WIETZE ADEMA has lived in the Netherlands, Canada, and the USA. Born in the Netherlands, his family immigrated to Canada where he became a naturalized Canadian citizen. After graduating from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he obtained U.S. citizenship. In 1987 he received a MFA from Western Michigan University.
"Art for me is a matter of expression and innate meaning. The creative process and the intuitive impulses that drive us are a mystery and the various philosophies concerning the arts are attempts to clarify and explain that mystery."
"In my search for order and harmony in the chaos around me, I tend to work intuitively using landscapes, sometimes using photos or from memory. The meaning of my work is based in my belief that there is a mysterious God-created order in the universe."