Willem de Rooij
NL, 1969
- resident
- 1997 – 1998
- advisor
- 2020 – Now
Willem de Rooij
Residents, Advisors, Team
Current residents, guest residents, tech fellows, advisors and team members. For an overview of Rijksakademie alumni, visit our database.
Residents
- Fransisca Angela
![Fransisca_Angela_La_Uma_Rijksakademie_13.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1920 1280"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- nora aurrekoetxea etxebarria
![Nora-Aurrekoetxea--Hard-as-Horse-Hair--C--Individual-04_1340_c.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1340 1786"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- AYO
![Uganda-009.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 2660 1816"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Hamza Badran
- Lisa Barnard
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- Bo Bosk
- Avril Corroon
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- Naré Eloyan
![EloyanNare_website_2.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 4048 5173"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Silvia Gatti
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- Krystel Geerts
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- Choi Heong-uk
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- Alexandra Hunts
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- Lili Huston-Herterich
- Joanne Igbuwe
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- Astrit Ismaili
![Flutura, 2025, Video Work, 6,37min.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 3840 2160"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Jackie Karuti
![HR.RijksOpen2024.Jackie.Karuti.photo.by.sandervanwettum.05.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 8256 5504"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Jort van der Laan
![6 copy.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 7016 4961"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Eunsae Lee
![Mite life 1, oil on canvas, 218.2x290.9cm, 2023.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 5833 4375"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Li Yi-Fan
- Nazif Lopulissa
- Lucas Lugarinho
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- Maksud Ali Mondal
![You Are What You Eat.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 7872 5600"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Wynnie Mynerva
- Chathuri Nissansala
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- Eniwaye Oluwaseyi
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- Ada M. Patterson
- 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
- Smári Róbertsson
- Sallisa Rosa
- Nestor Siré
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- Kaili Smith
![3.Your-Average-night-of-overdoses-stabbings-first-kisses-and-baby-angels.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 4000 2852"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Dicky Takndare
- Erik Tlaseca
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- Thato Toeba
- Hasan Özgür Top
- Chin Tsao
- vo ezn
- Lotte Werkema
![Duo schotje.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 5343 3412"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Jessica Wilson
![003_Fountain copy.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 2362 3527"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
- Baha Görkem Yalım
- Abdo Zin Eldin
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- Nataliya Zuban
![LR.RijksOpen2024.Nataliya.Zuban.photo.by.sandervanwettum.04.jpg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 2000 1333"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
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Guest Residents
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
- Mihnea Mircan
- Melvin Moti
- Mike Nelson
- Wendelien van Oldenborgh
- Christodoulos Panayiotou
- Paul Perry
- Willem de Rooij
- Natasha Soobramanien
- Ho Tzu Nyen
- Antonio Vega Macotela
- Helen Verhoeven
- Marijke van Warmerdam
- Tirdad Zolghadr
Guest Advisors
- abigail Campos Leal
- Xinyi Cheng
- Don Mee Choi
- Lynnée Denise
- Bert Derkx
- David Michael DiGregorio
- Jihan El-Tahri
- Patrick D. Flores
- Dora García Lopez
- Sara Giannini
- Tijs Goldschmidt
- Anawana Haloba
- Saodat Ismailova
- Sung Hwan Kim
- Gerardo Mosquera
- Agustin Pérez-Rubio
- Laure Prouvost
- Janis Rafa
- María Inés Rodríguez (MIR)
- ruangrupa
- Simon(e) van Saarloos
- Rolando Vázquez
- Dries Verhoeven
Team
- Building / OperationsPeter Amponsah caretaker
- Building / OperationsClive Andrews ICT
- Building / OperationsAnita Autar cleaning
- Building / OperationsIngmar Bruin coordinator building
- Building / OperationsFeras Dahhan caretaker
- Building / OperationsAlmiqui Deetman Support officer
- Building / OperationsHarold Verbakel ICT
- CantinaMartine Albitrouw-Segijn
- CantinaRené Blits
- CantinaArchie Hyde
- CantinaBas Magnée coordinator
- CantinaNicole Roozemond
- CommunicationMarguerite Nolan
- DevelopmentZee Landstra team member development
- DevelopmentIsabella Leitz events & friends support
- DevelopmentMoetoesingi Schmidt senior team member development
- Finance / Administration / HRNiels Andree Wiltens HR, residency & process administration
- Finance / Administration / HRDanielle Kars secretarial services
- Management TeamLoïc Aballéa business leader
- Management TeamPatricia de Weichs interim director internal affairs
- Management TeamVanessa Groenewegen communication
- Management TeamMaría Virto Marcilla director development
- Management TeamEmily Pethick director
- Management TeamKaitlyn Smeeth management assistant
- ResidencyNasam Abboud residency facilitator
- ResidencyAndrea Elera public programme coordinator
- ResidencySandra Felten bureau alumni & residents documentation
- ResidencyAnnelie Musters manager of residency and workshops
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsJosé Miguel Biscaya media lab
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsSeamus Cater wood
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsRoger Cremers wood
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsMarietta Dirker library & collection
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsStephan Kuderna metal
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsMauricio van der Maesen Electronics
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsLotte Nijhof mould making
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsArend Nijkamp paint lab
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsMarianne Peijnenburg ceramics
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsKees Reedijk electronics
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsPieter Verweij print lab
- Workshops / Technical SpecialistsMonique de Wilt laser cutter & CNC
- Tech FellowNadine Ghandour
- Tech FellowHarriet Morley
- Tech FellowViki Nagy
- Tech FellowDmytro Tentiuk
- Tech FellowAlex Walker