Trailblazers

Guest curators Mirjam Westen and Richard Kofi invited seventeen former participants in the Award (1980–2020) to exhibit their work. They are trailblazers, who interrogate, stretch, disrupt and reconstruct the boundaries of painting. Each one approaches form, material, imagination and subject matter in his or her own innovative way. They exemplify the way in which the Award encourages artists to find their own style. Participating artists: Ansuya Blom, Mattijs van den Bosch, Isabel Cordeiro, Suzan Drummen, Esiri Erheriene-Essi, Hadassah Emmerich, Melissa Gordon, Raquel van Haver, Niek Hendrix, Iris Kensmil, Natasja Kensmil, Rabi Koria, Kim van Norren, Navid Nuur, Sara Sejin Chang (Sara van der Heide), Helen Verhoeven and Ina van Zyl.