Paola Guzmán has been selected for the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) residency programme for the autumn 2024 and Xiao Zhiyu for the Jan van Eyck Academie residency programme for 2025.
The alumni residency programme of the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Art Helsinki, funded by Saastamoinen Foundation, supports artists in their international post-graduate studies. Each year, alumni chosen by expert juries and the residency centres are chosen as grand recipients for residencies.
Paola Fernanda Guzmán Figueroa, a 2022 master’s graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts and a visual artist working with experimental film, has been selected for the LIFT residency programme. LIFT is an artist-run production and education organisation in the field of media art demonstrating excellence in the moving image, in particular. The three-month residency period in Canada will begin in autumn 2024.
[image_2] Xiao Zhiyu, a 2022 graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts and a visual artist working in painting and installation art, was selected for a residency at Jan van Eyck Academie. Jan van Eyck Academie is one of Europe’s most renowned international residency centres for doctoral studies, with a programme involving about 45 artists, designers, researchers, writers, and curators each year. The 11-month residency in Maastrich stars in January 2025.
Saastamoinen Foundation supports the three-month LIFT residency programme annually with €12,300 and the 11-month Jan van Eyck Academie residency programme annually with €76,600.
Saastamoinen Foundation congratulates the grant recipients!
Photos:
Xiao Zhiyu and Paola Guzmán, photo: Sade Kahra
Paola Guzmán, still of an upcoming film performance piece, photo: Paola Guzmán
Xiao Zhiyu’s works in SIC gallery, photo: SIC/Xiao Zhiy
