(UPCOMING) RESIDENCIES
2024 Kulturfactrory, Domicella, Italy (july)
2024 Working Artist Studios - Ballydehob, Ireland (january - may)
2023 Crithir, West Cork, Ireland (september 2023 - december 2023)
2023 Fish Factory - Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland (may)
2022 Studio Kura - Fukuoka, Japan (November)
FILMFESTIVALS
Official selection NewFilmmakers NY 2024, Body's Blindness, New York USA
Official selection Amsterdam Independent Film Festival 2023, Silent Frequencies, LAB111 Amsterdam NL
EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
2024 National Sculture Factory, Cork, Ireland
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
2022 Studio Kura, Itoshima, Japan (group)
TALKS/LECTURES
2024 march 14 - Artist Talk, Working Artist Studio, Ballydehob, Ireland
AWARDS/GRANTS
2024 Stichting Stokroos
2024 Mondriaan Fonds Ontwikkeling
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, Reinwardt Academy, Amsterdam University of the Arts
2017 BA Cultural Heritage, Reinwardt Academy, 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