Petra Heck
― Moderator
Petra Heck (NL) is a freelance curator (for TAAK, TodaysArt and others) and focuses on contemporary (media) art, performances, and (online) public space. She is specialised in video, internet and other ephemeral art forms. Her practice questions the consequences of technological and other societal developments for contemporary art, the artwork itself, and the artistic process.
Between 2006 and 2012, she worked as a curator and head of exhibitions at the Netherlands Media Art Institute (NIMk/Montevideo). Her exhibitions there included solo exhibitions by Cory Arcangel and Omer Fast, numerous group exhibitions, and performance evenings with Dutch and international artists, including Mark Leckey, Constant Dullaart, JODI, Mounira Al Solh, Oliver Laric, Metahaven, Ola Vasiljeva, Jon Rafman. At NASA (New Art Space Amsterdam) she worked with Nicoline van Harskamp, Gabriel Lester and others. And as a freelance curator she worked with the artists Germaine Kruip, Melanie Bonajo, Frank Koolen and many more. Next to curating Petra Heck writes, and is currently a committee member at the Creative Industry Fund.