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newspaper in 1977. He noted that
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until 1997. In 2002, she established the internet-only political party called the Ideal Party after becoming unhappy with the political atmosphere, and campaigned for an artist-specific bank. Toebosch served as director of the post-academic course DasArts (later the Master of
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in June 2011. She was dressed in white and rode on the back of an elephant pulling an harrow for two hours. Her works were exhibited in several museums and exhibition spaces such as in the
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in multiple theatre productions and did solo productions before moving into the visual arts scene as an installation artist. She was a lecturer at the audiovisual department of
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in Breda after a year's studying guitar and singing. From 1970 to 1975, she studied fashion, illustration and graphic design at
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based in Breda at the Shaffy Theater in 1978 and received gilders from the
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