Sijben Rosa
Sijben Rosa (they/them, 1988, Alkmaar, NL) graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in 2012, winning the ‘Fine Arts Award’; the Fine Arts departmental prize for best graduation candidate. Since then they have undertaken several residencies, in Basel (CH), Mönchengladbach (DE), Dro (IT), Leeuwarden (NL) and Cascais (PT). Their work has been exhibited in The Netherlands and abroad, at Biquini Wax, Mexico City; Kunstverein, Düsseldorf; Museum van Loon, Amsterdam; KW, Berlin; Salt, Istanbul; CAB, Brussels; De Appel, Amsterdam; and SculptureCenter, New York City among others. Sijben taught at various art academies in the Netherlands, such as the Rietveld Academie and KABK the Hague. In 2022, they completed the PACAP program at Forum Dança in Lisbon, an interdisciplinary program for advanced performance makers, curated by João Fiadeiro. Sijben Rosa currently lives and works in Amsterdam.