Chequita Nahar
(Suriname / The Netherlands, 1970)
Winner Françoise van den Bosch Award 2022
Chequita Nahar is a Dutch jewellery designer, tutor and curator. Her work is informed by her bicultural background, reflecting a fusion of cultural influences. In her jewellery, she combines Surinamese crafts and techniques with methods that are rooted in contemporary practices. In it, she discusses Surinamese culture, its rituals, symbolism and visual language which she connects to her experience of Dutch culture.
The jury of the 2022 Françoise van den Bosch Award:
Lauren Kalman
Evert Nijland
Amanda Pinatih
Anneleen Swillen
Frank Verkade
Vanessa de Gruijter (chair)
Read the jury report here
Shifting Perspectives: Diasporic Practices of Adornment and Craft
The award ceremony took place in November 2023 at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Speakers were Namita Gupta Wiggers and Kerstin Pinther. Spoken word artist Britney Lindo performed a spoken column.
View the entire symposium here on the Françoise van den Bosch Foundation YouTube channel.
Xinyao Ding designed the trophy for Chequita Nahar.
Wasi Sani
In the solo-exhibition WASI SANI in Museum Arnhem Chequita Nahar explored the different ways we wash ourselves and the world around us, and the role objects and language play in this process. Jewellery designer Luisa Kuschel was invited by Chequita Nahar to create new work that ties in with the themes covered.
The award program was funded by Creative Industries Fund NL.
Vanessa de Gruijter wrote an essay about Nahar’s practice called SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES. Read the full text here.
Images fom SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES, the Sunday Talk at Stedelijk Museum:
