The Life and Background of Bert Kienjet Bert Kienjet is a Dutch visual artist whose origins are rooted in the specific industrial and artistic history of Leiden. Born in 1952, his connection to the craft of printmaking is not a mere coincidence of career choice but a direct result of his birthplace. He was born in Galgewater, a district in Leiden situated immediately adjacent to a copper-engraving printing house and the house where Re…