Open Call: ARTISt-in-residence by Rijksakademie and ARTIS

As a resident, you will have the abilities to work at a basic studio space at ARTIS (coined the ‘ZOOdio’ by our first ARTISt-in-residence Arvo Leo) from 3 March 2025 until 2 March 2026. The resident will have access to the studio during ARTIS opening hours (Monday-Sunday 9:00-18:00).  The resident is encouraged to work in the ZOOdio at least two days a week to foster engagement and presence within ARTIS. You're also welcome to be in the studio more often, up to seven days a week if your schedule allows it. The residency is divided into an eight months research phase and then four months of production phase, working towards a final presentation. 

During your residency, you will work autonomously in the ARTIS studio. You can make use of the Rijksakademie's facilities in consultation. You will maintain monthly contact with Andrea Elera and Sandra Felten (Rijksakademie) and Judith de Bruijn / Jelmer Wijnstroom (ARTIS) about the progress of your work and the planning of public events. Next to that, at the start of your residency, we will select an external mentor (scientist / artist /…) who matches your areas of interest. 

You will receive a fee of €15,117  to be paid in monthly installments during the twelve months of your residency.

For the final presentation of the outcomes of the residency we have a separate budget available. In addition you are expected to raise funds yourself for the presentation and production of work. Naturally both ARTIS and the Rijksakademie will support this by providing corporal information that you need for the application.

●    A private studio including wireless internet at ARTIS.
●    Access to ARTIS.
●    A fee of €15,117  and a basic material work budget of €1,     600.
●    Access to technical advice and facilities of the Rijksakademie (at the end of the residency period), in consultation.
●    Exchange and collaboration with ARTIS-staff.
●    Advisor in your area of interest.
●    Public moments at ARTIS to show your work / progress to ARTIS-public, including a final presentation or public program.

Rijksakademie alumni from the last 8 years (those who have started their residency in the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) and are based in the Netherlands (the residency does not include housing).

●    Your work has great individuality and artistic quality.
●    Your work is accessible to a broad ARTIS audience.
●    Your work reflects on a topic relevant to ARTIS, namely the role of the natural world in our culture(s). For example, it deals with the complex relationship between humans, nature and technology, climate change, climate stress, discussions about plant, animal, microbe, food, garden and landscape or      aquatic life     .
●    You are willing and are able to discuss your work with a broad ARTIS audience and present the progress and results in public, and to press for example during Amsterdam ART Week, an Open Studio in ARTIS or an ARTIS Summer Night (ZOOmeravond).
●    You are able to work well with the boundaries of an organization and understand the context in which you work.

Between 3 October 2024 and 10 November 2024, interested artists can apply for the ARTIS residency that starts March 2025.

Application deadline: 10 November (23:59 hours CET).

To apply, please send us: 
●    Visual documentation (a portfolio) of the last five years of your practice. Please try to make sure that your portfolio gives us a clear idea about the content and formal aspects of your practice.
●    CV.
●    A text of max. 300 words or a short video or audio message of max. 2 min. in which you clarify your motivation for the ARTIS residency and the themes you are working with or want to explore during your residency.

Please send this application to: alumni@rijksakademie.nl

●    The submissions will be judged by a jury on visual quality, the themes you aim to explore, and match with ARTIS.  
●    From these submissions, three candidates will be selected (15 November).
●    The selected artists will create a proposal for their ARTIS residency (6 December).
●    From the three proposals, the jury will choose one candidate. An interview and/or presentation is part of the final round of the selection process (11 December).

The jury is composed of Emily Pethick (Director Rijksakademie), Sandra Felten (Residency, bureau alumni & residents documentation), Andrea Elera (Residency, public programme coordinator Rijksakademie), Rembrandt Sutorius (Director ARTIS), Caroline Verweij (Head of Heritage, Education and Academy ARTIS), Ezgi Söylemez (Product manager ARTIS-Park) and Jelmer Wijnstroom (Art advisor ARTIS).