Organisation

Team

Our team of more than 60 dedicated colleagues takes care of every aspect of your grant application, reports the results of our funding and organises a varied range of activities.

Eelco van der Lingen

executive director

Since 1 March 2019 Eelco van der Lingen is the executive director of the Mondriaan Fund. He is responsible for general management, strategic policy development, and external contacts of the Mondriaan Fund. As advisor and chairman of advisory committees, he had already become acquainted with the fund. Until his appointment, he worked as curator of modern and contemporary art at the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden. From 2007 to 2017 he was director and curator of presentation institute Nest in The Hague, which he also founded. As guest curator he organized exhibitions at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Museum Kranenburgh in Bergen and TENT in Rotterdam. In addition, he was advisor for various funds, published articles, and was a guest lecturer and examiner at a number of art academies.

rrypb@zbaqevnnasbaqf.ay

Veysel Yuce

senior project officer

As a senior project officer, Veysel Yuce is involved in the grants International Art Presentation, Residencies and International Art Fair. He is also the contact person for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. For 10 years he worked at DutchCulture, where he was involved in cultural exchange with Turkey, India, Indonesia and promoting cultural cooperation around shared heritage. He previously worked at Kickstart Cultuurfonds and the Province of Noord-Holland as Policy Advisor Culture and Heritage.

irlfry.lhpr@zbaqevnnasbaqf.ay +31 (0)20 523 1565

Rapti Miedema

head of cultural heritage & pilots

Rapti Miedema is head of cultural heritage and pilots. She is jointly responsible for heritage policy and pilot projects at the fund, aimed at innovations in the field. She forms a link between the management and the team of project officers. Rapti also coordinates the selection of advisors. After graduating from Leiden University, where she specialized in art and material culture of Indonesia, Rapti worked at the National Museum of World Cultures and then at NWO (The Dutch Research Council). Here she was a senior policy officer in the field of archeology and socially responsible innovation and she made the case for more inclusion in science.

encgv.zvrqrzn@zbaqevnnasbaqf.ay +31 (0)20 523 1516

Meet our team

Regional agents

The Mondriaan Fund is assisted by 3 regional agents. Drawing on their extensive networks, these agents reach out to potential new applicants, art commissioners and advisors in the region. They also highlight new initiatives, target groups and map the latest regional developments in the field of the visual arts and cultural heritage.

Erna aan de Stegge

regional agent East/Central

Erna aan de Stegge is regional agent of the East & Central and represents the Dutch provinces Overijssel, Gelderland and Flevoland.

rean.nnaqrfgrttr@zbaqevnnasbaqf.ay

Meet our regional agents

Advisors

Independent advisors ensure that every application is meticulously, professionally and objectively assessed. Our advisors are experts from the field, such as artists, exhibition makers, critics, art historians and museum representatives. 9 permanent chairpersons see to it that the meetings run smoothly.

Peter van der Es

chairman

Peter van der Es has a background as a visual artist and curator. He is co-founder and director at Unfair Amsterdam, a biennale, art fair and curating platform through which he sets up various projects with visual artists and institutions. In addition, he is secretary on the board of online art magazine Mister Motley and is active as an advisor to other (cultural) institutions, with a focus on talent development, entrepreneurship and innovation.

Raul Balai

chairman

Raul Balai is beeldend kunstenaar- curator. Raul werkte onder ander voor The Black Archives, het Rembrandt Huis, het Rijksmuseum Amsterdam en CBK Amsterdam Zuidoost. Op dit moment is werk van de kunstenaar te zien op Documenta fifteen in Kassel (Duitsland) en Façade 2022 in Middelburg. Tevens is Raul lid van de Raad van Toezicht van danstheatergezelschap Don’t Hit Mama.

Rita Ouédraogo

chairman

Rita Ouédraogo is a curator, researcher, moderator and writer with a background in cultural anthropology. Rita is currently curator of the new Buro Stedelijk, writes for Mister Motley, among others. She is involved in various projects as program maker and curator including making museum collections accessible. Rita's work is invluenced by an interest in the African diaspora, the decolonization of organizations, institutional racism, pop culture and social issues.

An overview of our advisors and committees

Supervisory board

Our supervisory board is tasked with supervising the policy of the board and the general course of affairs at the fund. The members support the board with advice.

Information on all members

Team

Eelco van der Lingen

Eelco van der Lingen

Veysel Yuce

Veysel Yuce

Rapti Miedema

Rapti Miedema

Esther Schussler

Esther Schussler

Regional agents

Andrea Möller

Andrea Möller

Erna aan de Stegge

Erna aan de Stegge

Rebecca Nelemans

Rebecca Nelemans

Advisors

Peter van der Es

Peter van der Es

Raul Balai

Raul Balai

Rita Ouédraogo

Rita Ouédraogo

Supervisory board

Partners