Pip

Hi! I’m Pip, born in 1991 in Mississauga, ON, Canada. I left Canada permanently in 2012, spent 3 years living all over Germany and eventually ended up in the Netherlands (by accident!), where I have been living for the last 8 years. My (academic/professional) background can be best described as a “patchwork quilt”, with emphasis […]

Chant van Lieshout

Sunflower, honey bee, mosquito, knot, coot, hand, Monobloc chair Full of wonder, Chant van Lieshout (1994, Geldrop, NL) wanders through forests, across moors and along waters, collecting things and thoughts that form the basis for sculptures and installations. It is precisely the small, banal, misunderstood and incomprehensible things that seem to fascinate Van Lieshout the […]

Rah Naqvi

Rah Naqvi (he/they) is an Indian artist, based in Amsterdam. Their work engages in narratives themed around religious and societal polarisation, centring art as their tool for activism. The materiality and techniques in their work are at play to create familiarity with the viewer, with satire, whimsical props, and softness you are made to believe […]

Charlotte Lagro

Charlotte Lagro takes everyday objects and relieves them of their intended purpose and function to accommodate new possibilities for exchange and desire. She strips them bare, plays with them and transforms them, and makes videos about them, often inviting others to join in the process. In one work, a refrigerator found in an old farmhouse […]

Opening Exhibition Anan Striker: ‘Dog Is My Pilot’

‘Dog is my pilot’ is an exhibition by current Artist In Residence, Anan Striker, at Instituto Buena Bista. The show explores recognizable daily life observations, collaborations and experiences during Anan’s stay on the Tropical Rock: Dushi Kòrsou. You are cordially invited to the opening on the 14th of December at 19:00 at Instituto Buena Bista. […]

Goretti Pombo

GORETTI POMBO (1994, Willemstad) Goretti Pombo graduated from Willem de Kooning Academy in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts. Hailing from Curaçao, Goretti embarked on her artistic journey after completing high school by enrolling at Instituto Buena Bista in 2014. It was during her time at IBB that Goretti delved into the boundless […]

Elvis Chen

Born in Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname, Kiem Loon Elvis John Chen (1988) started drawing at a young age. Growing up without television, he saw his first cartoons at the age of eleven, after immigrating with his family to Curaçao. Chen: ‘Watching Japanese cartoons on TV was an amazing experience for him. The moving images […]

Artist talk Anan Striker at Landhuis Bloemhof

Instituto Buena Bista, in cooperation with Landhuis Bloemhof, is delighted to announce an artist talk by their current artist in residence Anan Striker. Striker is in residence at IBB for a period of four months in the program sponsored by the Mondriaan Fund. During this talk Striker will talk about his multifaceted artist practice and […]