Monumental artist Karla Kaper (Zaandam, 1941) studied from 1958 to 1962 at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam the direction 'Monumental Design and Graphics'. In 1963 she received the Drempelprijs from the Rotterdam Art Foundation (RKS) and in 1964 the Havenloodsprijs. In the years that followed, she developed into various disciplines. She has worked as a sculptor, treasurer, collagist, goldsmith, wall and glass painter, illustrator but especially as a graphic artist and monumental artist, where she developed a very unique style and technique, in which the various disciplines came together. In Rotterdam she worked, among other things, on assignments in the context of the percentage scheme, such as for the RET and a number of schools. Then she started to make independent sculptures and became a member of the Circle of Sculptors.