Ellen Yiu left Hong Kong at the age of twelve for boarding school in the UK. Her work draws inspiration from personal anecdotes. “My practice is like a tactile visual diary, often rooted in memories,” Ellen says. “I like to turn small details into universal stories.”
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Vladyslav Detiuchenko and Veronika Rakitina: ‘When you always say ‘this is not the right time,’ you’re not really living’
The reception centre for Ukrainian refugees in Kijkduin has become a real home for Vladyslav and Veronika. They have made their room truly cosy with simple furniture and meaningful objects speaking of past and present; their stately tomcat Boston evidently likes the place too. The building, formerly an educational consultancy, is welcoming and well equipped, alive with the noise and laughter of children playing. What’s more, it provides some twenty dancers of the disbanded United Ukrainian Ballet with a spacious studio where they can train and rehearse.
These are the Piket Art Prizes nominees of 2021
The nominations for the Piket Art Prizes, THE prize for young professional artists with a relationship with the The Hague region, were officially announced on Tuesday 14 September. Sam Hersbach, Isa van Lier and Narges Mohammadi were nominated in the Painting category; Poernima Gobardhan, Katarina Van den Wouwer and Goda Žukauskaitė in the Dance category. Lars Brinkman, Koen Verheijden and Emma Vermeulen are this year’s Dramatic Arts nominees. The names of the winners in each category will be revealed in late November.
These are the nominees for the Piket Art Prizes 2019
On Sunday 8 September the nominees for the sixth edition of the Piket Art Prizes were presented at the The Hague Central Library – nine young, promising artists in the fields of painting, dance, and dramatic arts, all in some way related to the city of The Hague. “All of these young talents are special, above average”, says Marjolein de Jong, president of the jury. The names of the three winners will be revealed during the awards ceremony in Theater Diligentia on Monday 25 November.
Check out our winners and nominees of 2014, 2015 and 2016
The Piket Art Prizes doesn’t only like to hand out prizes, we also like to keep an eye on our winners and nominees. This way, we know what they have been up to and what’s still to come. Check out all the activities, exhibitions and performances of our winners and nominees of 2014, 2015 and 2016. Lees verder