Rijksakademie residents 2026

We are very happy to announce the 24 artists who will be joining the Rijksakademie in January 2026:

Kenneth Aidoo
Mario Sergio Alvarez Gonzalez
Waèl el Allouche
Clara Amaral
Sharan Bala
Zuzanna Bartoszek
Antón Ceballos
Aishwarya Das
Mîrkan Deniz
Goulven Derrien
Dan Guthrie
S*an D. Henry-Smith  
Helena Hoogenraad
Hu Liwei
Lotte Louise de Jong
Ana Linhares
Eugene Macki
Olga Micińska
Priss Niinikoski
Bahar Noorizadeh
Bodil Ouédraogo
Debashish Paul
Ashis Kumar Palei
Pam Virada

1,600 artists from 111 different countries applied for the 2026 residency programme. The jury consisted of Rijksakademie advisors, alumni and professionals from the contemporary art field: Salim Bayri, Ansuya Blom, Banu Cennetoğlu,Isabelle Cornaro, Aude Christel Mgba, Vera Mey, Melvin Moti, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Wendelien van Oldenborgh and Antonio Vega Macotela.

Together, they searched for artists whose practices are distinctive, relevant, and thought-provoking – artists who can fully engage with the opportunities the Rijksakademie provides: time, space, facilities, and meaningful dialogue with advisors, technical specialists, and fellow residents. Important was a strong artistic vision, along with an openness to deepen, expand, or evolve their work, and to actively participate in a diverse and collaborative artistic community.

From January onwards, these 24 artists will join the current first-year residents to form a multidisciplinary, experimental and critically engaged artist community. We are looking forward to welcoming them and working with them.