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Biography of Margareth Adama (Madama) born in Jakarta but grew up in Amsterdam. After the Rietveld Academy, she studied for a short time cultural anthropology, art history of Southeast Asia, and philosophy.

Madama has had several galleries in Amsterdam and later in Amersfoort. She has exhibited, among others, at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam with 2 group exhibitions in 1978 and 1979 and a performance. In 1986 she founded Villa Baranka (1986-1988). Villa Baranka was a crossover of different disciplines; namely painting/theater/music and dinners thematically related to the theme of the exhibition. In November 2018, the archive of Villa Baranka was transferred to ATRIA, the knowledge institute for emancipation and women's history. In 1996 she founded Capella Almadama in Amersfoort, an Art & Education center (1996-2002). Here, new exhibitions of her work with poems and a concert in which the audience determined the paintings to be played were organized every 6 weeks. She developed workshops, among others, for De Baak and Business University Nyenrode on dynamic leadership. These Artventures (a combination of Art and adventure) were tailored to purpose, target group, and the result to be achieved. In 2002 she moved to Maria Hoop. Here she has a gallery, studio, and coaching practice. Under the title 'Madama Modern Sacred Art from the Heart,' she had a large retrospective exhibition in 2016 at the ECI Cultural Factory Roermond. The most recent project is the Color Temple, consisting of 12 canvases of 220 x 150 cm, one side a monochrome often with a structure, the other side an 'emblem' on a white background. (2017-2019) Madama lives and works in Maria Hoop (L) and exhibits both nationally and internationally.

Madama (Indonesia) raised in the Netherlands is a multi-dimensional artist. After the Rietveld Academy and short studies Philosophy, Anthropology and Art History of South East Asia, she develops three disciplines: Visual Art, Music and Poetry. They are independent of each other but in performances the integration of visual art poetry and music takes place.

Madama has had several galleries in Amsterdam, most importantly she founded the first transcultural gallery in Amsterdam, Villa Baranka (1986-1989) which offered a stage for artists from all continents at a time when art form e.g. Latin America was not taken seriously and seen as ‘anthropological.’ Madama exhibited in her own gallery Capella Almadama, Amersfoort (1996-2002) plus gave concerts inspired by her paintings and poems. Now she lives and works in Paradama Da Esperanza, Maria Hope, Netherlands. She is also a business coach

Madama has a vast and very diverse oeuvre, paintings, mainly in acrylic but also scrolls i.e. 2 sides painted unframed canvases, which can be monumental paintings like sculpture, Ritual art constructions, i.e. mixed media and objects on a painting, assemblages, work on paper etc.

Madama has had exhibitions in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1980, many galleries in The Netherlands and abroad, VS, Spain, Germany and a large overview exhibition in ECI Culture factory Roermond, ‘Madama Modern Sacred Art from the Heart’ (2016) Museum van de Vrouw, 2022

Madama is author of 4 books of paintings and poems: HEMELPOORTEN, IK BEN MARIA HOOP, THE NEW STREAM, DE TAO van het IK BEN.