Nina Folkersma
Nina Folkersma (1969, Buitenpost) is an independent curator, editor and advisor, based in Amsterdam. Since January 2021 she is also director of Amsterdam Art.
She holds an MA Art History from the University of Amsterdam and was one of the first participants of the Curatorial Programme of De Appel. Previously, she was a writer and editor of Metropolis M. From 2006 to 2009, she was a curator at S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst in Gent.
Folkersma has curated a number of exhibitions, symposia and projects, amongst others for the 2nd Johannesburg Biennial, Emergent, Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Oude Kerk, and West. At present, Nina Folkersma is a guest-curator at Castrum Peregrini in Amsterdam and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. In addition, she is an adviser to the Dutch Council for Culture.