From June 29–July 14, 2023 all the master programs will be exhibiting a wide variety of work from students of Master Design, Education in Arts, Experimental Publishing, Fine Art, Interior Architecture: Research + Design, and Lens-based Media. The graduation shows will take place at various venues through the city of Rotterdam. See below for the full program.
Dates & locations
54BPM: June 29–July 2
Master Lens-Based Media at V2_ & UBIK Gallery. Curator: Florian Weigl. Opening on Thursday June 29, 6pm. Opening hours: 12–6pm.
Prompts for the Time Being: July 7, 3–8pm / July 8, 1–6pm
Master Education in Arts at TENT Auditorium.
Four Meter High Ceiling: July 7–14
Master Fine Art: MFA Studios at Kareldoormanhof 45. Opening July 7, 5–10pm.
Anything that is alive cannot be in the gallery space: July 6–13
Master Interior Architecture: Research + Design at Nieuwe Instituut. Opening July 6, 7pm.
Graduation Show & Shop 2023: Making Things Bubblic: June 29–July 2
Master Experimental Publishing at WORM. Opening June 29 from 6pm. Opening hours Expo June 30–July 2, 12–6pm. XPUB graduate work will also be represented at the WdKA Graduation Show, July 6–8.
Master Design at WdKA Wijnhaven 61: Thursday, July 6
Presentations.
Opening hours and accessibility will vary per venue.
The Piet Zwart Institute houses the international master’s programmes of the Willem de Kooning Academy at Hogeschool Rotterdam. Named after the pioneering Dutch designer Piet Zwart, who worked experimentally across different media and contexts, our institute offers a rich combination of research, in-depth specialisation and interdisciplinary exchange in an intimate learning environment.
The programmes of the Piet Zwart Institute are located in the heart of Rotterdam’s city centre. While students and faculty come from across the globe, bringing with them a variety of cultural influences, there are also strong connections to the city, its complex history and dynamic urban environment.
We have six master’s programmes. Full-time programmes: Fine Art, Interior Architecture: Research + Design, Experimental Publishing, Lens-Based Media and our two part-time master programmes, Education in Arts and the Master Design. All are founded on a shared interest in the complex social, cultural and political underpinnings of each discipline. Through a uniquely tailored curriculum combining collective learning, individual tutorial support, practice-based research and theoretical inquiry, our programmes educate young and/ or mid-career professionals who have a critically reflective and imaginative approach to their work.
As an educational institute the notion of “making public” is core to our activities. These public moments are an important resource for students, faculty members and guests, serving as a bridge to the city, a framework for exploring timely and relevant issues, and building a community around areas of interests. Exhibitions, symposia, conferences and publications expand our research beyond the confines of academia, while simultaneously valuing the very necessary speculative space for reflection and knowledge building that is only made possible through the rigorous master framework of the Piet Zwart Institute.
