Senior Curator (Kunsthal Helmond + Castle of Helmond); Art historian; Researcher; Advisor; Coach; writer/editor; teacher visual arts & art history.Previous: Digitalising art collection Museum Helmond and collection website; building advisor and preparation of a new museum building.Curator of exhibitions of or with the following artists/schools: Yinka Shonibare CBE, Alec Soth, Alex Webb, Carl De Keyzer, Karin Hanssen, Cristina de Middel, Roee Rosen, Michel Francois, Jonas vd Haegen, Ni Haifeng, Pilvi Takala, Harry Gruyaert, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, Hans Op de Beeck, Anton Corbijn, Tracey Moffatt, Yael Bartana, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Bill Viola, Meiro Koizumi, Andreas Gursky, Rineke Dijkstra, Inez van Lamsweerde, Erwin Olaf, Hellen van Meene, Tinkebell, Jan Dirk vd Burg, Michael Wolf, Sven Kroner, Gé-Karel van der Sterren, F. Franciscus, Gijs Frieling, James Avati, Erik van Lieshout, Zoro Feigl, Elise Tak, Jan Knap; Maria Roosen; Steve McCurry, Werner Bischof, Elliott Erwitt, Martijn van de Griendt, Martin Parr, Eve Arnold, Stephan Vanfleteren; René Daniels, Albert Oehlen, Armando, and many other artists. Furthermore: Exhibitions with themes like Gender, (Post-)Colonialism and Activism (‘Call to Action’, 2019); Affects/Emotions (2015), Metropolism, Childhood and adolescence, Internet and mediabased art (1996), American Pulp (2005), Cobra, Ecole de Paris; Landscape (2020)Focus: 20th and 21th Century Art, 20th and 21th Century Photography. 2011-2021 Deputy Director2003-2008 Boardmember of Section Museums of Visual Arts of the National Dutch Museum Foundation (Nederlandse Museumvereniging)2000 - todayMember of IKT (international association of curators of contemporary art)1982 - 2022Editor/reviewer/essayist/writer/interviewer/journalist for magazines like De Vette Bril, Utrechts Universiteitsblad, NRC Handelsblad, Metropolis M, HP/DeTijd, Forum International, Perspektief, Groniek, etc.Founder and chief editor of cultural magazine ‘De Vette Bril’. Editor/writer for various catalogues and/or books (a.o. On Wim Wenders, 1989 Published by Dutch Film Institute; Gk van der Sterren; F.Franciscus; art geographical identities; Emotions 2015.Specialism: 20th and 21st Century Art and Photography19th and 20th Century Landscape PaintingThe Amateur ArtistTraditional and innovative Arts and Crafts of the RegionCultural (artgeographical) Identities in art and landscape / Culture and Agriculture in the RegionVarious initiatives for international programs and cooperation between MuseumsGerman and Northern RomanticismCaspar David Friedrich