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CURRICULUM VITAE 

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With over 25 years of experience as a manager, curator, facilitator and editor, I specialize in supporting organizations toward strategic development and innovation. My work is marked by leading interdisciplinary teams to achieve cohesive and dynamic collaborations.
My expertise encompasses: 

 

  • Strategic organizational development: Co-creating and implementing long-term strategies that align with the evolving dynamics of the cultural landscape.
     

  • Leadership of interdisciplinary teams: Managing diverse groups of up to 80 fixed, freelance, and volunteer collaborators, fostering environments that encourage creativity and innovation.
     

  • Comprehensive project management: Overseeing cultural initiatives from conception to realization, ensuring meaningful engagement with authorities and different stakeholders.
     

  • Financial management: Expertise in budgeting, controlling, and securing funding through public and private channels to sustain and grow cultural projects.
     

  • Mentorship and coaching: Guiding makers and thinkers in developing innovative projects, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration and fresh perspectives.
     

  • Facilitation of collaborative platforms: Designing and leading workshops, discussions, and co-creation sessions that encourage dialogue and shared learning.
     

  • Editorial contributions: Providing insightful content as a writer and editor for various cultural publications.

Languages

Dutch: mother tongue

French: C2

English: C2

German: C2

Italian: B1
Russian: A1

IT

Microsoft office

Website development / maintenance
(CMS, SEO, SEM)

Social media

Indesign (basics)

Photoshop (basics)

Slack (basics)

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
 

  • Led the transformation of Museumsquartier Bern into an interdisciplinary cultural hub, integrating 11 cultural and educational institutions.

  • Initiated the development of a shared brand identity, enhancing the collective visibility and cohesion of the institutions.

  • Launched joint cultural formats. 

  • Participated in strategic discussions to revitalize urban spaces within the Museumsquartier, contributing to the cultural and social vibrancy of the area.

  • Oversaw the development of the Museumsgarten, a temporary public space promoting cultural activities and community engagement.

  • Engaged employees, local residents, and stakeholders in a collaborative and iterative process, ensuring a co-creative approach to cultural development.

  • Organized workshops, discussions, and events to involve the community in the planning and evolution of the Museumsquartier.​​​​​​​

Freelance project manager / mentor / facilitator / editor
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), 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​

arc-artistresidency.ch
 

  • 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

  • Hosting and mentoring artists and experts from other fields

  • Management of the organisation, administration, communication, finances and  building maintenance

  • Development of communication, public relations and network

  • Management of a small team of fix member, freelancers and volunteers

  • 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) 

 

  • Artistic direction of the annual festival programme 

  • Organizational development

  • Financial management, controlling & fundraising; raised the budget

  • Responsibility for production, administration and logistic organisation of the festival 

  • 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                      

  • Developing of public relations and international network 

 

Curator and producer dance & performance

Arts centre STUK / Festival KLAPSTUK
Leuven, Belgium

2003 - 2006
stuk.be

  • Artistic direction and management of the season dance & performance    Artistic direction and management of the biennale Klapstuk 

  • Financial management and fundraising

  • Administration, communication and production

  • Public relations and international network   
     

Dramaturge

HETPALEIS
Antwerpen, Belgium
2002 - 2003

hetpaleis.be

                                                                                       

Advising theatre projects, artistic & text research, editing              
 

Full-time critic & journalist theatre, dance & film

De Morgen

Belgium

2000 - 2002
demorgen.be      

 

  • Reviews theatre, dance, performance and film

  • Interviews; reportages; follow-up cultural politics
     

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

thisbookisyours.com

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 

Sprinter Aid
 

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

Etcetera

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

 

  • Facebook - Black Circle
  • Noir Icône Instagram
  • Noir LinkedIn Icône

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