Maryleen Schiltkamp

She studied graphic design at the Rietveld Academie (1977–1978) and classical fine art, painting and sculpting at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (1978–1981) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

[2][3] The New York magazine Gallery & Studio once called her "one of our more historically aware contemporary artists, forging “connections between the classical and the modern, the figurative and the abstract”.

[9] Others she performs with include pianist Alexander Kraft van Ermel, grandson of composer Wim Statius Muller, for example in the project "Excursions!".

is linked with Greek mythology and hedonistic vegetation-rites which dance their way up to the Rite of Spring symphony by 20th century composer Igor Stravinsky".

[1] In 2000, she created the work "Holland on the Hoof" as part of Cow Parade for the headquarters of Organon, then based in West Orange, New Jersey.

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Maryleen Schiltkamp
Maryleen Schiltkamp's contribution to Cow Parade for Organon in 2000