Kurt Vanbelleghem

Coach & curator of artistic practices, developer of art management tools

Antwerp Metropolitan Area

About

WE LIVE IN A CONSTANT PRESENT FUTURE

Experience

  • Publisher at Subjective Editions
    Jan 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 6 mos

    Subjective Atlases are bottom-up cartographic publications mapping a country, region or city by the inhabitants themselves. Subjective Editions is the publishing platform that develops participative production processes and distributes these engaged publications. We support communities in mapping their environments from the inside out, starting from a place-based understanding, and grounded in lived experiences. Visit us at https://www.subjectiveeditions.org/

  • Founder & CEO at PresentFuture
    Jan 2012 - Present · 14 yrs 6 mos

    PresentFuture is at the service of professional artists & designers and cultural organizations. We are specialized in the development of new curatorial & strategic opportunities and artistic management tools and in doing so we provide perspectives to navigate the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. For Artists & Designers: PresentFuture advices and supports professional artists & designers in curatorial and publishing projects and provides state-of-the-arts administrative backing. For Cultural Organizations: In close collaboration and departing from your mission & strategic goals, we generate curatorial projects, coordinate artistic trajectories and manage administrative & institutional challenges. Our raison d'être: As an artist, designer or art professional, you are responsible for the imagination of the world and everything related to it. You show everyone what the power of creativity entails. You deserve ingenious sparring-partners in the development of your ideas and professional support in the realization of your ambitions. Consider PresentFuture as your necessary support engine. Together we can devise and realize tailor-made projects as well as large structures. We are keen to sharpen ideas in dialogue and we proactively aspire to enable unique opportunities for you. The people behind PresentFuture are active in the contemporary art & design scene since 1996. Depending on the specific needs and goals of each assignment, we configure the necessary support force, composed of experts active within our professional network. As an organization, we are based in Belgium, and we operate globally.

  • Alumni coach at Sint Lucas School of Arts, Karel De Grote Hogeschool
    Aug 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

  • Head of Academic Masters at St Lucas School of Arts
    Apr 2018 - Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Working together with all the great master tutors and coaches of St Lucas in order to provide the most relevant academic master program in Belgium.

  • Journalist for Damn Magazine at DAMN° Magazine
    Jan 2017 - Jan 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo