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.
The Drempelprijs ceremony will take place on Saturday July 8 17:00 at the Graduation Show.
Nominees, Autonomous Practices
DBKV: Vincent Coppen
Spatial Design: Kenza Beddek
Illustration: Ellie Mc Guinness
Transformation Design: Lieve Postulart
(De)fine Art / Dual Degree: Luna Bongers
Fashion Design: Guusje Verbaarschot
Animation: Lorenzo Bacchin
Audiovisual Design: Sebastiaan Verbeeten
Photography: Giovanni Benetello
Photography: Mick Santman
Nominees, Commercial Practices
Advertising & Beyond: Christiaan Gritt
Spatial Design: Hyeri Seo
Illustration / Dual Degree: Alana Wieland & Louise Wieland
Product Design: Moritz Liedtke
Product Design: Jake Lalor Zakrzewski
Fashion Design: Nelson Chio
Fashion Design: Berke Taslidere
Audiovisual Design: Floris van Laethem
Graphic Design: Nadine Ritzema
Photography: Arend Verbrugh
Product Design: Quin Scholten
Niki Galvez Leferink
Nominees, Social Practices
Advertising & Beyond: Gijs Grimm
DBKV: Brigitte Boekhout
DBKV: Benjamin Schermer
DBKV: Rosalinde van Malkenhorst
Spatial Design: Mari-Lynn Kievit
Illustration: Anita Karabašić
Transformation Design: Anaïs Clements
(De)fine Art: Hayen Kim
Animation: Meta Laitko
Animation: Emilé Juodzevičiūtė
Audiovisual Design: Jacob Alcala
Graphic Design: Tetske Felen
Photography: Uedia Ballijn
Nominees, Honours Programme
Illustration: Robin Groeneveld
Transformation Design: Saran Munnichs
(De)fine Art: Ari Ralph
Product Design: Federico Ramírez
Fashion Design: Victoria McGuire
Animation: Naomi Kortleven
Audiovisual Design: Kirwin Lonwijk
Photography: Vincent Zanni
Graphic Design: Sadie Girigorie
Advertising & Beyond: Lumi Pulkkinen (eye juice)
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.
The Research Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday July 8 17:00 at the Graduation Show.
Nominees Bachelor
Fleur Wortman (Social Practices)
Uedia Ballijn (Social Practices)
Jessyca Mendes Belarmino (Social Practices)
Mari-Lynn Kievit (Social Practices)
Marjolein van der Valk (Social Practices)
Max Rohu (Autonomous Practices)
Iris van Velzen (Autonomous Practices)
Lorenzo Bacchin (Autonomous Practices)
Bobbie van Leeuwen (Autonomous Practices)
Elio Contangelo (Honours Programme)
Lisa Zakharova (Honours Programme)
Sadie Girigorie (Honours Programme)
Berke Taslidere (Commercial Practices)
Nelson Chio (Commercial Practices)
Christiaan Grit (Commercial Practices)
Jonah Sluimer (Commercial Practices)
Nominees Master
To be announced
