Biographical Text
As a post-academic institute, Jan van Eyck Academie offers residencies to artists, designers ranging from graphic and fashion to food and social design, writers, curators, and architects from all over the globe. The academy is committed to exploring the agency, roles and civic significance of art, design, and other creative practices in relation to the climate crisis, environmental breakdown, and their manifold effects. This institutional focus opens a wide discourse and creates a framework that embraces a diversity of practices and allows for a multitude of voices.