First Rijksmuseum Artist in Residence announced
Publication date: 18 December 2024 - 09:31
The first Rijksmuseum Artist in Residence is Dutch-Argentinian artist Aimée Zito Lema. The Rijksmuseum held an open call for artists to submit proposals for an artwork or intervention that engages with the collection or history of the Rijksmuseum, or another topic relating to the museum. The deadline for the open call was 8 September 2024. The selection panel chose Zito Lema’s proposal from the total of 265 submissions. Throughout the coming calendar year she will have access to the Rijksmuseum collections, archive, laboratories and expertise. The panel praised Zito Lema’s practice-driven approach and the way the project combines a range of facets of the collection.
The Rijksmuseum Artist in Residence Programme is made possible in part by the Mondriaan Fund and through the Rijksmuseum Fonds: the Conrad Whelan 42 Fund, the ABREZIEL Fonds and a private donor.
About the artist
Aimée Zito Lema (b. 1982) is a Dutch-Argentinian visual artist known for her multidisciplinary approach. Her media include photography, sculpture, video and installation. The focus of her work is on social engagement, collective memory and topics such as labour, solidarity and activism. The artist draws on archive material and personal memories for work that arises out of a blend of thorough research and intuitive response. Her projects explore the ways in which history is passed from generation to generation, and how this process can help us understand the present in new ways.
This residency provides me with a wonderful opportunity to work in a unique setting where history and technical expertise converge. I want to shed light on various aspects of the restoration of heritage, both as a hands-on processing of knowledge and as a symbolic gesture.
Aimée Zito Lema, the first Rijksmuseum Artist in Residence
The Artist in Residence Programme
The Rijksmuseum’s artistic residency forms an integral part of the overarching Rijksmuseum Fellowship Programme, which is open to university-based academics. We anticipate that the Artist in Residence Programme will nurture additional cross-fertilisation between artistic and academic practices. The programme sees the Rijksmuseum further broadening its attention for contemporary art and advancing its collaborations with artists of today.
For more information please visit Artist in Residence Programme - Rijksmuseum
