Sybren Renema (Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 1988) creates work inspired by his diverse research interests, with Romantic literature, geographical exploration, history, geology, archeology and music all vying for prominence. His past exhibitions include participation in the

2017 Venice Biennale, the 2017 Land Art Mongolia Residency, the 2018 Moscow Biennale; museum exhibitions in amongst others Fries Museum, Leeuwarden (2016), Musée Rath, Geneva (2016), MC Escher Museum, The Hague (2023), the Museum del Banco de la República, Bogota (2025); and exhibitions and art fair presentations with Dürst Britt & Mayhew, his regular gallery in The Netherlands. Renema's work has been discussed in Artforum, Artsy, the New York Times, Monopol, de Volkskrant and various other periodicals. In 2022 and 2024, Renema participated in the Arctic Circle Residency on the Svalbard Archipelago, which has formed the basis for his recent output of ceramics glazes made from Arctic bedrock.

Renema presently lectures History of Art at the University of Glasgow's Lifelong Learning department.