Biography

Kamiel lives and works in his cave-like studio surrounded by Dinosaurs, Statues and Paintings of fellow artists.

Hosted by Amsterdam's largest artist-community "Nieuw&Meer"; over 80 selfmade studios in first squated/now legalized army storage buildings, facing a big lake at the edge of the city.

He can be seen at the city's poetry stage in Winston Kingdom, or with the Amsterdam Balloon Company performances in the Temple of Rock; Paradiso. 'But mostly I live Like a Hermit.'

'Really I don't go out there much..' He says pointing at the world outside his window. 'From here I can see the swans in the canal, and by night the moonlight hits the water and these cool reflections start dancing on the ceiling....that's when I paint ..in the quiet...when everybody is silent I start singing .... softly, though...' With a chaotic group of childish and ambitious painters like George Heidweiller, DADARA and Willem, they form the spil of Amsterdam's underground visual artists...