born: 30-10-1948, The Hague, The Netherlands

Work experience:
Corporate Industrial Design Centre (Philips), 1970-1978
independant studio photographer 1978-present
Clients include national and international companies and advertising agencies

Personal exhibitions:
    -Loggia's, Museumplein, Middelburg, *
    -Banaras, Leiden, the Netherlands *
    -Places as Symbols, National Centre of the Performing Arts, Bombay *
    -Wagner Festspielhaus, Eindhoven, The Netherlands *
    -Banaras, University of Louvain, Belgium, *

Group exhibitions:
    Triënnale Internationale de la Photography, Fribourg, Switserland
    ´Photography for Sale´,. The Hague, The Netherlands, *
    ´A worldwide view on Photography´, Kodak Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, *
    Circle 24, MNS PHotogallery, Glasgow, Scotland *
    Circle 24, Museum for Photography, Helsinki, Finland *
    Circle 24, Museum for Photography, Herning, Denmark *

Lecturing and workshops at several art- and designschools:
    -N.I.D., Ahmedabad, *
    -I.T.T. and J.J.School of Art, Bombay, India
    -Swire School of Design, Hong Kong
    -Glasgow School of Building and Printing, Glasgow (1989)
    -Teesside UK(1990)
    -Grafische school, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 1992

Publications:
    -Camera, Switserland
    -PF- magazine, (Photography in India), The Netherlands *
    -Taj-magazine, (Banaras), Bombay 1990 *
    -Kodak magazine, (Wagner exhibition), The Netherlands *
    -Polaroid magazine, (personal work), international 1991 *
    -Asian Photography, (personal work), international 1993

Projects:
Circle 24 *
a worldwide circle of 24 renowned photographers in different diciplines who keep eachother informed about trends and developments (1989-present)

“The Other Way of Seeing”,
exhibition on the Indian way of visualising in photography, *
    -Museum voor Volkenkunde, Rotterdam, The Netherlands *
    -University Leuven, Belgium *
    -Denmarks Fotomuseum, Herning, Denmark, (1996) *

“Photography for Sale”
group exhibition of Circle24, -a worldwide view on photography-
    -Galerie 24, The Hague, The Netherlands (1994) *
    -Kodak Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (1994) *
    -MNS Photogallery, Glasgow, Scotland (1995) *
    -Museum for Photography, Helsinki, Finland (1996) *
    -Cultural Centre, Stockholm, Sweden (1996) *

“Digital Reality”
extensive workshop about consequences of digital imaging -Glasgow, (1996) *

“Trends in Photography in the Nineties”
online and ongoing project about the changes in professional photograhy and graphic design in the nineties.

Consultancy in digital imaging:
    Savini & Rüfenacht, Zürich
    MNS Photocolour, Glasgow
    Nu-Age Design, Jakarta, Indonesia

Published two books and exhibitions on ´Banaras, visions on an eternal city´ .
    exhibition in Leuven, Belgium *
    exhibition in Leiden, The Netherlands *

    book: "BANARAS -city of gods, heart of India
    book: "BENARES -stad van goden, hart van India

Website design:
    -cultuursluis.nl *
    -kunstinvlaanderen.com (english) *
    -kunst-in-zeeuws-vlaanderen.nl *
    -www.robertschilder.com *
    -idea, photography and implementation of webdesign for intern website secretaries
     ministry of Social Affairs *
    -sailing yacht Gemini: *

At present building a workshop area in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, * and teaching about photography. *
Active and organising artist for projects and events; member of CBK Zeeland * , member of ZKK *