Christina (Syvertsen) Stuyck (b.1999) is a filmmaker and artist based in Madrid and Oslo. She is educated in politics and Sustainable Development. She learnt crafts from elders growing up. Through sculpture, paper, textile, film and occasional writing. Stuyck’s work considers the tensions between global political violence and creating work and community spaces for spaces for tenderness and nurture. The notion of creating "A world where many worlds fit", is central in her work.
CURRENT
Inland CampoAdentro (Inland Academy) : research on birthing and pastoralism for exhibition
Assistant for artist Anna-Lena Muller-Bergen in relation to upcoming film/sculptural performance
Documentary film assistant
La Casa Encendida (pedagogical workshops on chickpeas - In collaboration with Shayma Hamad)
Youth Programmer at Cineteca Madrid (Cinezeta)
EDUCATION
2017 French Baccalaureate, in Literature and Philosophy, Lycée Français de Madrid, Spain
2020 Bachelor in Politics, International Studies & Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
FILM
2022 - Intern at Stray Dogs Productions, Oslo
2023 - Production support SANT&USANT: “Fish scale garden” dir. Kossakovsky
2023/2024 - Coordination for MIRAGE- film festival for arts of the reel
2024 - Impact coordinator for film: SAU (2024) dir. Rebekka Nystabakk
2024 - Film educator around agriculture in rural Norway (Den Kulturelle Skolesekken)
SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES
2019 - Research undergraduate grant for research project in Peru, Iquitos by PUCP and REDD++ (UN reforestation program)
2024- Nomination for youth artist grant (Drømmestipendet)
LANGUAGES
English- Fluent
French- Fluent
Spanish - Fluent
Norwegian- Fluent
Arabic - Beginner