Mariëlle van den Bergh lives and works in Eindhoven, in the south of the Netherlands. She was trained as an art teacher at Academie voor Beeldende Vorming in Tilburg and as an artist at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. She had residencies at the sundaymorning@ekwc in the Netherlands and at Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Japan, where she created ceramic work. She also works with paper, textile, glass and metal and participated in both national and international exhibitions. Her work is purchased by Philips Holland, Delta Lloyd, Academic Medical Centre Maastricht, Gemeentemuseum Weert, Hilvarenbeek, Van Abbemuseum and the art collection Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. Currently she is working on a commission for a major piece in public space; her progress can be followed on www.vulkaanvannunspeet.nl, under Nieuws/Proces.