Kim Knoppers

art historian, writer, curator, lecturer

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

KIM KNOPPERS is an art historian, writer, curator and lecturer graduated from University of Amsterdam. Between 2010 and 2021 I worked at Foam, photography museum in Amsterdam, where I curated many contemporary group and solo exhibitions with emerging and mid- career artists. In addition I also focused on the origins of the medium in the nineteenth century. I contribute on a regulare base to magazines including Foam Magazine, Unseen Magazine and Aperture and enjoy writing for artists. I am a lecturer on the MA Photography at ECAL in Lausanne where I developed the course Do Not Disturb— Curating in Progress. Currently I am researching and writing about the relationship between archaeology & photography. I also immerse myself into the flora and fauna of the ancient landscape of Ephesus. I am aiming to connect these dots in exhibitions and a book.

Experience

  • Owner at Kim Knoppers Cultural Projects
    2005 - Present · 21 yrs 7 mos

    Freelance curator and cultural producer. With great pleasure I have worked on behalf of several museums, cultural institutions, municipalities and NGOs like: >FOTODOK | Ruimte voor documentaire fotografie (Utrecht), >Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/ Prix de Rome (Amsterdam), >Madness & Arts Festival (Haarlem), >Artsen zonder Grenzen (Amsterdam and the Netherlands), >Gemeente Haarlemmermeer (Haarlemmermeer), >NIMk, Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst (Amsterdam), >Beelden op de Berg: curator Exoten/ Beelden op de Berg 9 (Wageningen), >Fotofestival Naarden (Naarden), >De Balie (Amsterdam), >Stadsgalerij Heerlen (Heerlen), >Museum De Beyerd (Breda), >Breda Photo (Breda)

  • curator at Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
    Jun 2011 - Jun 2021 · 10 yrs 1 mo

  • Curator at FOTODOK
    Jan 2010 - Mar 2011 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Chairman at Steenbergen Stichting
    2008 - 2011 · 3 yrs

  • coordinator Ruhezeit Abgelaufen (i.c.w) at Gemeente Haarlemmermeer
    2009 - 2009 · Less than a year

    www.haarlemmermeercultuur.nl