Kunsthuis SYB

On Saturday the 19th of October, at 5 pm., the sixth Sybren Hellinga Art Prize will be presented in Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag. You are cordially invited to celebrate this moment with us!

The Sybren Hellinga Art Prize is a jury prize, intended to encourage young artists. The prize is named after the former gallery owner Sybren Hellinga and is hosted every three years by Kunsthuis SYB. This year, the jury consists of Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Steven ten Thije and Jetske Verhoeven. They selected four artists who work in the Kunsthuis or the adjacent building. from 25 September until the day of the ceremony. On 19 October, the results of this work period is presented and assessed by the jury, after which one of the four nominated artists will receive the amount of €3000.

The four nominated artists are Teun Vonk, Riet Wijnen, Pernille Lonstrup and Hee-Seung Choi.

On this day, it will also be announced which beginning art critic has written the best piece on the work of one of the four nominated artists. This writer is given a place in the writers’ group of Kunsthuis SYB and his or her article will be published in the journal ‘Tube Light’.

In addition, an audience prize of €500 will be awarded on 3 November. You are able to cast your vote until 2 November in Kunsthuis SYB or by sending an email tokunstprijs@kunsthuissyb.nl

In short, much cause for celebration with food and drinks and for the occasion a special musical performance by the sweet-voiced and sometimes treacherously charming synthesizer-diva ‘Lady Flux’.

See you in Beetsterzwaag!

With kind regards,

The organisation of the Sybren Hellinga Art Prize and Kunsthuis SYB

Is Friesland too far away?
When there are sufficient sign-ups, Kunsthuis SYB will send a bus to the Randstad which will bring you for €15 to Beetsterzwaag and back. Would you like to have more information or sign up for the bus, send an email to info@kunsthuissyb.nl. If you do not have the opportunity to attend the award ceremony, you can still see the work of all nominated artist until 3 November in both Kunsthuis SYB and the adjacent building (Thursday to Sunday, from 1 to 5 pm).

The organisation and coordination of the Sybren Hellinga Art Prize is in the hands of Mare van Koningsveld. (kunstprijs@kunsthuissyb.nl).

RESIDENCYPERIOD

The four artists that have been nominated for the Sybren Hellinga Art Prize – Riet Wijnen, Hee-Seung Choi, Pernille Lonstrup and Teun Vonk – will have their work period from the 25^th of September until the 19^th of October Kunsthuis SYB and the former Rabobank building (Hoofdstraat 68) in Beetsterzwaag.

During this period everyone is invited to come to Beetsterzwaag during the Saturdays and Sundays (13:00- 17:00 hrs.) On these days you can see what the artists are up to and ask them questions about their work and work process. The public can also follow this work process on this website as well as on Facebook and Twitter.

On the basis of this new work, the jury – Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Steven ten Thije and Jetske Verhoeven – will decide who will be the winner. He or she will receive the amount of €3.000. Everyone is welcome to be present when the prize is awarded to the winner. On the 3rd of November the award of the public will be rewarded. You can decide who will win this prize: you can vote in Kunstuis SYB or by sending an email to kunstprijs@kunsthuissyb.nl.

Together with art magazine Tubelight, Kunsthuis SYB organizes a writing course for beginning writers from the Northern regions of the Netherlands. The 19th of October is also the day that we will announce which participant of the writing course has written the best piece. This writer will become one of the regular critics of Kunsthuis SYB for the following year and his/her article will be published in Tubelight.

The exhibition with the works of the four nominated artists will be on show in Kunsthuis SYB and the former Rabobank building from the 19th of October until the 3rd of November (Thursday-Sunday 13:00-17:00 hrs). 

The four nominated artists:

Teun Vonk (Uden, 1986) graduated in 2012 from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. The group dynamics is very important in his videos. In his work, Vonk wants to make the group dynamics, which is normally invisible, visible. He puts, for example, boxers, office workers and musicians in front of the camera to see how they behave. www.teunvonk.nl

Hee-Seung Choi (Seoul, 1976) graduated in 2008 from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. Her work consists of videos, sound clips and performances. She connects a small act, such as folding paper into triangles, to a large context (she used, for example, quotes from political speeches), and as such creates a work that is both intimate and public. www.hee-seung.info

Riet Wijnen (Amsterdam, 1988) graduated in 2009 from the AKV St. Joost in Den Bosch and in 2012 from the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. Her research focuses on the concepts of structure, abstraction and perception. The starting point of her installations and texts is an existing theory, object or image that she then reproduces. The reproduction is never a true replica, but is rather a reformulation. www.rietwijnen.nl

Pernille Lonstrup (Hillerød, 1977) graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam in 2010 and from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague in 2012. Her work includes video installations, performances and sound art. Lonstrup investigates various forms of communication and is particularly fascinated with situations in which communication falters. www.pernille-lonstrup.com

On behalf of Kunsthuis SYB, Mare van Koningsveld organizes and coordinates the Sybren Hellinga Art Prize. You can reach her by sending an email to kunstprijs@kunsthuissyb.nl .

 

THE FOUR CANDIDATES FOR THE SYBREN HELLINGA ART PRIZE

The four candidates for the Sybren Hellinga Art Prize 2013 have been announced. The jury, consisting of Wendelien Oldenborgh, Steven ten Thije and Jetske Verhoeven, chose Teun Vonk, See-Seung Choi, Reed Wines and Pernille Lønstrup.

These four artists will have a work period in Kunsthuis SYB from the 25th of September until the 19th of October. The public can follow the development of their works during the weekends. After this, there will be an exhibition period from the 20th of October until the 3th of November.

The members of the jury will come together again on Saturday, the 19th of October, and will then choose the winner. He or she will win an amount of € 3,000.

 

The four candidates:

Teun Vonk (Uden, 1986) graduated in 2012 from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. The group dynamics is very important in his videos. In his work, Vonk wants to make the group dynamics, which is normally invisible, visible. He puts, for example, boxers, office workers and musicians in front of the camera to see how they behave. www.teunvonk.nl

Seung-Hee Choi (Seoul, 1976) graduated in 2008 from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. Her work consists of videos, sound clips and performances. She connects a small act, such as folding paper into triangles, to a large context (she used, for example, quotes from political speeches), and as such creates a work that is both intimate and public. www.hee-seung.info

Riet Wijnen (Amsterdam, 1988) graduated in 2009 from the AKV St. Joost in Den Bosch and in 2012 from the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. Her research focuses on the concepts of structure, abstraction and perception. The starting point of her installations and texts is an existing theory, object or image that she then reproduces. The reproduction is never a true replica, but is rather a reformulation. www.rietwijnen.nl

Pernille Lønstrup (Hillerød, 1977) graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam in 2010 and from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague in 2012. Her work includes video installations, performances and sound art. Lønstrup investigates various forms of communication and is particularly fascinated with situations in which communication falters. www.pernille-lonstrup.com

On behalf of Kunsthuis SYB, Mare van Koningsveld organizes and coordinates the Sybren Hellinga Art Prize. You can reach her by sending an email to kunstprijs@kunsthuissyb.nl.

CALL FOR ARTISTS
(you can no longer aply)

From the 15th of April until the 1st of July 2013 you can sign up for the Sybren Hellinga Art Prize. Artists can participate in the competition if they haven’t obtained their bachelor of fine arts before the 1st of June 2008 and no later than the 1st of July 2013. Autodidacts can apply as well if they started working as a professional artist within this period. Artists should live and work in the Netherlands.

Members of the programming committee of Kunsthuis Syb will decide which entries will make it to the longlist. From this list, the jury – Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Steven ten Thije and Jetske Verhoeven – will choose four candidates. These four artists will stay in Beetsterzwaag for three weeks in October. The works they will make will be on show during the subsequent exhibition.

The artists who are selected for this work period are expected to make their work process visible to the public in a blog as well as in the exhibition. At the end of October, the jury will name the winner of the Sybren Hellinga Art Prize. He or she will be rewarded with €3000,-.

Media partner Tubelight will pay attention to the project in its art magazine. Together with Tubelight, Kunsthuis Syb will organize a writing class for art critics.

The Sybren Hellinga Art Prize & Sybren Hellinga
The Sybren Hellinga Art Prize is named after gallerist Sybren Hellinga (1926-2000) and is being organized by Kunsthuis Syb every three years in the village of Beetsterzwaag. Hellinga headed a gallery, the current Kunsthuis Syb, in Beetsterzwaag (Friesland, the Netherlands) from 1995 until 2000. The prize is meant to support starting artists and will be awarded for the 6th time this year. Previous winners are Masha de Vries (1998), Ray Moon (2001), Paulien Oltheten (2004), Lotje van Lieshout (2007) and Jetske Verhoeven (2010).

Kunsthuis Syb
Kunsthuis SYB is an artists residency in a monumental building in the middle of Beetsterzwaag. On the basis of their project plans, artists are invited by Kunsthuis Syb, to live and work in the house for a project period of circa six weeks. The emphasis hereby is on new partnerships, research and experimentation. Kunsthuis Syb is constantly searching for new ways to support young contemporary artists in their development, both within as beyond its programming, and does the same for young curators and art critics.

The Jury of the Sybren Hellinga Art Prize 2013

Wendelien van Oldenborgh (1962) was educated at the Goldsmith College in Londen. She exhibited at art institutions throughout the world, including the Venice Biennial of 2011 and the 10th Istanbul Biennial.

Steven ten Thije (1980) is a research curator for the Van Abbe Museum and, as an author, wrote for various media. He is currently working on a PHD on the subject ‘the formation of the exhibition curator’.

Jetske Verhoeven (1980) is the winner of the last edition of the Sybren Hellinga Art Prize. She studied at the Rietveld Art Academy and the Sandberg Institute and exhibited at, among other locations, the Verbeke Foundation.

Participation
This link takes you to the participation form. You can also find the conditions for participation are mentioned here as well.

On behalf of Kunsthuis Syb, Mare van Koningsveld organizes and coordinates the Sybren Hellinga Art Prize. You can contact her by sending an email to kunstprijs@kunsthuissyb.nl.