KYRA NIJSKENS

EDUCATION

2023 MA Fine Art, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam

2020 BA Fine Art, HKU, Utrecht (with honours)

2016 Propaedeutic year, Fine art and Design in Education, HKU, Utrecht

EXHIBITIONS

Upcoming

2023 HEIMAT: Jong en Veelbelovend,  Museum Villa Mondriaan, Winterswijk 03/11/23 - 14/04/24

Past

2023 Past to Present, RUIS, Nijmegen

2023  Over the Rainbow, somewhere, The Growing Space, Rotterdam (Solo) 

2023 Cosmo Visions, Medusa, Brussel, BE 

2023 Reclamebord, outdoor exhibition, Rotterdam, organized by ROOT

2023  AND:gathering, Charlois Tree, Rotterdam, initiated and curated by Siiri Oksanen & Kasper Boelens

2023  Four meter high ceilings, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam

2023 Partial view, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam

2023 Springboard Art Fair, Werkspoor kathedraal, Utrecht (Fair) 

2023  SUGAR, Kunstplatform de Apotheek, Amsterdam 

2023 To Undiscovered Lands, Het Paviljoen, Gent, BE

2023 Becoming Butterfly, RUIS, Nijmegen (Solo) 

2023 Open Studio's, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam 

2022 PEEK special, Pastoe, Utrecht

2022 Lift Off, AG, Utrecht

2022 Too fem for art, Kollection Kitsch at art central XL, WORM, Rotterdam

2021 This art fair, Kromhouthal, Amsterdam

2021 Het begin, Kunsthub BinK, Elburg

2021 Salon ijl,  Galerie Noord, Groningen 

2021  ALL INN , Het HEM, Zaandam     

2021 (Open) Studios, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam 

2020 20/20 DAYBREAK, Young Art Weekend, RUIS, Nijmegen

2020 Limburg Biënnale, Marres, Maastricht

2020 Kunstroute, Stadsgehoorzaal, Leiden

2020 Graduation Show, HKU, Utrecht

2020 Depot 20/20 , AG, Utrecht

2019 Fragments of a Grocerylist, Tuub, Utrecht

2019 DOG DAYS,  De Nijverheid, Utrecht

2018 Homo ludens, AK24, Utrecht

2017 Zeitgeist, AK24, Utrecht

PRIZES/GRANTS

2022 Pictoright Steunfonds startende makers Werkbijdrage 

2020 Nominated for the Buning Brongers Prize

PUBLICATIONS

2023 (Boven) Natuurlijk, Fabienne Rachmadiev, Mister Motley 

2023 Cosmo Visions - Groupshow at Medusa, Tzvetnik

2023 Kyra Nijskens - Becoming Butterfly, Kunstbus

2023 Beyond Wings, Self published research report

2020 P.20, Self published research report in collaboration with Sjoerd Beijers

2020 TWENTYTWENTY, Artbook by Koen Taselaar 

COLLECTIONS 

Glasmalerei Peters, Paderborn, Germany

Various private collections in the Netherlands

WORK EXPERIENCE AND RESIDENCIES

2023 Guest tutor at Fine Art HKU (University of the Arts Utrecht), Utrecht

2021 - 2024 Programmer at kollection kitsch, WORM, Rotterdam

2023 Residency at PA-F, Saint Erme, France

2019 Workshop creator and supervisor at 'Stuff Matters' by Jessica Stockholder, Centraal Museum, Utrecht

MUSICAL PERFORMANCES

2023 NYE at Huidenclub, Huidenclub, Rotterdam 

2023 Baby G experience, Time is the New Space, Rotterdam 

2023 Museumnacht, Museum Villa Mondriaan, Winterswijk 

2023 Wormhole, WORM, Rotterdam 

2023 The Politics of Polishing, WORM, Rotterdam 

2023 UNF4IR.IO ROOT, Roodkapje, Rotterdam 

2023 Cut the Musterd, WORM, Rotterdam 

2022 Together we Pet, WORM, Rotterdam 

2021 (open) studios, Piet Zwart Radio, Rotterdam 

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