Arvid van der Rijt
curriculum vitae
vimeo
documentation
Education

2020-2022 MFA Time & Space, Kuvataideakatemia Helsinki, FI
1998-2001 BFA Sculpture, AKI, Enschede, NL
1995-1998 Teaching degree fine arts and art history, AHK, Amsterdam, NL


Exhibitions + Screenings (selection)

2023
Seven of Seven - live video performance, Myymälä2, Helsinki, FI
Installation + live video performance, Titanik, Turku, FI
Causatum Live Cinema - live video performance, Galleria Yö, Helsinki, FI

2022
Bandoeng-Bandung - live video performance, Aavistus Festival, Helsinki, FI
Nordic Culture Club - live video performance, Nordic Culture Point, Helsinki, FI
Jag är Edith Södergran - live performance with Josef Ka, Arbis, Helsinki, FI
Live cinema performance with Marek Pluciennik, Galleria Rankka, Helsinki, FI
More, Please - Installation i.c.w. Juliana Irene Smith, Vapaan Taiteentila, Helsinki, FI

2021
Sound Around Festival – live video performance, via MUU Helsinki, Kaliningrad, RU
Bandoeng-Bandung – live video performance, Third Space, Helsinki, FI
Pixelache Festival #Burn__ live video performance, Helsinki, FI
Material Light – live video performance, MUU cable, Helsinki, FI
Kuvan Kevät – video installation, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki FI

2019
Congo Biennale - live video performance, Kinshasa, RDC
Residency@ Kin Artstudio, Kinshasa, RDC
Supermarket Art Fair - contribution for Periphery Zine, Stockholm, SWE
The Dot Spot - Film Installation, Platform, Vaasa, FI
Causatum 3 Live Cinema, hosted by Catalysti, Filmverkstaden, Vaasa, FI

2018
1. Listen - sound and video installation, Energiverket Jakobstad, FI
Ateljé Stundars 20 years - sound performance, Stundars Solf, FI

2017
Finland 100 - film installation, Stundars Solf, FI
Ääniaalto 2017 - live cinema performance, Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki, FI
Ether: Water - sound performance, Vaasa Swimming Hall, Vaasa, FI

2016
Bothnia Biennale: The Great Cormorant - group exhibition, Seinäjoki Arthall, FI
Northern Lights - live cinema performance, MIRE, Nantes, FR
Scratch Expanded curated by LIGHTCONE - live cinema performance, Paris, FR
Work in Progress (Razzle Dazzle) - live cinema performance, Kattilahalli, Helsinki, FI
Ann Arbor Filmfestival - live cinema performance, Ann Arbor, USA
Dresdner Schmalfilmtage - film screening, Dresden, GER


2015
LʼAlternativa Independent Filmfestival - film screening, Barcelona, ES
October Filmfest - live cinema performance Ritz, Vaasa, FI
Objekti On - live cinema performance, Galleria Espoonsilta Espoo, FI
Polish Fandango - live cinema performance, Filmverkstaden, Vaasa, FI
Mänttä Art Festival - live cinema performance, Kino Säde, Mänttä, FI
Red Spot - live cinema performance, Supermarket Art Fair Stockholm, SWE
Terry Riley: in C - sound performance, Kuula-institutet, Vaasa, FI

2014
Bothnia Biennale: Tracing Places - group exhibition, Vaasa Art Hall, Vaasa , FI
AAVE Festival - live cinema performance, Malmitalo, Helsinki, FI
Supermarket Art Fair - film installation, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, SWE

Supported by:

Taike: Arts Promotion Centre Finland
Svenska Kulturfonden
Konstsamfundet
Frame Contemporary Art Finland
Svensk-Österbottniska samfundet
Kulturfonden Sverige-Finland
Nordic Culture Point


- member of artist association Catalysti, FI
- ex-chairman of Platform r.f., association for contemporary art based in Vaasa,
- co-founder of Filmverkstaden, association for audiovisual art and workplace for analog film