Alumni - The Rijksakademie Artists' Network

Artists leave the Rijksakademie with many new friendships and professional relationships. They are part of the global art circuit and form a network that has a vast range among artists, critics, curators, trusts and authorities all over the world.

Famous Dutch artists like Jan Toorop, Berlage, G.H. Breitner, Piet Mondriaan, Constant and Karel Appel worked at the Rijksakademie. More recently: Olga Chernysheva, Armen Eloyan, Alicia Framis, Meschac Gaba, Runa Islam, Gabriel Lester, David Maljkovic, Shahryar Nashat, Liza May Post, Bojan Sarcevic, Fiona Tan, Marijke van Warmerdam and many others.

The Rijksakademie attaches a great deal of importance to continuing the dialogue that was started during residency. Thus former residents are invited to tell about their professional practice during Xra talks and seminars at the Rijksakademie.

Bureau Alumni Projects communicates with the more than 900 former residents by way of a digital newsletter and individually. Now and then (occasionally together with the trust fund) Bureau Alumni organises meetings with alumni in Europe or elsewhere. Bureau Alumni works together with the section Artists' Documentation, among other things in following the activities and exhibitions of ex-residents.

The RAIN Artists' Initiatives Network is part of the Alumni network. It interconnects artists' platforms that have been set up by former residents in Africa, Asia and Latin America. At present, the network consists of eleven platforms.