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Impulse and Deepening round 1 (2025)

In the first round of I&V (Impulse & Deepening subsidy for Rotterdam artists) of 2025, 33 of the 95 applications were granted. The granted applications concern an amount of €218.640.

The artists who have received a grant are: Sol Archer, Kari Robertson, Marina Meijer, Coremega, Lavinia Steensma, Noor Abuarafeh, Omid Kheirabadi, Ioana Lupascu, Yeon Sung, Bergur Anderson, Goeun Bae, Kate Price, Linhuei Chen, Liang-Chun Timothy Liu, Philippa Driest, Raffia Li, Anastasia Eggers and Shuang Xu.

The deadline for the next I&V round is September 29, 2025 11:00. Want to know more about our regulations? Click here.

Image: Maurik Stomps

Read more about the artists:

Sol Archer
cooperation, movie, Documentary, Decolonization, Community
Kari Robertson
Become ghosts, social, sculpture, to write, cooperation, installation, Ecology, Audiovisual, Artistic research
Marina Meijer / Xenia Films
film, Documentary, Audiovisual
Coremega
video, Media, Documentary, Digital
StudioTako
zine, science & technology, urban, to draw, comics/cartoons, social, cooperation, residency, public space, Publication, process, performance, environment, nature, mobility, Body, international, History, Figurative,Experimental, Ecology, Documentary, D.I.Y, Diversity, Diaspora, Design, crossover, Communication, Community, collage, Artistic research, Archives
Noa Mac Donald
textile, residency, printing (2D), LGBTIQ+, movie,Experimental, Documentary, Diversity, Digital technology, Digital, Design
Valentina Vella
video, performance, Literary, installation, Sound, photographs,Experimental, Economy, Ecology, Documentary, Autobiographical, Audiovisual, Artistic research
Florian Borstlap
socio-social, sculpture, cooperation, public space, performance, interactive, installation,Experimental, Community
Maurik Stomps
socio-social, sculpture, residency, public space, process,Objects, installation, D.I.Y, Design, Community, Artistic research
Alireza Abbasy
zine, Ghost word, to write, performance, Literary, photographs, crossover, Audiovisual, Artistic research
Teun de Graaf
Publication, printing (2D), Sound, D.I.Y, Community
Maurice Meewisse
area, Network, installation,Experimental, Ecology, Conceptual, Artistic research
Clara J:son Borg
video, to write, performance,Experimental, Documentary, Community, Audiovisual, Artistic research
Jason Hendrik Hansma
Conceptually, Audiovisual
Sander van Wettum
public space, environment, installation, photographs, Documentary
Lisa Meijer
Paint, cooperation, interactive, photographs,Experimental, Conceptual, Communication, Community, Artistic research
Katarina Jazbec
cooperation, installation, photographs, movie, Documentary, Audiovisual
Margré Steensma
sculpture,Objects, installation, Education, D.I.Y, Conceptual, Abstract
Noor Abuarafeh
video, Literary, installation, photographs, movie, Decolonization, Artistic research, Archives
Omid Kheirabadi
video, performance, interactive, installation, Diaspora, Decolonization, Artistic research
Ioana Lupascu
zine, to write, Publication, Literary, LGBTIQ+, international,Experimental, D.I.Y, Diaspora, Community, Autobiographical, Artistic research
Yeon Sung
science & technology, Ecology, D.I.Y, Digital technology, Decolonization, Audiovisual, Artistic research
Bergur Anderson
Publication, performance, installation, Sound, Audiovisual
GOEUN BAE
Body, Gender, movie, Ecology, Diaspora, Decolonization, crossover, Community, Audiovisual, Artistic research
Kate Price
socio-social, nature, ceramics, installation, History, Sound, photographs,Experimental, Ecology, Documentary, D.I.Y, Conceptual, Community, collage, sculpting, Autobiographical, Audiovisual, Artistic research, Archives
Linhuei Chen
socio-social, to paint,Objects, installation, Diaspora
Philippa Driest
socio-social, riso print, Publication, printing (2D), D.I.Y, Audiovisual, Artistic research, Archives
Raffia Li
performance, Body, LGBTIQ+, installation, Decolonization, Conceptual, Community, Artistic research
Anastasia Eggers
socio-social, Ecology, Design, Audiovisual, Artistic research
Shuang Xu
History, Ecology, Diaspora, Design, Community, Artistic research, Archives
Liang-Chun Timothy Liu
video, social, sculpture, public space, international, installation, Ecology, Digital, Design, Conceptual, Community, Artistic research
Niel de Vries
nature, country art, Ecology, D.I.Y, Community, Artistic research