CURRICULUM VITAE
Over 20 years of experience as a manager, curator, facilitator and editor:
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Strategic development of organisations
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Management of interdisciplinary teams of fix, freelance and volunteer staff (up to 80 collaborators)
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Project management from A to Z in collaboration with local authorities and other stakeholders
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Financial management, controlling and private & public fundraising
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Coaching of makers and thinkers to develop their innovative projects
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Development and facilitation of workshops, discussion formats and co-creation contexts
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Contributing writer and editor for different publications
Languages
Dutch: mother tongue
French: C2
English: C2
German: C2
Italian: B1
Russian: A1
Work
experience
Head of Programme
Historical Museum Basel
Basel, Switzerland
1st July 2024 - ongoing
In charge of the development of the new department Programme at the Historical Museum Basel. In the future all public activities (exhibitions, cultural mediation, events and other formats) will be developed from the point of view of cultural mediation. This needs a new strategy, new cultural offers, a reorganization and new processes for project management.
Director
Museumsquartier Bern
Bern, Switzerland
1st July 2021 - 30th June 2024
Coordinating the pioneer phase of the Museumsquartier Bern, an association of 11 cultural and educational institutions in the city of Bern, Switzerland.
In the first three years collaborations were developed between the institutions, several projects were initiated together, an umbrella brand is being launched and decisions for a new urban space were taken. This process happened in a collaborative and iterative way, with the employees of the institutions, in dialogue with inhabitants and other stakeholders.
Freelance project manager / mentor / facilitator
2000 – ongoing
Alps Art Academy, Tenna, (CH); HKB, Bern (CH); Roc, Romainmôtier (CH); La Manufacture, Lausanne (CH); ZHdK, Zurich (CH); Eikon Fribourg (CH); Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund, Zurich (CH); LIVE, Fribourg (CH); Frascati, Amsterdam (NL); Cifas, Bruxelles (BE); EDHEA, Sierre (CH); Tanzquartier, Vienna (AT); K3, Hamburg (DE); Dutch-Flemish Theatre Festival (NL/BE), ...
Freelance contributing writer & editor
2000 – ongoing
This Book is Yours - Recipes for artistic collaboration, Arsenic, Frakcija, Oncurating.org, Substitut, Galerie Fortlaan 17, Journal for Visual Arts Practice, Etcetera, ...
Director
Arc artist residency
Romainmôtier, Switzerland
2014 - 2019
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Strategic development of the institution into an interdisciplinary, collaborative research programme between arts and science; development and facilitation of the formats, thematic residencies and public events
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Hosting and mentoring artists and experts from other fields
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Management of the organisation, administration, communication, finances and building maintenance
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Development of communication, public relations and network
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Management of a small team of fix member, freelancers and volunteers
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Member of the board of the Directorate of cultural and social affairs of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives in Zurich
Director
Festival Belluard Bollwerk International
Fribourg, Switzerland
2007 - 2013
belluard.ch (festivals 2008 - 2013)
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Artistic direction of the annual festival programme
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Organizational development
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Financial management, controlling & fundraising; raised the budget
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Responsibility for production, administration and logistic organisation of the festival
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Management of a fix team of 3 persons and a freelance staff of 40 professionals and 80 volunteers in the 4 months up to and during the festival
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Developing of public relations and international network
Curator and producer dance & performance
Arts centre STUK / Festival KLAPSTUK
Leuven, Belgium
2003 - 2006
stuk.be
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Artistic direction and management of the season dance & performance
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Artistic direction and management of the biennale Klapstuk
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Financial management and fundraising
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Administration, communication and production
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Public relations and international network
Dramaturge
HETPALEIS
Antwerpen, Belgium
2002 - 2003
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Advising theatre projects, artistic & text research, editing
Full-time critic & journalist theatre, dance & film
De Morgen
Belgium
2000 - 2002
demorgen.be
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Reviews theatre, dance, performance and film
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Interviews; reportages; follow-up cultural politics
IT
Microsoft office
Website development / maintenance
(CMS, SEO, SEM)
Social media
Indesign (basics)
Photoshop (basics)
Slack (basics)
Freelance project management,
facilitating, teaching, writing
(selection)
Founder & administrator
Le club des opportunités
Facebook group with calls for proposals, residencies, jobs...
and other opportunities for artists and cultural workers
2013 – ongoing
Member of the arts commission
SAC - Swiss Alpine Club
2022 - ongoing
Facilitator
Residency Encounter Latin-America - Switzerland
Nave, Santiago, CL
2021
Facilitator
Workshop development of curriculum
Propädeutikum Kunst und Design
Biel, CH
Workshop facilitator & lecturer
Alps Art Academy
Safiental, Switzerland
2020
Mentor MA Art Education
Hochschule der Künste
Bern, Switzerland
2020
Director of publication
This Book is Yours - Recipes for artistic collaboration
Sally De Kunst et. al. (ed.)
art&fiction Lausanne / Vexer Verlag St. Gallen, Switzerland
2019
Founder & co-director
Roc (Romainmôtier contemporain)
Romainmôtier, Switzerland
2017 – 2019
Lecturer & jury member
Master Theatre Direction
Manufacture Theatre School
Lausanne, Switzerland
2015 – 2019
Co-founder & project manager
Sprinter Aid
fundraising for & volunteer work at refugee camps Greece
Fribourg, Switzerland
2016
Lecturer copyrights
Eikon, professional art school
Fribourg, Switzerland
2014
Co-curator & project manager
LIVE off space
Fribourg, Switzerland
2014 – 2015
Scout
DasArts
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2012 - 2014
Organizer & facilitator
Watch & Talk
Discussion and exchange residence for young artists at Theaterspektakel
Zurich, Switzerland
2010 – 2012
Co-curator & project manager
Expedition
International artistic research platform organized by Frascati Amsterdam (NL),
Brut Vienna (A) and Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers Paris (F).
2006 – 2007
Member board of editors
Brussels, Belgium
2006 – 2007
Co-curator & project manager
Monsoon
Asian-European artistic research platform
Seoul, South-Korea
2006
Member dance commission
Flemish Government
Brussels, Belgium
2004 - 2006
Freelance dance critic
De Morgen
Belgium
2003
Contributing writer
Etcetera
Brussels, Belgium
2001 - 2003
Jury member
Dutch-Flemish Theatre Festival
Belgium / Netherlands
2001 – 2003
Copywriter
Funding commissions Theatre, Dance and Music Theatre
Flemish Government
Brussels, Belgium
2000 – 2001
Internship editing
janus (arts magazine Jan Fabre)
Antwerp, Belgium.
2000
Internship dramaturgy
Ultima Vez / Wim Vandekeybus
Brussels, Belgium
1999
Education
CAS Innovation Management
FHS St.Gallen, Switzerland
2020
CAS Nonprofit Governance & Leadership Universität Basel, Switzerland
2016
Master Art History
University Ghent, Belgium
1998 - 2000
Erasmus - Theatre Studies
Glasgow University, Scotland
1997 – 1998
Bachelor Art History
University Ghent, Belgium
1995 - 1997
Bachelor Graphic Design
Higher Art Institute St. Lukas
Brussels, Belgium
1993 - 1995
Mathematics - Science
KTA - Royal Technical Atheneum
Willebroek, Belgium
1991 - 1993
Certificates
IPMA-D project management
vzpm
Zurich, Switzerland
2021
Coaching - practical
isi - Institut für systemische Impulse
Zurich, Switzerland
2021
Scrum Master Professional
IUE Hochschule
Basel, Switzerland
2020
Creative writing (Fiction) I & II
Querido Academie
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2020
Masterclass I & II Designing and facilitating learning spaces
Kaospiloten
Aarhus, Denmark
2019
Pratiquer la dynamique participative / sociocratie 3.0 – Module 1
Ordinata
Fribourg, Switzerland
2019
Volunteer work
Member of the advisory board
Stiftung Bonjour
Basel, Switzerland
2022 - now
Job coach
Powercoders
Bern, Switzerland
2021
President
Kollektiv Ortie
Fribourg, Switzerland
2021 - now
Co-artistic director
Roc
Romainmôtier, Switzerland
2017 - 2019
Co-founder & project manager
Sprinter Aid
Fribourg, Switzerland
2016
Co-curator
LIVE arts association
Fribourg, Switzerland
2014 - 2015
Founder & admin
Le club des opportunités - Facebook group
2013 - now