CURRICULUM VITAE
Over 20 years of experience as a manager, curator, facilitator and editor:
strategic innovation of organizations; managing a team of fix and freelance staff; supporting research and production; project management from A to Z in collaboration with local authorities and other stakeholders; financial management, controlling and fundraising; coaching makers and thinkers to develop their projects; develop and facilitate workshops, discussions formats and co-creation contexts; contributing writer and editor for different publications.
Languages
Dutch: mother tongue
French: C2
English: C2
German: C1 - C2
Italian: B1
Russian: A1
Work
experience
Director
Museumsquartier Bern
Bern, Switzerland
1 July 2021 - ongoing
Since the 1st of July 2021 the Museumsquartier Bern reunites 11 institutions in the quarter Kirchenfeld in the city of Bern, Switzerland.
In the next years a new model for collaboration and a new urban space will be developed in a participative way with the collaborators of the institutions, 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 & co-director
Roc (Romainmôtier contemporain)
Romainmôtier, Switzerland
2015 – ongoing
Founder & administrator
Le club des opportunités
Facebook group with calls for proposals, residencies, jobs...
and other opportunities for artists and cultural workers
2015 – ongoing
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
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
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
Job coach
Powercoders
Bern, Switzerland
2021
President
Kollektiv Ortie
Fribourg, Switzerland
2021
Co-artistic director
Roc
Romainmôtier, Switzerland
2017 - now
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