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  • Annabel van Royen wins Rabo Photographic Portrait Talent 2019

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    The winner of the Rabo Photographic Portrait Talent 2019 is Annabel van Royen with the series (Self) Portrait of a young girl. ‘A series with a strong conceptual starting point, personally and literally on the skin of the models and the photographer', according to the jury rapport.

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  • Vacature: Hoofd ICT

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    De afdeling ICT is op zoek naar een Hoofd ICT, die de regie neemt en de totale verantwoordelijkheid heeft voor het beheer van de ICT-omgeving, in samenwerking met het ICT-team en de externe partijen. Hij/zij is eindverantwoordelijke voor de inrichting en het goed functioneren van de netwerk- en serveromgeving, waarvan het beheer en onderhoud is belegd bij een externe leverancier. Het Hoofd ICT…

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  • Sybren Hellinga Kunstprijs 2019 for Vytautas Kumža

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  • New RietveldTV episode by Janna & Hilde Meeus: KEES MAAS ZEEF BAAS

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    A movie (or more a videoclip actually)by Janna & Hilde Meeus about Kees Maas, who ran the silkscreen workshop of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie for 23 years. With music by The Kewi’s, the band of Kees Maas and Willem Wisselink from the eighties. The movie was made as part of THE MODEST MASTER'S MESMERIZING SCREEN PRINT SHOP in THE PALACE OF TYPOGRAPHIC MASONRY. An exhibition of the work of…

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  • Amsterdamprijs voor de Kunst for Aboozar Amini

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    Aboozar Amini  (1985, Afghanistan) won the  Amsterdamprijs voor de Kunst  for his documentary Kabul, City in the Wind. Aboozar Amini's combination of classical and conceptual cinema inspired the jury. 'His films give access to 'the other', and that is valuable in a city like Amsterdam with more than 160 different nationalities.' Aboozar Amini attended the Gerrit Rietveld…

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  • Overduinprijs 2019 for Fieke Ruitinga

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    Gerrit Rietveld alumnus Fieke Ruitinga wins the Overduinprijs 2019. Ever since 1992 this award goes to a promissing young designer on a yearly basis. This year it’s the third time the award by the Stichting Henk en Ria Overduinfonds goes to a Rietveld Academie-graduate. Fieke Ruitinga receives the award for her graduation piece 'Frameworks of Dwelling'. The jury praises the way her work…

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  • New RietveldTV episode by Poppy Paulus-Nicolas: Men Are Dogs

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    After the death of her much beloved partner, Willie is forced to fend for herself. Fortunately she has her 8 trusty sidekicks to help her weather through any storm. All good things must come to an end, and sadly enough, her sidekicks keep dying too. With only half of them left, Willie is forced to meditate on her relationship with the remaining ones. Men are Dogs was shot on location in east

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  • Rietveld Academie welcomes Nick Axel as the new Head of Architecture Department

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    Nick Axel is the new Head of the Architecture department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Before he came to The Netherlands, Nick Axel has been working around the globe. He's originally from New York City, and studied at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where his focus lied in radical architecture, political theory, and existential philosophy. In 2013 Nick Axel graduated with Distinction…

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  • Tobias Groot appointed as Photographer in Residence for the HvA

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    Newly graduated Tobias Groot (photography department) is this year's Photographer in Residence for the HvA - Hogeschool van Amsterdam Read more about Tobias Groot.

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  • Nominees GRA Awards 2019 revealed

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    Every year, a GRA Award (Gerrit Rietveld Academie Award) is given to promising graduates in three categories: Autonomous Arts, Applied Arts and Thesis. Judged by an independent jury, they are chosen to take part in the  SELECTED exhibition  later this year. The winners of the GRA Awards 2019 will be announced on Saturday 6 July at 16.00.

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  • New episode of Alumni Now with Natasja Kensmil

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    Alumni Now  is a series of interviews with Gerrit Rietveld Academie alumni. Looking back on their studies, they consider the unforeseen effects the Academie may have had on their life, their work, their values, and viewpoints, offering multifaceted prospects to new students or anyone interested in the potential reverberations of an art school such as the Gerrit Rietveld Academie.

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  • New RietveldTV episode by Jasper de Bruin: Morgen wordt alles hetzelfde

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  • New episode of Alumni Now with Mila Lanfermeijer

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    Alumni Now is a series of interviews with Gerrit Rietveld Academie alumni. Looking back on their studies, they consider the unforeseen effects the Academie may have had on their life, their work, their values, and viewpoints, offering multifaceted prospects to new students or anyone interested in the potential reverberations of an art school such as the Gerrit Rietveld Academie.

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  • The new Fedlev building is nominated for the Amsterdamse Architectuurprijs 2019

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    The Fedlev building is one of the best ten new buildings in Amsterdam according to ARCAM (Architectuurcentrum Amsterdam). Our third academy building is nominated for the Amsterdamse Architectuurprijs 2019 together with Hotel Jakarta, Metro Oostlijn, Karspelhof, Rivierstaete, Pondok aan de Westlandgracht, Drie Generatiehuis, Hyperion Lyceum, Noord/Zuidlijn Amsterdam and QO Amsterdam.  Het Parool…

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  • Emma Westenberg nominated for Grammy Award and...

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    The Centraal Museum in Utrecht bought a pair of the famous Vagina Pants designed by alumnus Duran Lantink. The pants were made for Janelle Monáe’s music video clip PYNK, which was directed by alumnus Emma Westenberg. The clip is nominated for the Grammy Awards, in the category Best Music Video 2019. Click here to read more about both alumni in an article published by Het Parool.  

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  • New Eight Cubic Meters in the archive

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    Starry Message is a mosaic-film made out of of found footage and images Rosenthal shot around the house, at an aquarium and at sets made at her studio. It presents self-contained worlds, soothing for the eye and the body - no surprise such visuals are often used as meditation tools. Watching images of a jellyfish gracefully swimming behind glass is mesmerising and quiet - an utterly different…

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  • New RietveldTV episode by Daphne Rosenthal: Starry Message

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    Starry Message is a mosaic-film made out of of found footage and images Rosenthal shot around the house, at an aquarium and at sets made at her studio. It presents self-contained worlds, soothing for the eye and the body - no surprise such visuals are often used as meditation tools. Watching images of a jellyfish gracefully swimming behind glass is mesmerising and quiet - an utterly different…

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  • Designer, former student and teacher, Aaf van Essen passed away

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    Aaf van Essen 1940 - 2018 Aaf van Essen sadly passed away on Monday 17 December at an age of 78. She was a designer, co-head Design Sandberg Instituut (2002 - 2009), former student and teacher at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and the Xiamen University China. Trained at the Rietveld as a designer at a later stage in life, Aaf van Essen dedicated her design practice to a constant negotiation between…

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  • Graphic designer, former student and teacher, Gerard Unger passed away

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    Gerard Unger 1942 - 2018 Graphic designer, former student and teacher at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Gerard Unger passed away on Friday 23 November at an age of 76. Gerard Unger was not really prominent as a designer. However his body of work was and still is.  NRC: "He considered being invisible a compliment. His letter designs needed to be transparant: readers needed to look through the…

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  • The Rietveld Academie has been awarded the Ladislav Sutnar Prize

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    The Rietveld Academie has been awarded the Ladislav Sutnar Prize for our contribution to the development of art and design and the exceptional quality of our alumni’s work. The Ladislav Sutnar Award is an initiative by the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Art and Design of the University of West Bohemia (Czech Republic). As a token of our appreciation for this award, we brought Rini Hurkman’s Flag of…

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