvas

“I paint horses from the inside out, because I have spent my life learning how they move, how they feel, and how they heal.”

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now I am myself

  1. I have been painting since I was 3 years old

  2. I sold my first painting when I was 12 years old

  3. 30 years of experience in art

  4. 17 years selling art worldwide

  5. Private art studio, open by appointment

Open Studio

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comes to life

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On the wall & in the room

Galleries, exhibitions & recognition

A record of the galleries I've owned and shown with, the solo and group exhibitions, and the equestrian stages where my work has been seen by an international audience.

Ownership

Lebbe Art Gallery

Owner of two pop-up galleries, Lebbe Art Gallery in Knokke and Antwerp.

Solo exhibitions

Shown at Europe's leading equestrian events

Solo exhibited in the VIP rooms of premier equine events, including Knokke Hippique, Azelhof Horse Events, Zangersheide International and De Kraal International.

Homage

“Lebbe & Lebbe”

Organised two solo exhibitions in honour of my grandfather, under the title Lebbe & Lebbe.

Permanent

Permanent solo exhibition

Permanent solo exhibitions on show at, among others, Azelhof Horse Events and Equine clinic EquiTom.

Represented by

Gallery collaborations

Worked with established galleries including Paard Verzameld Gallery and Nitra Art Gallery.

Group show

Dutch Equine Art Fair

Group exhibited at the Dutch Equine Art Fair in Amsterdam, among international equine artists.

Honour

Patron Member, Paard Verzameld Collective

Recognised as a Patron Member of the Paard Verzameld Collective, the biggest equine art collective worldwide.

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Award-winning work

Prizes & honours

Recognition from peers and an equestrian audience for work that captures the horse in motion.

Marjo Lebbe holding the BoktKunstBokaal 2022 and her winning painting Footloose
Winner

BoktKunstBokaal 2022

Bokt.nl · 2D competition

In 2022 I won the BoktKunstBokaal with my painting ‘Footloose’, a national award from Bokt.nl, the largest equestrian community in the Netherlands, for work that captures the freedom and movement of the horse.

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In print

Publications & press

My work and story in the equestrian press.

Opening page of the interview with Marjo Lebbe in BIT & CAP magazine
Interview

From veterinarian to artist

BIT & CAP Magazine · issue 5, 2024

An in-depth eight-page interview on my move from a career as a veterinarian to life as a full-time artist, and how I give the misunderstood horses from my practice a voice on canvas. Words by Marianne Zekvappen, photography by Lotty van Hulst.

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Cover of Dierenarts magazine issue 5 – 2024 featuring a horse painting by Marjo Lebbe
Cover

“I was a (horse) vet, and now I am myself…”

Dierenarts Magazine · issue 5, 2024

My painting graced the cover of this issue, with a profile inside on my background as an equine veterinarian and the step into full-time artistry, and how my watercolour technique captures the freedom, movement and instinct of horses on canvas.

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Marjo Lebbe featured in the Paard & Kunst column of BIT magazine
Column

Paard & Kunst

BIT & CAP Magazine · no. 263, 2019

In her ‘Paard & Kunst’ column, Joyce Ter Horst of Paard Verzameld, the largest equine art collective worldwide, featured three of my favourite works.

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Newspaper article in Gazet van Antwerpen about Marjo Lebbe's Lebbe & Lebbe exhibition
Newspaper feature

“Marjo honours her late grandfather with an exhibition”

Gazet van Antwerpen · 2018

In honour of my grandfather Walter, from whom I inherited my love of painting, I held the solo exhibition ‘Lebbe & Lebbe’ at De Brug in Mortsel. Gazet van Antwerpen came to interview me about our shared passion and this tribute to his dream of exhibiting together.

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In private collections

Held by collectors around the world

Original works now hang in private collections across Europe, the Middle East, the United States and Australia, quietly, in the homes of people who feel what the painting is saying.

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A living practice

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