Antonia Rehnen
Born in Haren, Germany - living and working in Groningen, The Netherlands
✉️ antonia.rehnen@posteo.net
In my art practice the medium collage forms the basis. By adding stop-motion animation, digital media and printmaking my work eventually results in collages, films and artist’s books. I approach my work as a vizualisation of thought streams which serve as starting points to build a world around.
Jelte van Lente en Hanne van der Velde (Rue du Labrador Films) made ich flüstere mir zu :
ich flüstere mir zu is a short film about artist and filmmaker Antonia Rehnen.
It takes you into her worlds: her life, her work and her studio; the boundaries between which become more and more blurred.
Directed and edited by Jelte van Lente
Cinematography by Hanne van der Velde
Music by René Duursma
Music by Kinetophone: René Duursma, Thomas van den Berg and Sebastiaan Wiering
Audio post production by René Duursma
Opening animation by Jelte van Lente
All other animations by Antonia Rehnen
© Rue Du Labrador Films 2022
exhibitions
2025 Blau, Galerie kunstruimte Block C, Groningen
2024 Holding on to the clouds, I left some fingerprints, ARTisBOOK, Groningen
2023 Decennial Dialogues, Academie Minerva, Groningen
2021 That certain something, konnektor, Hannover, D
2019 Art Noord, Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen
2018 ArtIsBook, Groningen
2017 Artists' Books for Everything, Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen, Bremen, D
2016 We will see, konnektor Forum für Künste, Hannover, D
Rush Process, Handcrafted Animation Film Festival, Texas, USA
Hotel Europa, Concordia, Enschede
Papermade, Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen
2015 Indiearth Animatiom Film Festival, Chennai, IN
2013 Art Olive Jong Talent 2013, ING Cultuurboot, Amsterdam
Inside Out/Outside In, Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen
Graduation show, Academie Minerva, Groningen
2012 Janela Aberta, Envolve, Abrantes, P
films
Blau
2025 Galerie kunstruimte Block C (premiere)
FRAMED Animation Film Festival, Groningen
Noorderzon Festival of Performing Arts and Society, Groningen
.artimu International Experimental Film Festival, Istanbul TUR
Silence Is Golden Film Festival, Novi Sad, SER (Jury Special Mention)
Groningse Nieuwe 134, Forum Groningen
Filmclub Groningen 67, Grand Theatre Groningen
Groninger Filmdagen, Camera Groningen (Jury Special Mention)
Noordelijk Fim Festival, Noorderkroon 2025, Leeuwarden
Memories wrapped in paper planes
2017 Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival & live performance by Kinetophone (premiere)
Beste Groninger Film, Forum Groningen
2018 New Renaissance Film Festival Amsterdam
InternatIonal Filmfestival Assen (IFA) , official selection Noordsterren 2018 + Q&A
Talentuin Festival, Explore The North, Leeuwarden
Cellu l'art Kurzfilmfestival Jena , D
Leiden International Short Film Experience
Hongerige Wolf Festival
ECREA pre-conference Media, Memory and Communication in the Digital Age, Lugano, CH + Q&A
Illambra Independent Film Festival, Berlin, D
Noorderlijk Film Festival, Leeuwarden, official selection Noorderkroon 2018
InShort Film Festival, Lagos, Nigeria
projects
2020 Oogknipperen | Internationaal Film Festival Asssen
2019 gold.dust | Terug Naar Het Begin Festival, Solwerd
2018 WEAGEN/ WAVES/ WELLEN | Lân fan taal, Leeuwarden
2013 C | The One Minutes, Amersfoort
2012 Mari | The One Minutes, Amsterdam
publications
2020 Luchtballon richting ruimte in Palet Magazine
2016 Catalogue Paper Made, Museum Belvédère
2015 Erstaunliches in NWZ, Germany
2014 Een treinreis op Ameland in Dagblad van het Noorden
2013 Catalogue Inside Out/Outside In, Museum Belvédère
grants & awards
2018 Memories wrapped in paper planes - Beste Groninger Film (fictie) 2017 Award
2018 Memories wrapped in paper planes - Best Historic Short Award, New Renaissance Film Festival, Amsterdam
2017 Kunstraad Groningen Grant
2010 - present
2010 - present