KOOT 
is the artistic moniker of Indo-European visual artist Ellen van Kooten. Her heritage
serves as a symbolic foundation for her artistic identity, weaving cultural
memory into visual language. She studied part-time at the Amsterdam University
of Applied Sciences (HvA), MXtra24 Art Academy (Amsterdam), and the Nieuwe
Academie Utrecht.
 Her name becomes an embodiment of her artistic practice.
As a mixed media artist, she operates at the intersection of postmodern and
Asian aesthetics, where core values such as learning, commitment, growth,
resilience, and determination resonate. A visual thinker by nature, she has
cultivated a personal vocabulary of forms. Her work merges abstract and
figurative elements in layered compositions. Through multimedia objects and
large-scale banners, she channels symbolic imagery rooted in her diasporic lineage.

De iep is de lievelingsboom van de hoofdstad en al sinds de 17de eeuw terug te zien op schilderijen. Het is écht Amsterdams erfgoed. Beeldend kunstenaar Agnes de Ruijter heeft een tiental van de meest markante iepen ‘geportretteerd’ en werkte jarenlang aan haar documentaire Boom in Amsterdam. Deze film is een ode aan de boom, met verhalen van stadsbewoners, schrijvers en wetenschappers over waarom we bomen moeten koesteren – ook, of misschien wel juist, in de stad

Corneille (1922–2010) was a Dutch painter and one of the founders of the Cobra movement (1948–1951). His work is known for its vivid colors, playful birds, flowers, and abstracted figures. Over his long career, Corneille created paintings, drawings, sculptures, and prints that celebrate imagination and freedom of expression.