Objective: To support the selection of the Mondrian Prize by facilitating the Selection Committee with the Nominating Committee long-list and finalist selection.

Context: Created in 2022, the Mondrian Initiative invites an international art professional for a nine-month artist in residency period through the annual Mondrian Prize. The 2026 selection committee consists of Beatrix Ruf, Elvira Dyangani Ose, Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli and Rirkrit Tiravanija, chaired by Siebe Tettero.

With selected peers and the local community, the art professional works on a collaborative project from the colony. The colony belongs to the Dooyewaard Foundation. It is located on the border between Laren and Blaricum and includes Piet Mondrian’s studio, where he stayed during the years 1916-1918. 

Solution: Working with the Mondrian Initiative to develop the framework, selection criteria and nominating committee network to ensure there is a diverse long-list of artists for the selection committee.  By providing an objective governance on the long-listing and finalist selection, I supported the selection committee with full context of the artist, the narrative of the cumulative artist selection and the diversity of media/genre chosen to reflect the cross-disciplinary nature of the DeStijl compound.  Inclusive of this process was the facilitation of the nominating committee who proposed artists for the long-list. 

Prize Winners: Sammy Baloji (begins 2026), Ivan Cheng (2025), Emanuele Coccia (2024),
Sophia Al-Maria (2023), Their Contributors (2023-2025)