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Kieke Kurstjens (2003, Nijmegen, NL) lives and works in Rotterdam (NL)

Group exhibitions, a selection

2026              ‘Vier seizoenen in een park (werktitel)’, Straatgras @ Kunstwerkt, Schiedam (NL)

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2025 ‘Still life inspired lunch & exhibition’ @ de Moraine, Beek-Ubbergen (NL)

‘The Golden Gaze’ @ Galerie Helder, Den Haag (NL)

‘The Golden Gaze’, Best of Graduates @ Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam (NL)

‘The Golden Gaze’, WDKA grad show @ C3 Studios, Rotterdam (NL)

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2024               ‘The Golden Gaze’, @ MaMA Rotterdam (NL)

‘The Golden Gaze’ @ ‘Time is the New Space’, Rotterdam (NL)

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2022               ‘Revealed’ @ Cult Crèche, Rotterdam (NL)

Publications

2025                ‘The Golden Gaze’, self-published, first edition of 50

Nominations & awards

2025    2025 RM Young Blood Award, nominated

Collections

2025              Various private collections in NL and EU

Grants / Stipends

2026 Van den Ende foundation (NL), grant for the development of ‘Stille Stadbewoners’

Education

2021- 2025      Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam (NL), Photography & Fine Arts BFA, Cum Laude with Honours degree

2024    Hans Bol (NL), photography internship

2021-2022       Erasmus University College Rotterdam(NL), propedeuse BA Liberal Arts and Sciences

Residencies

2025    Artist-in-residence, The Moraine, Beek-Ubbergen (NL)