New episode of Alumni Now with Styrmir Örn Guðmundsson

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 Baha Görkem Yalim

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Elina Birkehag & Elisabeth Rafstedt are nominated for The Best Dutch Book Designs

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Rosa Johanna is nominated for the Volkskrant Beeldende Kunstprijs 2018

Rosa Johanna is nominated for the Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst-prijs 2018 . Five artists under 35 have been selected by Wim Pijbes, former director of the Rijksmuseum, Jan van den Broek, entrepreneur and art collector, Patricia Kaersenhout, kunstenaar, curator Eelco van der Lingen of the Fries Museum and graphic designer Irma Boom. Chair of the panel Mrs Jet Bussemaker, former minister of Culture

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Top 50 most important Dutch (living) artists of 2018

On 8 February Art Rotterdam revealed the Top 50 most important Dutch (living) artists of 2018. The list is composed by Manuela Klerkx, Oscar van Gelderen and Hans den Hartog Jager. Standards were international representation, international solo and group shows and auction results.

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New RietveldTV episode by Elfi Seidel

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New RietveldTV episode by Katja Mater

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Steef de Jong wins Mary Dresselhuys Prijs 2017

Theatremaker and visual artist Steef de Jong wins the Mary Dresselhuys Prijs 2017 for his last play: De Modern Art Revue . He received the award from Petra Laseur, daughter of Mary Dresselhuys. 

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New RietveldTV episode by Jasper Coppes

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New RietveldTV episode by Carlijn Fransen

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New RietveldTV episode by Susan Kooi

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Frans Molenaar Prijs 2017 for Ninamounah Langestraat and Boris Kollár

Both Ninamounah Langestraat and Boris Kollár won the Frans Molenaar Prijs 2017. Couturier Frans Molenaar initiated the Frans Molenaar Prijs in 1995. The price is meant for young talent. 

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Overduinprijs 2017 for Koen Jacobs

Koen Jacobs won the Overduinprijs 2017. Ever since 1992 this award goes to a promissing young designer on a yearly basis. This year it’s the first time the award by the “Stichting Henk en Ria Overduinfonds” goes to a Rietveld Academie-graduate. Koen Jacobs receives the award for his graduation piece, called: The Artificial Kingdom. The jury praises the combination of craftsmanship, stratification…

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New RietveldTV episode: Graduation Show Special

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Vytautas Kumža winner of Ron Mandos Photo Talent

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Vytautas Kumža benoemd als Photographer in Residence

Vytautas Kumža benoemd als Photographer in Residence  bron: Hogeschool van Amsterdam  Fotograaf en kunstenaar Vytautas Kumža (Klaipeda Lithouwe, 1992) is het komende studiejaar de Photographer in Residence van de HvA. De Photographer in Residence is een veelbelovende afstudeerder van de Gerrit Rietveld Academie, die in opdracht van de HvA een aantal keer per jaar een gelegenheidswerk maakt. Het…

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Winners GRA Awards 2017

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New RietveldTV by Dusty Writing Group and Rietveld Fine Arts

RietveldTV by Dusty Writing Group & Rietveld Fine Arts is the final outcome and documentation of a three-month workshop given by the Dusty Writing Group (Rosa Johanna & Anastasija Pandilovska). During the workshop a group of first year students of the Fine Arts Department searched for traces of historical matter in contemporary practice and how those findings can be reconfigured into…

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Nominees GRA Awards 2017

The nominees for the GRA Awards 2017 are:   Applied Arts: Frédérique Albert-Bordenave of Inter-Architecture Anouk Beckers of TXT (Textile) Boris Kollár of Fashion   Fine Arts: Finn Godwin of Fine Arts Anton Lyngdal of The Large Glass  Sophie Serber of Fine Arts   Thesis: Krisztina Czika of DesignLab Evelina Jonsson of Fine Arts Elisabeth Rafstedt of Graphic Design Elfi Seidel of VAV Giorgos…

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Amsterdam Research Institute of the Arts and Sciences presents new team

  Jeroen Boomgaard, Lector of Art & Public Space at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, and Flora Lysen, media researcher at the University of Amsterdam, together make up the new team at ARIASnl, the research platform for science and arts in Amsterdam. The platform was established in July 2016. As programme manager and project coordinator respectively, the pair form the backbone of this burgeoning…

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