Drempelprijs
The Drempelprijs has been awarded annually since 1962 by the Municipality of Rotterdam (Gemeente Rotterdam) to one or more graduates of the Willem de Kooning Academy. Originally, the prize was awarded only to fine art graduates; since 1968 applied arts graduates have also been eligible. The prize is an incentive award, with a nice sum of money: € 5,000. In the WdKA’s curriculum, the traditional distinction between fine art and applied work is no longer considered relevant. Since 2014, the Drempelprijs awarded to students within the three graduation profiles: Autonomous, Social and Commercial practices and the Honours Programme.
Drempelprijs ceremony has taken on Saturday July 16 17:00 at the Graduation Show. Click here for the Winners!
Nominees, Autonomous Practices
Transformation Design: Sam Oazzouz
DBKV: Yvonne Bronner & Simone van der Meer
Spatial Design: Stevie Kok
Audiovisual Design: Marte Bosma
Product Design: Monique Hanse
Product Design: Rink Schelling (2022 Winner)
Graphic Design: Florian Schuster
Fashion Design: Cassandre Storez
Illustration: Kees Proper
Advertising & Beyond: Nicole Spakman
Photography: Ashley Bruinhart (2022 Winner)
Photography: Chiara Pastoor
Fine Art: Mina Voigt
Fine Art: Bartosz Kos
Nominees, Commercial Practices
DBKV: Marcel de Jong, Lowieke de Vries en Leontine Brugmans
Graphic Design: Giang Huong Thi Nguyen
Fashion Design: Babs de Kock
Illustration: Lotte Prins
Advertising & Beyond: Sophie Schellens
Fine Art: Denise Hirtenfelder
Animation: Mark Schutte
Nominees, Social Practices
Transformation Design: Daphne Kusters
DBKV: Mira Taapken
Spatial Design: Frédérique van Tilborg
Photography: roze meike (2022 Winner)
Product Design: Lisa Vander Plaetse
Graphic Design: Carolina Cristallo
Fashion Design: Denzel Veerkamp
Illustration: Jasmijn Schoonen
Animation: Sanya Gurung
Nominees, Honours Programme
Audiovisual Design: Ciska Meister
Photography: Jasper van den Ende
Product Design: Pragya Jain
Graphic Design: Senka Milutinović (2022 Winner)
Fashion Design: Anna Jaël Vetulani
Illustration: Anna Jastrzębska Yilmaz
Advertising & Beyond: Jannes van Arkel
Fine Art: Julia Wilhelm
Animation: Anej Golcar
Animation: Vincent Boon
Research Awards
The Willem de Kooning Research Award was established by the Willem de Kooning Foundation in 2015 to emphasise the central role of art and design research within the newly introduced curriculum. The Willem de Kooning Research Awards are no prizes for just theses or research documents but for projects merging theory and practice where art or design work is a vital part of the research. The Awards are granted to Bachelor and Master graduation projects that combine theoretical and field research with artistic research and which provide new insights to broader audiences of experts and the public at large. Next to the prize money of € 1500, € 1000 and € 500 for Bachelor graduates and € 2000 for a Master graduate, one Bachelor and one Master project will also be honoured with a publication. These publications are not conventional research books or catalogues, but experimental publications to be developed within WdKA’s Hybrid Publishing Practices. The publication can take any form that is best suited to each project: electronic and print, performative, presentational.
The Research Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday July 16 17:00 at the Graduation Show.
Nominees Bachelor
Autonomous Practices
Critical Studies: Edith Dingeman
Digital Craft: Meeuwis Aalberts
Hacking: Rink Schelling
Public & Private: Sofie van Thiel
Commercial Practices
Data Design: Derrick Crichlow
Branding: Mark Schutte
New Frontiers: Denise Hirtenfelder
Social Practices:
Cultural Diversity: roze meike (2022 Winner)
Cultural Diversity: Honey Simatupang
Powerplay: Hannah Kloosterman
Powerplay: Roosmarijn van Loon
Honours Programme:
Visual Culture: Ciska Meister
RASL minor: Oana Beatrice Popescu
Nominees Master
To be announced
