Margrieta jeltema biography of michael

As a child Margrieta used to watch her father in the magical darkroom in the attic of their old house in Slikkerveer. From the windows on the second floor you could look over the 'dijk' and imagine the large river and the windmills in the other side; one of the sounds she still hears in her dreams is the low voice of the mist horns the 'rijnaaks' used at night.' In the attic-darkroom she learned how to develop prints with a lot of critical advice from her father; which at that time she didn't always appreciate! She still has and cherishes her fathers Praktiflex.

After biology studies with a major in philosophy at Wageningen, Margrieta continued with a variety of studies in bronze casting, painting, etching and ceramics.

She has lived and worked in the Netherlands, Algeria, the Caribbean, Chile and Portugal. Her work embraces poetry, painting, etching, sculpture (ceramics), but her main creative outlet is photography. Only recently has she exhibited her photographic work which unti