Jikke Madelief Sara Lesterhuis
Jikke Lesterhuis was born in 1997 in Enschede, the Netherlands. She is currently based in West Cork, Ireland. She works with different media such as film, field recording, installation, and sculpture making her work multidisciplinary.
“The experience of doing something for the first time, that's what it's all about for me, the victory over something you didn't know you could do before. One follows the other, I'm thriving on that.”
A central theme that recurs with persistence is her deep-rooted fascination for movement and a reference to man’s relationship with nature. Jikke is obsessed with the absurd; the fundamental disharmony between our search for meaning and the meaninglessness of the universe. Therefore, she believes in questions rather than answers. With curiosity, experimentation, and fantasy at the helm of her art practice, she tries to find her way through the absurd and disclose different elements, political, social or cultural, that could be held responsible for the creation of our worldview. She aims to reveal the narrative of hidden things as she peers into the enormous, quiet world of things underfoot, and to foster empathy and interconnectedness among different species. Her art practice is related to the world around us, her own reality, and fantasies and strange figments of Jikke’s imagination.
(UPCOMING) RESIDENCIES
2024 Kulturfactrory, Domicella, Italy (july)
2023 Crithir, West Cork, Ireland (september 2023 - december 2023)
2023 Fish Factory - Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland (may)
2022 Studio Kura - Fukuoka, Japan (november)
EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
2024 National Sculture Factory, Cork, Ireland
2024 Febuary 14 - 24 - NOSTALGIA, Millepiani, Rome, Italy (group)
2023 Oktober (18-21) Silent Frequencies screening at LAB111, Amsterdam Independent Film Festival 2023
2023 December - Solo Exhibition, CICA (Czong Institute for Contemporary Art) South Korea
2023 October - Holy Art Gallery, New York, USA (group)
2023 August - September - Stockwerk Project Plant Blindness Vol II, Weimar, Germany (group)
2023 August - September - CICA (Czong Institute for Contemporary Art) South Korea (group)
2023 August 10-14 - Re-writing us for the future, AMP Gallery, London
2023 July 19 - 23 - MESH Art Fair, Decentraland
2022 Studio Kura, Itoshima, Japan (group)
AWARDS/GRANTS
2023 Tarkovski Grant
2023 Selected for Amsterdam Independent Film Festival 2023 @LAB111, Amsterdam
2022 AFK Stipendium
2022 Nomination Parool Beeldmakers
2021 Gemeente Amsterdam, Project Grant
2021 VSB, NJR, Project Grant
2021 AFK, Project Grant
EDUCATION / EXPERIENCES
2020 Minor Heritage and Built Environment, VU University
2020 Minor Exhibiting and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Amsterdam University of the Arts
2017 BA Cultural Heritage, Amsterdam University of the Arts
2017 Socratic Design Lab Humerto Schwab
2016 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, pre-course
SELECTED CLIENTS
2023 VPRO / NPO3 - De Ongestelde Vragenshow
2023 Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
2022 Hivos
2022 Podimo - Dag en Nacht Media
2021 HUMAN - 3FM
2021 VPRO Medialab/NPO3 - Maandverbond
2021 Echt Gebeurd - podcast
2020 Het Financieel Dagblad - Studio Europa
2020 VPRO Medialab
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS/FEATURES
https://www.videosoundarchive.com/archive-s7/jikke-lesterhuis
https://artworkgallery.net/art_magazine_issue2/
https://www.altiba9.com/artist-interviews/jikke-lesterhuis-multidisciplinary-animation-drawing
https://www.parool.nl/kunst-media/deze-tien-creatieve-talenten-strijden-om-ruimte-in-het-parool~bc8b48cf/
https://www.trouw.nl/cultuur-media/maandverbond-wil-het-gesprek-over-menstruatie-normaliseren~b2e58ee1/
https://dezwijger.nl/programma/wekelijkse-update-uit-onze-stad-18
https://fd.nl/opinie/1367596/meer-europa-dat-is-voor-jongeren-een-no-brainer
https://www.areweeurope.com/stories/could-prayer-become-gayer-viola-stefanello