bio ~ ongoing
senakirfa A. is an artist, poet, occasional weaver, and learner born and based in Amsterdam.
A.’s practice is grounded in the poetics of African Diasporic world-making in Amsterdam, rejecting and disclosing Dutch(ness)-ocularcentrism, and attuning to the audibility of ‘post-’colonial grief.
A.’s work across sculpture, screen printing, and writing is an extension of A.’s poetry practice, through which A. explores poetic in(ter)ventions — thought of by A. as “an amalgam signifying what African-Diasporic world-making ushers”.
contact~ A. likes receiving emails: senakirfa@hotmail.com :-)
CV
education
2018 - 2022
TXT (Text, Textile and Context) Department
Gerrit Rietveld Academie - Amsterdam
residencies
2022 - 2023
Artwell Residencies - Amsterdam
awards
2022
The First Sun
Awarded for Gerrit Rietveld Academie Awards
2022
Anything is Possible, even Nothing is a Possibility(,)
Awarded for Gerrit Rietveld Academie Awards
teaching/workshops
2024
Poetic Zine workshop, teacher
Nowhere Foundation - Amsterdam
published works
2022
The First Sun
designed by Jung Yeon Kim - Amsterdam
2022
Gazing Through the Distance (sequel), publication
designed by Jung Yeon Kim - Amsterdam
ongoing projects
the monthly exchange of/between poetic endeavors,
Amsterdam
(syntax) to Become: an ongoing Reading exercise <> Collective Read,
Amsterdam
education
2018 - 2022
TXT (Text, Textile and Context) Department
Gerrit Rietveld Academie - Amsterdam
residencies
2022 - 2023
Artwell Residencies - Amsterdam
awards
2022
The First Sun
Awarded for Gerrit Rietveld Academie Awards
2022
Anything is Possible, even Nothing is a Possibility(,)
Awarded for Gerrit Rietveld Academie Awards
teaching/workshops
2024
Poetic Zine workshop, teacher
Nowhere Foundation - Amsterdam
published works
2022
The First Sun
designed by Jung Yeon Kim - Amsterdam
2022
Gazing Through the Distance (sequel), publication
designed by Jung Yeon Kim - Amsterdam
ongoing projects
the monthly exchange of/between poetic endeavors,
Amsterdam
(syntax) to Become: an ongoing Reading exercise <> Collective Read,
Amsterdam
solo shows
2022
Anything is Possible, Even Nothing is a Possibility(,)
at OSCAM
Amsterdam
2021
Gazing Through the Distance (sequel)
at KLAUW Collective
Rotterdam
group shows & sound/poetry performances
2024
Sound & Poetry performance
Vocal Opacities: Continuing Fold
at Heesterveld Creative Community, Amsterdam
2024
Group show
Baby Reni: @ HOME #2
at the Baby Reni Foundation, Amsterdam
2023
Sound & Poetry Performance
Manifestation #1 Listening Session Buro Stedelijk
at Stedelijk Museum - Amsterdam
2023
Group show
Ik Zie Je exhibition
at Amsterdam Museum - Amsterdam
2023
Group show
Airmax Day 2023 Give Fresh Air - NIKE x Maha exhibtion
at Looiersgracht 60 - Amsterdam
2023
Sound & Poetry Performance
Unpacking Boijmans Museumnacht
at Boijmans Museum - Rotterdam
2023
Group show
END END AND
at Artwell Residencies - Amsterdam
2022
Sound & Poetry Performance
Vocal Opacities
at Rietveld/Sandberg Library - Amsterdam
2022
Sound & Poetry Performance
On Honouring Joy and Sorrow
at Gemaal op Zuid - Rotterdam
2022
BA Graduation show
Anything is Possible, Even Nothing is a Possibility(,)
at Gerrit Rietveld Academmie - Amsterdam
Nominated and selected for Rietveld Review(ed)
2022
Group show
I Am Because You Are
curated and initiatedby Iriée Zamble & Van Gogh Museum - Amsterdam
2022
Group show
Routes & Roots
organised by SALWA foundation & Goethe Institute - Amsterdam
2022
Anything is Possible, Even Nothing is a Possibility(,)
at OSCAM
Amsterdam
2021
Gazing Through the Distance (sequel)
at KLAUW Collective
Rotterdam
group shows & sound/poetry performances
2024
Sound & Poetry performance
Vocal Opacities: Continuing Fold
at Heesterveld Creative Community, Amsterdam
2024
Group show
Baby Reni: @ HOME #2
at the Baby Reni Foundation, Amsterdam
2023
Sound & Poetry Performance
Manifestation #1 Listening Session Buro Stedelijk
at Stedelijk Museum - Amsterdam
2023
Group show
Ik Zie Je exhibition
at Amsterdam Museum - Amsterdam
2023
Group show
Airmax Day 2023 Give Fresh Air - NIKE x Maha exhibtion
at Looiersgracht 60 - Amsterdam
2023
Sound & Poetry Performance
Unpacking Boijmans Museumnacht
at Boijmans Museum - Rotterdam
2023
Group show
END END AND
at Artwell Residencies - Amsterdam
2022
Sound & Poetry Performance
Vocal Opacities
at Rietveld/Sandberg Library - Amsterdam
2022
Sound & Poetry Performance
On Honouring Joy and Sorrow
at Gemaal op Zuid - Rotterdam
2022
BA Graduation show
Anything is Possible, Even Nothing is a Possibility(,)
at Gerrit Rietveld Academmie - Amsterdam
Nominated and selected for Rietveld Review(ed)
2022
Group show
I Am Because You Are
curated and initiatedby Iriée Zamble & Van Gogh Museum - Amsterdam
2022
Group show
Routes & Roots
organised by SALWA foundation & Goethe Institute - Amsterdam