Sharan Bala
NL
- resident
- 2026 – 2027
Sharan Bala
Residents & Alumni Activities
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Residents, Advisors, Team
Current residents, guest residents, tech fellows, advisors and team members. For an overview of Rijksakademie alumni, visit our database.
Residents
- Kenneth Aidoo
- Waèl el Allouche
- Mario Sergio Alvarez Gonzalez
![TheFarm.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 5453 3609"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Clara Amaral
- AYO
![Rijksakademie_OpenStudios2025_AYO_photoTomPhilipJanssen_HR_5.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 5504 8256"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Hamza Badran
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- Sharan Bala
- Zuzanna Bartoszek
![Bartoszek Crackhead Cinderella 100 x 120 cm, 2025.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 4000 3476"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Antón Ceballos
- Avril Corroon
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- Aishwarya Das
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- Mîrkan Deniz
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- Goulven Derrien
![The water very blue, 2025.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1654 1169"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Krystel Geerts
![La_Chimera_Krystel_Geerts.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 3024 4032"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Dan Guthrie
![Empty Alcove Rotting Figure, Chisenhale Gallery, London, 2025. Photographer Andy Keate.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1500 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- S*an D. Henry-Smith
- Choi Heong-uk
![25.001.jpeg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1024 768"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Helena Hoogenraad
![bow 40x30 2024.JPG](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 3312 4452"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Hu Liwei
![Hu Liwei_Sesame Opens a Skylight_2024.jpeg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 3840 2160"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Joanne Igbuwe
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- Astrit Ismaili
- Lotte Louise de Jong
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- Ana Linhares
![1.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1500 1125"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Li Yi-Fan
![main.00_03_44_21.Still005.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1920 1080"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Nazif Lopulissa
![Rijksakademie_OpenStudios2025_NazifLopulissa_photoTomPhilipJanssen_HR_3.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 8256 5504"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Lucas Lugarinho
![Screen Shot 2025-05-28 at 12.47.01.png](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 2880 1618"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Eugene Macki
![REIFICATION 2024.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 2400 1600"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Olga Micińska
![headquarters.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 2400 1626"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Priss Niinikoski
![PrissNiinikoski_1.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 3104 4672"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Chathuri Nissansala
![Rijksakademie_OpenStudios2025_ChathuriNissansala_photoTomPhilipJanssen_HR_3.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 8244 5496"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Bahar Noorizadeh
- Bodil Ouédraogo
- Ashis Kumar Palei
![1000111163.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 3280 1840"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Debashish Paul
![DSC06629.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 3902 5853"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- amy pickles
![amypickles_website1.png](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 900 636"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Sandra Poulson
- Ashfika Rahman
![HR.RijksOpen2025.Ashfika.Rahman.photo.by.Sander.van.Wettum-2.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 8190 5460"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Smári Róbertsson
- Nestor Siré
![07. PC Gamer [GOMA]_TOKYO_ Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo 2024.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 2100 1500"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Dicky Takndare
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- Hasan Özgür Top
- Chin Tsao
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- Pam Virada
![Silvering the Sky, 2024.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 2400 1956"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- vo ezn
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- Lotte Werkema
![Fuck Pilates II 2025.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 5184 3456"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Baha Görkem Yalım
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- Abdo Zin Eldin
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Advisors
- Maria Barnas
- Kirsty Bell
- Ansuya Blom
- Stéphane Calais
- Banu Cennetoğlu
- Isabelle Cornaro
- Yael Davids
- Jaki Irvine
- Meiro Koizumi
- Metahaven (Vinca Kruk & Daniel van der Velden)
- Aernout Mik
- Melvin Moti
- Mike Nelson
- Wendelien van Oldenborgh
- Christodoulos Panayiotou
- Paul Perry
- Willem de Rooij
- Natasha Soobramanien
- Antonio Vega Macotela
- Helen Verhoeven
- Marijke van Warmerdam
- Tirdad Zolghadr
Guest Advisors
Team
- Building / OperationsPeter Amponsah caretaker
- Building / OperationsAnita Autar cleaning
- Building / OperationsIngmar Bruin coordinator building
- Building / OperationsFeras Dahhan caretaker
- Business managerLoïc Aballéa
- CantinaMartine Albitrouw-Segijn cook
- CantinaRené Blits cook
- CantinaArchie Hyde cleaning & cash register assistant
- CantinaBas Magnée coordinator
- CantinaNicole Roozemond cook
- CommunicationVanessa Groenewegen
- CommunicationMarguerite Nolan
- DevelopmentZee Landstra team member development
- DevelopmentIsabella Leitz team member development
- DevelopmentMaría Virto Marcilla director development
- DevelopmentMoetoesingi Schmidt senior team member development
- DirectorPatricia de Weichs de Wenne
- FinanceTatjana Koopal financial officer
- HR & Social WelfareNiels Andree Wiltens
- ICTClive Andrews
- ICTHarold Verbakel
- Library & collectionMarietta Dirker
- Public ProgrammeAndrea Elera coordinator
- ResidencyNasam Abboud residency coordinator
- ResidencySandra Felten bureau alumni & residents documentation
- SupportAlmiqui Deetman-Wingens support officer
- SupportRobbie Peters management and support assistant
- SupportKaitlyn Smeeth support officer
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsJosé Miguel Biscaya media lab
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsSeamus Cater wood workshop
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsRoger Cremers wood workshop
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsStephan Kuderna metal workshop
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsMauricio van der Maesen electronics workshop
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsLotte Nijhof mould making workshop
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsArend Nijkamp paint workshop
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsMarianne Peijnenburg ceramics workshop
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsKees Reedijk electronics workshop
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsPieter Verweij print workshop
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsMonique de Wilt laser cutter & CNC
- Tech FellowRuth Legg
- Tech FellowElena Štrok
- Tech FellowYP Yuanpu Wang
- Tech FellowDamianos Zisimou