Selma Selman

Kunsthuis Syb is happy to welcome artist Selma Selman for a residency. During her stay, Selma is conducting artistic research into her family history and maternal genealogy and working towards the exhibition 600 Years of Migrant Mothers.

Selma Selman (1991) was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is of Romani origin. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2014 from Banja Luka University’s Department of Painting. In 2018 she graduated from Syracuse University with a Master of Fine Arts in Transmedia, Visual and Performing Arts. Recent solo exhibitions include: Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg, Gropius Bau, Berlin. She won the ABN AMRO Art Award in 2024 and had a solo exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in 2025. Selman is also the founder of the organization ”Get The Heck To School” which aims to empower Roma girls all around the world who faced ostracization from society and poverty.

Selma Selman currently lives and works in Amsterdam, since she completed her Rijksakademie Amsterdam in 2021.