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Kiki Kazimi
b. 1999, Cork, Ireland · Irish-Dutch · based in Amsterdam
EXHIBITIONS
May 2026
only forever, not long at all — installation
Amsterdam-Noord
February 2026
4444xHOUSEKEYx1111
Club Laak, The Hague
November 2025
3 points where 2 lines meet
NeverNeverLand, Amsterdam
March 2022
UNSEEN WORLDS
Wintertuin, Antwerp, Belgium
PERFORMANCE S
Own + collaborative works
May 2026
AV performance with Arda (io)
Museumnacht Venlo, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo
May 2026
Marionette — with Ren
Boudoir Bizarre, Undercurrent, Amsterdam
September 2025
Flesh Petals — with Ren
Boudoir Bizarre, Undercurrent, Amsterdam
October 2024
Feathers — with Ren
Peacock Garden Festival, Bordello Edition, der Hintergarden, Amsterdam
September 2024
333 — with Rick Jansen & Dolorem
Amsterdam Bangs Festival, Vondelbunker, Amsterdam
July 2024
Blossoms — with Ren
Peacock Garden Festival, der Hintergarden, Amsterdam
November 2023
Performance with Pink Treatment
Kinky Noise, Vondelbunker, Amsterdam
As performer in another artist’s work
September 2025
Performer, Patchwork Family × Amsterdam Fashion Week Show
Paradiso, Amsterdam
June 2025
Performer, Cockroach Lovers by Tobibi Bienz
No Name La Nature Festival, Liège, Belgium
June 2024
Performer, Fears & Affections by Tobibi Bienz
Club Dom, Sofia, Bulgaria
March 2023
Performer, Pleasure Eels [video] by Noa Margulis
FILM / VIDEO
ludduvuddu — Kiki Kazimi
February 2026EYE on Art Research Lab, EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam
Taranta Taranta — Kiki Kazimi & Lola Pistola
February 2026- Porn Film Festival, Filmhuis Cavia, Amsterdam
May 2025
- VAV2 Festival, De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam
April 2025
- Hacker Porn Film Festival, Trente Formiche, Rome
Acts of the Sacred Heart — Kiki Kazimi
August 2025- Blush Porn Film Festival, San Francisco
June 2025
- Queer Pride Shorts, Groningen
April 2025
- Hacker Porn Film Festival, Rome
April 2025
- Pxrn Film Festival, Vienna
February 2025
- Pxrn Film Festival, TillaTec, Amsterdam
July 2024
- Sofia Pxrn Arts Fest
June 2024
- Post-Pxrn Film Festival, Palace of Culture, Warsaw
It’s Never One-Sided — Kiki Kazimi
June 2025- Queer Pride Shorts, Groningen
May 2025
- Kissable Screens, Filmhuis Cavia, Amsterdam
May 2025
- Satyrs & Maenads, Athens
March 2025
- Pxrn Film Festival, Barcelona
July 2024
- Sofia Pxrn Arts Fest
June 2024
- Post-Pxrn Film Festival, Palace of Culture, Warsaw
May 2024
- BDSM Film Festival, Barcelona: Honourable Mention Award
April 2024
- Hacker Pxrn Film Festival, Rome: Honourable Mention Award
eX-MarionXtte — Kiki Kazimi & Emma Grima
April 2025- Pxrn Film Festival, Vienna
June 2024
- Satyrs & Maenads, Athens
October 2023
- Red Umbrella Festival, Dublin
October 2023
- Pxrn Film Festival, Barcelona
June 2023
- Post-Pxrn Arts Festival, Kino Muranow, Warsaw
RADIO
September 2026
Radio Hinter
Sonic broadcast exploring the autumn equinox.
[listen soon]
April 2026
Echobox Radio
Sonic exploration of re-enchantment.
[listen soon]
April 2026
Radio WORM × Rewire Festival
Rewire Transmissions
Radio work investigating the haunting of the voice and the scream through performances at Rewire Festival.
The project included a group performance in a church.
[listen soon]
April 2026
Radio WORM, Rotterdam
Rewire Transmissions Extra
Interview with Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu, recorded ahead of their performance at Rewire Festival and broadcast the following week as a reflection on the festival.
[listen soon]
CONVERSATIONS
May 2026
Stripfest × Echobox Radio
Talk and music with Kray Atief led by Mo
February 2025
Porn Film Festival Amsterdam — Homegrown
Panel talk led by Bear Silver
WORKSHOPS
June 2025
Workshop facilitator for Tobibi Bienz’s Cockroach Lovers
No Name La Nature Festival, Liège, Belgium
February 2024
Needleplay workshop with Rick Jansen
Porn Film Festival Amsterdam, PIC
COMMUNITY & ORGANISATIONAL PRACTICE
January 2026–July 2026
Studio & Broadcast Manager — Echobox Radio
Amsterdam
April–May 2025
Co-organiser — VAV2 Festival
De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam
March 2024–May 2025
Co-organiser — Amsterdam Bangs
Autonomous political performance and theatre festival, Amsterdam
June 2024
Co-ordinator — Sofia P_rn Arts Fest
æther artspace, Sofia, Bulgaria
March 2024
Host — Marina Abramović exhibition
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
October 2022–October 2023
Activities Facilitator — TeamUp
Activities for children in asylum seeker centres in Ter Apel and Oegstgeest, providing psychosocial movement-based activities, emotional and integrative support
RESIDENCY & RESEARCH
April–June 2023
Queer-Future-Thinking Collective Atelier
De Studio, Antwerp
Workshops and mentorship with ToucheTouche, LouLou Sainsbury & sWitches, developing performative and experimental practice
September 2022
School of Kindness
Sofia, Bulgaria
Residency and research programme focused on socially engaged and participatory artistic practice
EDUCATION
2023–2027
Moving Image (VAV)
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2021–2022
Fine Arts — Printmaking
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
2020–2021
Orientation Course
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2017–2019
Education & English
Utrecht University of Applied Sciences
3 teaching internships
2011–2016
Leaving Certificate Diploma with Honours
Secondary School, Beara, Ireland
SELECTED SUPPORT & FUNDING
My graduation year at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy is honourably supported by:
2026–27
Scholten-Cordes
2026–27
Fundatie van Renswoude
2026–27
Hendrik Müller Fonds
2026–27
Tesselschade-Arbeid Adelt