2026

On February 10, 2026, the Algiers “Ecole Superieure des Beaux Arts” welcomed Dutch representatives from the International League of Fine Art Schools (ILFAS), Mr. Stefan Noël Hageman and Ms. Sara Vermeulen. The Director of Studies discussed with them opportunities for scientific and cultural collaboration and the exchange of expertise in art education. Other contacts were made with Khadda Artists Residency, University of Blida 2  Lounici Ali, Algerian Commission of Incubators, Erasmus+ Algeria, Rhizome gallery, XBM gallery.

Three Algerian artists – led by Mariette Gutteling – visit Groningen.

Participation in ArtQuake 17 in Nigde, Turkey.

Jishu Li meets Peter Trippi, editor-in-chief of “The Fine Art Connaisseur,” New York, USA.

Opening of the exhibition “Shanghai in Groningen” with 21 Chinese artists at gallery Forma Aktua, Groningen, in the presence of 13 members of the “Shanghai Entrepreneurs & Collectors Club”

Tour with the members of the “Shanghai Entrepreneurs & Collectors Club” visiting the studios / private museums of Tom S Hageman, Rein Pol, Henk Helmantel, Eddy Roos, and Geurt Busser, respectively.

Two project leaders from the “Shanghai International Culture Association” attended the closing event of the exhibition “Shanghai in Groningen” at Forma Aktua and left the following day for Rotterdam, where they viewed six potential locations for exhibitions in May/June 2027, supplemented by a meeting with a strategic cultural advisor from the Municipality of Rotterdam.

2025

Participation in the 11th Silk Road International Art Festival at the Shaanxi Province Museum.

Participation in the “7th National Academic Conference for the Advancement in Art, Culture and Design and the International Art & Designs Collaborative Exhibition 2025 “Futures of Perspectives: Diversity in Creativity”, Burapha University, Chonburi, Thailand.

Participation in Artquake 2025 in Nigde, Turkey

Reception in Groningen of Tu Ningning, representative of the Shanghai International Culture Association

Reception at the Algerian Embassy on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the struggle for independence, followed by a reception by Ambassador Salima Abdelhak at the embassy itself for discussions regarding possible future exchanges.

2024

Continuation of the exhibition “Among all Essence” at Maison Mami, Higashino, Japan

Participation in the exhibition “Artquake 2024” in Nigde, Turkey

Organizer of an exhibition of 6 Dutch artists at an international fair in Xi’an, China.

Participation in the 10th Silk Road International Art Festival at the Shaanxi Province Museum in Xi’an, China.

Gives various lectures in Xi’an and Shanghai

Consultation with the director of the Suzhou Bay Museum and the board of the Shanghai International Culture Association regarding possible future cooperation and exchanges.

Consultation with the “Shaanxi Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries” regarding future cooperation. Awarded the “China-Netherlands Cultural Exchange Contribution Award” by the “Silk Road International Art Research Centre.”

Consultation with Burapha University, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts in Chonburi, Thailand regarding future cooperation

Netherlands

Receptions in Groningen of Yi Space Culture – services and exchanges between museums worldwide (July 15), the Ambassador of Algeria, Ms. Salima Abdelhak (July 19), and the Parliamentary Committee on Culture of South Sulawesi, Indonesia (August 21).

This involved introductions and discussions regarding future exchanges.

2023

Chinese artists exhibit in the Netherlands and contacts with Japan and Sulawesi, Indonesia follow.

Exhibition of artists from the province of Shaanxi, China, at the Hortus Groningen and the Jan van Loon Museum in Assen, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the friendship treaty between the provinces of Groningen and Shaanxi.

Participant of “Artquake 2023” in the Belediyesi Galerisi, Nigde and the Tan Evi Galerisi in Istanbul Turkey.

Participation in the exhibition “Among all Essence” with artists from China, Japan, and the Netherlands at the Shanghai Jushi Art Museum

2022

On the occasion of the hundredth friendship treaty, the Chinese province of Shaanxi is setting up a special museum. ILFAS arranges the contribution from Groningen and Drenthe.

The semi-annual international event “Artquake” starts in Nigde, Turkey.

Participant in the exhibition “Sensuality” Global Art Gallery, Tongeren, Belgium

2021

Participant in the exhibition “Memories of Flight,” an international art event in Christchurch, New Zealand