Berlinde De Bruyckere (1964, Ghent) lives and works in Ghent. In February 2010 she received the Flemish Culture Prize 2009 for Visual Arts. Berlinde De Bruyckere represented Belgium at 2003 Venice Biennale after which she rose to fame internationally. She represented Belgium again at 2013 Venice Biennale with the work Kreupelhout-Cripplewood in cooperation with the Nobel Prize winner J. M. Coetzee. In 2015 the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag presented a big exhibition of her work. This year at the Holland Festival her work is featured in Mariavespers by Pierre Audi and the National Opera, and in nicht schlafen by Alain Platel and les ballets C de la B.