With great pleasure Galerie Ron Mandos invites you to the Best of Graduates 2020, the annual exhibition that gives a platform to the artworks by recent graduated talents of Dutch art academies. The exhibition is a must see for art lovers and professionals who are looking to discover a new generation of talented artists. The exhibition offers a platform for young artists and introduces them to the world of galleries, collectors and curators. Participants are eligible to win the Ron Mandos Young Blood Award, the RM Photo Talent Award and the RM Public’s Prize. Work by the winning artist of the Ron Mandos Young Blood Award will be placed in the permanent collection of Museum Voorlinden.

On Wednesday 28 October, Suzanne Swarts and Barbara Bos of Museum Voorlinden will officially open Best of Graduates 2020 and will announce the winner of the prestigious Ron Mandos Young Blood Award. Work by the winning artist of the Ron Mandos Young Blood Award will be placed in the collection of Museum Voorlinden. Furthermore, on Saturday 14 November Eelco van der Lingen, Director of the Mondriaan Fund, will announce which graduate has won the Photo Talent Award. Lastly, on Friday 20 November, the winner of the Public’s Prize will be announced.

Best of Graduates is made possible by the Ron Mandos Young Blood Foundation.

The Best of Graduates 2020 are:

Academie Minerva, Groningen : Karina Puuffin, Tatiana Duran Martinez

AKI ArtEZ, Enschede: Matthijs Jeuring

AKV St. Joost, Den Bosch : Jesse Fischer

Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam : Danielle Alhassid, Johan Ibrahim Adam, Tasio Bidegain, Marta Capilla Urbano, Yiyi Chen, Sofie Flinth, Ruben Raven, Mayis Rukel

HKU, Utrecht: Andrea Asili, Shimon Kamada, Krijn Kroes, Teun Krosenbrink, Sarah McLacken, Tycho van Zomeren

KABK, The Hague : Philipp Groubnov, Anastasia Kiseleva, Narges Mohammadi, Hannah Reede, Christian Roncea, Sophie Schwartz, Simon Sjöholm