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Biografi Margareth Adama (i det følgende kaldet Madama) blev født i Jakarta, men voksede op i Amsterdam. Efter at have afsluttet HBS, gik hun på Rietveld Akademiet. Efter Rietveld Akademiet studerede hun kort tid kulturel antropologi, kunsthistorie i Sydøstasien og filosofi. Madama har haft forskellige gallerier i Amsterdam og senere i Amersfoort. Hun har blandt andet udstillet på Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam med 2 gruppeudstillinger i 1978 og 1979 samt en performance. Fra 1980 til nedlæggelsen i 1987 var hun en del af Beeldende Kunstenaars Regeling. I 1986 grundlagde hun sammen med Fridi Martina Villa Baranka (1986-1988). Villa Baranka var en crossover af forskellige discipliner; nemlig maleri/teater/musik og middage, der tematisk relaterede til udstillingens tema. En transcultural oplevelse og udveksling af erfaringer, både personligt og politisk. I november 2018 blev arkivet fra Villa Baranka overdraget til ATRIA, vidensinstituttet for emancipation og kvindehistorie, fordi Villa Baranka ifølge ATRIA har været vigtig. I 1996 grundlagde hun Capella Almadama i Amersfoort, et Art & Education center (1996-2002). Her blev der hver 6. uge arrangeret nye udstillinger af hendes arbejde med digte og en koncert, hvor publikum bestemte, hvilke malerier der skulle spilles. Se Udstillinger. I denne periode begyndte Madama også at holde workshops, blandt andet for Business Universitet Nyenrode, hvor hun udviklede en workshop om dynamisk lederskab, hvor deltagerne også malede, og fortolkningen af malerierne sagde noget om deres ledelsesstil. Denne Artventures (en sammensmeltning af Art og eventyr) var tilpasset mål, målgruppe og det ønskede resultat. I 2002 flyttede hun til Maria Hoop. Her har hun et galleri, atelier og coachingpraksis. Under titlen 'Madama Modern Sacred Art from the Heart' havde hun i 2016 en stor retrospektiv udstilling i ECI Kulturfabriek Roermond. 'Kunst som overførsel af Livskraft, en Installation af Inspiration' Moderne gobeliner Madama har udviklet en proces, hvor hun maler uspændte lærreder (scrolls) ofte i monumental størrelse på 2 sider. Disse lærreder kan hænge frit i rummet, maleriet som skulptur. Det mest aktuelle projekt er Kleurentempel, bestående af 12 lærreder på 220 x 150 cm, 1 side en monochrom med ofte en struktur, den anden side et 'emblem' på en hvid baggrund. (2017-2019) Madama bor og arbejder i Maria Hoop (L) og udstiller i ind- og udland. Bøger I 2005 blev bogen Hemelpoorten udgivet af forlaget Koppenhol. Den indeholder 39 digte og billeder, der også er trykt som kort. I 2010 blev Jeg Er Maria Hoop udgivet af forlaget Elikser. En bog med spørgsmål til Maria. Svarene er forsynet med en forklaring og anvendelse. I 2013 blev De Nye Strømninger, Kunst som Medicin af Væren, Hollandsk-Engelsk. 366 billeder af malerier og et digt til hvert maleri. Hver billede/digt har en IK ER kode, der opsummerer det element i et nøgleord. I 2016 blev TAO'en af IK ER, Splendor Solis, Solens Kraft i dig selv udgivet. 26 billeder, 10 kapitler med mystiske tekster, en moderne tidebog med et forord af prof. H. Witteveen. Se video her fra Oversigtudstilling Madama Modern Sacred Art: https://vimeo.com/231996782
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.