CV Kiana Girigorie

Kiana Girigorie (Los Angeles, 1997). Studied Fine Art at the University of Arts in Utrecht and, graduated with honors in 2020. The works she graduated with are big-scaled, bright, colorful paintings that drew significant attention. An article about her work was published in the art magazine Metropolis M. During her graduation she was nominated for the Buning Brongers and Hivinisiki OV prizes. After her graduation, she exhibited her work at Het Hem where she got picked up by LANG. For the following two years, she lived and worked in Antwerp, Belgium. During her time in Belgium, she participated in the Biennale Mol alongside artists such as Wim T. Schippers. Now, she lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She organizes exhibitions at the nonprofit art space De Personeelskamer, hosting two exhibitions every month, located in Amsterdam.

EDUCATION

Bachelor Fine Arts – HKU

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Nasty little monsters – LANG, Amsterdam
2023 Texas has babies… – Kennedy van der Laan, Amsterdam 2023 Puzzled LANG, Amsterdam
2024 NAP+  LANG, Amsterdam

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 IMPAKT, The Way Out Is Through – Academy Gallery, Utrecht
2019 Breakfast At Building sites – LOU, Utrecht
2019 Does The Fish Know It’s Water? – TUUB, Utrecht
2020 HKU Graduation Show Pastoe Fabriek, Utrecht
2021 ALL IN – Het Hem, Zaandam 2021 De Belofte – Kunstliefde, Utrecht 2021 Biënnale, Mol Rauw Belgium
2022 White Smoke Lang Art Gallery, Amsterdam
2022 Nuver moonshine Kunsthalkloof, Utrecht
2022 Lift off Centraal Museum, Utrecht
2022 Kloof United Kunsthalkloof, Utrecht
2022 In a pigs whisper De Vishal, Haarlem
2022 OGENBLIKSEM Centraal Museum, Utrecht
2022 PAN Amsterdam, RAI Amsterdam
2023 Art Verona, LANG
2024 BANCONTACT De Bouwput, Amsterdam
2024 Everything On The One Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2024 Museum Nirac – collectie Ruys, Barneveld
2024 Art Verona, LANG
2025 Art Rotterdam Prospects & Concepts

INITIATIVES
2018 Stop Black Face & Let Us Talk About It – A discussion group for students at HKU 2019 – Ongoing Tools For The Times: Practicing Inclusivity, HKU Pastoe Fabriek Student-teacher led initiative Archive – Activism – discussion group – public programming – workshops
2023 De Personeelskamer – nonprofit exhibition space in Amsterdam

WORK/SIDE ACTIVITIES
2022 – 2023 Education Coordinator at Fashion For Good Museum

NOMINATIONS
2020 De Buning Brongers Prize – nominated 2020 Hivinisiki ov prize – nominated

PUBLICATIONS
2020 Metropolis M Eindexamenspecial by Jorne Vriens
2020 “TWENTY TWENTY” artbook by Koen Taselaar
2021 Metropolis M “Hoe studenten van onderop bezig zijn de kunstacademie te veranderen” by Alyxandra Westwood
2022 Centraal Museum “Een samenwerking en een vruchtbare botsing” by Laurie Cluitmans

GRANTS
2022 Stichting Stokroos – participation exhibition OGENBLIKSEM Centraal Museum 2023 Mondriaan Fund Artist Start Grand

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2021 AKZO Nobel Art Collection 2021 UMC collection
2022 UMC collection
2023 Kennedy van der Laan 2023 AMC Kunstrichting

RESIDENCY
2024 Het Punt, Curaçao
2025 Livingstone Gallery, Berlin

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS 2020
H. Lijftogt
N. van der Wal

2021

H. Alberdingk Thijm H.Verheijen

H. Krot
J. Ruys
R. Bange
F. Oomen A.M. Blaise M. Bolink
L. Brentjens

2022

Benedek W. Maas Flens
F. Salerni

2023

J. Ruys
F. Salerni F. Oomen

2024

J. Hahury
J. Ruys
E. Lavrijsen
Z. Van Heesen-Laclé