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Silvia Martes (NL), 1985, works & lives in Amsterdam
+31641640792

silvia-martes@hotmail.com / info@silviamartes.com www.silviamartes.com

Studies /Residencies:
September 2009 – Juli 2013
Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam, Bachelor Fine Arts, Audiovisual
Nominated for Gerrit Rietveld Academie Fine Arts Award
January 2019- June 2021
Artist in resident at Rijksakademie Amsterdam

Work experience:
July 2013 – now
Filmmaker, audio visual artist, director, screenwriter, set designer, editor
September 2020 – now
Teacher Audiovisual Fine Arts at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam

Residencies:
2017: Mondriaan Fonds residency Foreign Ateliers in Ukiha, Japan. Short film: ‘Where the pink roses bloom even in November’

Publications / interviews:
‘Selected as one of the 101 most promising artists of The Netherlands & Belgium’ by NRC (Dutch newspaper) / 2020

Fundings:
2016/2017/: Pre-traject De Verbeelding, Mondriaan Fonds for the development for feature film ‘Aethiopica’ 

2015: The film ‘As Things Go’ Development-contribution Netherlands Filmfonds 

2015: The film ‘As Things Go’ Contribution Filmfonds Experimental
2015: Mondriaan Fonds Work Contribution Young Talent 


Prizes:

2021: Shortlisted for Prix de Rome
2021: Shortlisted for Theodora Niemeijer Prize – Van Abbe Museum
2016: Longlisted for Prix de Rome by Mondriaan Fonds scout Patricia Kaersenhout
2013: The Pitch from SHORTSTV during the Netherlands Film Festival ; production costs and worldwide television broadcasting for the film As Things Go


Exhibitions:
2021: Prix de Rome – Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
2021: ‘The Revolutions That Did (Not) Happen’ at De Pont, Tilburg (solo)
2020: Exhibition ‘Then as now’ with films ‘As Things Go’ and ‘The restless dread of some(thing) evil’ Pictura Dordrecht (group)
2020: Screening ‘The restless dread of some(thing) evil,’ Selected Dutch Shorts 2020 EYE Filmmuseum / acquirred by the EYE Filmmuseum as part of their collection