Melanie Bonajo to represent The Netherlands at the Venice Biennale 2021

From the Mondriaan Fund's press release: "A broad-based international jury selected Bonajo from a long list of artists and curators who had applied to take part in earlier versions of the biennale. Those selected were invited to submit an overall plan within a short space of time. A month later, these plans were presented to the jury, which was unanimous in determining that Melanie Bonajo would…

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Stephanie Rizaj wins StartPoint Prize

Stephanie Rizaj has won the StartPoint 2019. The accompanying exhibition takes place from 1 February until 1 March at Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam. This selection from the annual StartPoint – Prize for European Art Graduates comprises works of some of the most promising up-and-coming artists graduated last year from European art academies. Recently the prize was presented simultaneously in…

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New website Studium Generale Rietveld Academie

Studium Generale Rietveld is happy to present their own portal website, which offers you up-to-date information about the programme and an overview of and links to previous editions. Designed by Rietlanden Women's Office!       Please visit:  studiumgenerale.rietveldacademie.nl

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Ildikó Horváth wint Young Masters Award 2019

The winner of the MAF Young Masters Award 2019 is Ildikó Horváth with her work Sub/liminal soundscapes.  According to the jury: “We believe that it has a wide and rich conceptual proposal that brings up questions on interior and exterior spaces while playing with the notions of limits and expansion. Each detail shows the artist’s interest in the material and spatial resolution of the project. The…

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Stand Up For The Housing Problem - Talk With The Pink Garden House Initiator

Visitors to the Rietveld Academie can hardly miss it; since October there’s a bright pink house placed in front of the Rietveld building. The initiator, Leoke van Geffen , interviewed himself to tell you about the what and the why of the project. What made you decide to build this house on the Rietveld terrain? Leoke: "When I moved back to Amsterdam in September I was fed up with the fact that I…

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Annabel van Royen wins Rabo Photographic Portrait Talent 2019

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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Sybren Hellinga Kunstprijs 2019 for Vytautas Kumža

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

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 Kees…

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Amsterdamprijs voor de Kunst for Aboozar Amini

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 Academie and obtained a…

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Overduinprijs 2019 for Fieke Ruitinga

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 zooms in…

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

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

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 from…

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Tobias Groot appointed as Photographer in Residence for the HvA

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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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