Meet our team

Eelco van der Lingen

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.

Daan Strating

Daan Strating is Head of IT and Information Management. He is responsible for a secure and efficient digital working environment. He leads the IT department, which includes application management, IT organization, and archive and information management. Daan studied Cultural Heritage, completed training as a Software Engineer, and previously worked at the Scheepvaartmuseum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Netherlands Film Fund.

Edgar Tepe

Edgar Tepe is chief financial officer and operations. He is a member of the management team and the board meetings of the Mondriaan Fund. He formerly worked at Toneelgroep Amsterdam and Amsterdam Partners. Edgar studied Business Administration at the School for Business Administration and Economics (HEAO), with extra accountancy courses.

Eva Postema

Madelon van de Pas

As head of public & communication, Madelon van de Pas forms the connection between the Mondriaan Fund, interested parties, and the public. She ensures a smooth communication, making sure that artists, institutes and other applicants find their way to the fund, and that the public interest of heritage and art becomes visible. Previously, Madelon worked for public television, the last ten years as head of communication at BNNVARA. Madelon started her career at De Balie Debate Centre in Amsterdam, as head of communication and marketing. She is affiliated with Tedx Amsterdam as strategist.

Wouter Koelman

Wouter Koelman is head of visual arts & heritage. He contributes to policy development in the area of visual arts and heritage. The coordination of fund grants and of the realization of schemes by employees lies with him, just like the coordination of the recruitment of new advisors. Previously, Wouter worked at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht and the former artist’s initiative Artis in Den Bosch. He studied History of Art and Art Management.

Duygu Wijnen

Duygu Wijnen is the secretary of the board at the Mondriaan Fund. In this role, she prepares the decision-making process for the Management Team (MT) and the board of directors, serves as the liaison between the board and the Supervisory Board, acts as the contact person for national policy with the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science (OCW), and coordinates commissioned research. Previously, she worked for 7.5 years at the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science, where she was active in the field of European cultural policy. She studied Political Science and Cultural Studies at Columbia University and Development Studies at the University of Cambridge.

Emily Visser

Esmée Ruijgrok

Esmée is responsible for planning and organizing meetings and events at the Mondriaan Fund, such as those of the Supervisory Board and the management team. Additionally, Esmée manages the agenda of director Eelco, organizes the recruitment and selection of advisors and chairpersons and supports project leaders with various activities. Esmée previously interned at the Fotomuseum Den Haag and has gained work experience in the hospitality industry. She holds a bachelor's degree in Language and Culture Studies and a master's degree in Art History from Utrecht University.

Judith de Jonge

Judith is a legal officer at the Mondriaan Fund.

Neeltje Timmers

Sandra Nicolai

Sandra Nicolai is grant officer for artist grants and grants for cultural institutions. As legal officer, she is also involved with notices of objection. Previously, Sandra worked at Amnesty International as a theatre and culture officer. She studied Cultural Studies at the University of Amsterdam.

Eva Postema

Wouter Koelman

Wouter Koelman is head of visual arts & heritage. He contributes to policy development in the area of visual arts and heritage. The coordination of fund grants and of the realization of schemes by employees lies with him, just like the coordination of the recruitment of new advisors. Previously, Wouter worked at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht and the former artist’s initiative Artis in Den Bosch. He studied History of Art and Art Management.

Sandra de Boer

In the grant project administration department, Sandra de Boer is coordinator and responsible for the support and processing of applications, including applications for Artist Start, Art Heritage Presentation, Art Connection and Protected Cultural Heritage. She also performs supporting activities for Prospects. Previously, as an administrative assistant at NICAM, she was involved in the European classification system for games and worked as a project assistant at NIOD in Amsterdam. She completed the basic year of Photography and studied at the Amsterdam School of Economics (HES).

Ana Arroyo Hoebens

Astrid van Loon

Astrid van Loon is involved in grant administration for the Kunstenaar Start, Kunstenaar Project, Voucher Ambachten, Residencies, Kunst Presentatie Internationaal, Voucher Internationaal, and Kunst Erfgoed Presentatie grants. Previously, Astrid worked at the Van Gogh Museum and also volunteered at the Oude Kerk.

Florence Riel-den Aantrekker

Florence Riel-den Aantrekker is involved in grant administration. She is responsible for supporting and managing the schedules of her colleagues at the fund office. Additionally, she oversees the support and administrative processing of several grants. Previously, she worked at an advertising agency as a Front Office Manager and as an Office Manager/Junior Recruiter at a staffing agency in the cultural sector.

Gijs de Visser

Gijs is responsible within the Mondriaan Fund for ensuring that grant applications are as complete and smooth as possible when reaching the grant staff. In addition, he provides applicants with information about the entire application process where needed. With his background as a trained artist, Gijs acts as a bridge between the fund and artists. Gijs studied Media Design at Koning Willem I College and Arts & Research at St. Joost in 's-Hertogenbosch.

Ichmarah Kock

Jeanette Wagenaar

Katja Ganicheva

Katja Ganicheva is involved as a grant project administration officer in various grants, such as Art Fair International, Art Presentation International, Residencies, Curator Observer, Artist Start, Art Heritage Presentation, Heritage Innovation, Voucher Co-Creation, Voucher Development, Voucher Artist with Child, and Heritage Digitization. She has worked as an operations officer at the Scheepvaartmuseum. Additionally, she has done volunteer work at the Westfries Museum. Katja is studying part-time at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and is in her third year of the Communication and Creative Business program.

Liesbeth Enzer

Liesbeth Enzer works at grant administration. She studied Textile Crafts at d’Witte Lelie Academy in Amsterdam. Before she started working at the Mondriaan Fund, she mainly worked in organisations outside the cultural sector.

Lina Rechterschot

Linda-Ellen Boateng

Linda-Ellen Boateng works at grant administration and at the fund’s helpdesk. She is involved with processing applications of artists and institutions. She also takes care of relation management. Linda-Ellen has a background in accounting. She previously worked as Operational Accountant with a transporting company at Schiphol.

Mada Bakarbessy

Mada Bakarbessy works at grant administration and is involved in the processing of applications. She also takes care of account management, and she supports the helpdesk. Mada has a background in accounting. Before she joined the Mondriaan Fund, she was a financial officer at the Van Gogh Museum and De Balie. For a long time, she was also a volunteer host at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

Nina Fransen

Bonnie Dumanaw

Bonnie Dumanaw senior grant officer.

Douke IJsselstein

Douke IJsselstein is senior grant officer and guides the grants for artists and curators/observers. She is also involved in the mentoring programme for starting artists in collaboration with Cultuur+Ondernemen and the grant Art Platform Programme. She studied History of Art at the University of Amsterdam.

Haco de Ridder

Haco de Ridder is senior grant officer of international relations. He familiarizes foreign professionals with Dutch current art and in turn organizes the annual orientation journey abroad. Haco attended Hotel School and studied Art Management. He is chairman of the Golden Palace theatre company. He previously worked freelance for Art Basel Miami Beach, the Prins Claus Fund, the Dakar Biennale and the Venice Biennale, amongst others.

Tibisay Sankatsing Nava

As a senior grant officer cultural heritage, Tibisay coordinates the implementation of the heritage grants at the Fund, including the Art Heritage Presentation, Heritage Innovation, and Incidental Purchases grants. Previously, Tibisay conducted research on co-creation in heritage at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and was involved in the Caribbean program of NWO. Additionally, she served as a committee member at the Fund for Cultural Participation and contributed to a major archaeological research project. Tibisay studied liberal arts & sciences at University College Utrecht, focusing on biomedical sciences and museology. She subsequently obtained a master’s degree in Arts & Culture and a specialization in Science Communication at Leiden University.

Veysel Yuce

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.

Akkemay Lammers

Akkemay Lammers is a grant officer involved in the Kunst Opdracht, Kunst Verbinding, Kunst Media, and Publications grants. Before joining the Fund, she worked as a freelancer in the arts sector, including for the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Patty Morgan, and the Amsterdam Light Festival. Akkemay began her career after studying Art History as a project coordinator at Foam Fotografiemuseum, where she organized projects both nationally and internationally.

Carmen Muskee

Carmen Muskee is a grant officer for Artist Start, Artist Project, Artist Fee, Art Platform and the KunstKoop. Carmen studied Dutch Language & Culture and Art History.

Emma Parmentier

Emma Parmentier is involved as a grant assistant in the Kunstenaar Basis and Curator Beschouwer grants. She also serves as the point of contact on behalf of the six national cultural funds. Before joining the Mondriaan Fund, Emma worked at Club Guy & Roni, the Architecture Institute Rotterdam, and Poetry International. She was also active at the Performing Arts Fund. Emma studied Dutch Language and Culture at the University of Groningen.

Fenna Lampe

Fenna Lampe is involved as a grant assistant with the international programs. Before joining the Mondriaan Fund, she worked at De Pont in Tilburg, Galerie Ron Mandos in Amsterdam, and Foam, the photography museum in Amsterdam. She also contributed to projects by artists such as Jan Hoek and Duran Lantink. Fenna studied museology at the Reinwardt Academy.

Heleen de Hoog

Iris van Hest

Iris van Hest is a grant officer involved in the visual arts programs of the Mondriaan Fund. Iris studied Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, where she focused on intersectionality, art, and activism. Previously, she worked as a freelance researcher, writer, and exhibition maker. Additionally, Iris was a co-founder and editor-in-chief of Accent, a thematic journal that conducted research on social sciences and the arts, aimed at creating space for an intersectional perspective on art and societal discourse.

Joyce Poot

Lara Riga

Lara is a grant officer at the Mondriaan Fund.

Lotte Hemelrijk

Lotte Hemelrijk is a grant officer and is involved with cultural heritage grants. Lotte studied at the University of Amsterdam, and the Breitner Academy of the Amsterdam University of the Arts. Previously, she worked on a project basis in the area of art education, and as lecturer in Language, Reasoning, Rhetoric and Dutch as a Second Language at the University of Amsterdam.

Menno Vuister

As a grant officer for pilot projects, Menno focuses on projects that do not fall under existing regulations but still contribute to innovation within the field. This allows the Mondriaan Fund to respond to current developments and the needs of artists and institutions. Before joining the fund, Menno was active in various roles within the visual arts: he worked at Gerhard Hofland Gallery, served as head of the artist program at Stichting Roodkapje, and was involved as a teacher, exhibition curator, and writer, including for the HKU. In all these roles he worked closely with visual artists and wrote extensively about their work, from essays to grant applications. He studied art history at Utrecht University and obtained a Research Master's in Cultural Analysis from the University of Amsterdam. What appeals to him about the pilot projects supported by the fund is that they offer direct opportunities to bring new ideas into practice and shape the future of the sector. Visual art and heritage are always evolving, and these projects help move the sector forward.

Minouche Wardenaar

Minouche Wardenaar is involved as a grant officer in institutional grants. Previously she worked through a consultancy firm for various art and heritage institutions, where she was co-responsible for recruitment campaigns. Minouche was also active at Framer Framed and Foam Photography Museum Amsterdam. She studied art history at the University of Amsterdam.

Mirthe Wacki

Mirthe is a grant officer in Visual Arts at the Mondriaan Fund. In this role, she is responsible for supporting institutions in the visual arts, managing publications, and coordinating art media, art commissions, and art connections. Mirthe studied Cultural and Social Education and completed a year of General Cultural Studies before graduating from the Academy for Visual Education.

Sandra Nicolai

Sandra Nicolai is grant officer for artist grants and grants for cultural institutions. As legal officer, she is also involved with notices of objection. Previously, Sandra worked at Amnesty International as a theatre and culture officer. She studied Cultural Studies at the University of Amsterdam.

Sjoerd Houben

Sjoerd Houben is a grant officer involved in the visual arts grants at the Mondriaan Fund. He studied photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, where he obtained both his bachelor's and master's degrees. Previously, he worked as an Office and Venue/Event Manager at Mediamatic and as a Creative Producer at Kunstlinie Almere. Sjoerd believes it is important to support the visual arts sector in a way that ensures everyone is heard, seen, and taken seriously.

Sreymom Korng

Talitha van Ooyen

Talitha van Ooyen is a grant officer involved in the Project Grant for Institutes, the Mobile Heritage Grant, Open Oproep 75 jaar Vrijheid and the Individual Acquisitions Grant. She is also the contact person for the Caribbean and Residency Instituto Buena Bista at Curaçao. Talitha holds a bachelor’s degree from the Reinwardt Academy and previously worked as a gallery employee at Billytown and as a project officer at CultuurSchakel in The Hague.

Tessa Ebbers

Tessa Ebbers is a grant officer involved in visual arts institutional grants, such as Artist Honorarium, Art Media, Art Assignment, and Art Connection. Tessa studied Literary Studies and Cultural Analysis and previously worked as an exhibition maker at the Eye Filmmuseum.

Tessa Ver Loren van Themaat

Tessa Ver Loren van Themaat is involved as a grant officer in various heritage grants, including Art Heritage Presentation, Heritage Innovation and Collection Mobility. Tessa studied history at Vrije Universiteit and previously worked for the Cultural Heritage Research Group at the Reinwardt Academy, the Amsterdam Light Festival, and Vrije Universiteit.

Madelon van de Pas

As head of public & communication, Madelon van de Pas forms the connection between the Mondriaan Fund, interested parties, and the public. She ensures a smooth communication, making sure that artists, institutes and other applicants find their way to the fund, and that the public interest of heritage and art becomes visible. Previously, Madelon worked for public television, the last ten years as head of communication at BNNVARA. Madelon started her career at De Balie Debate Centre in Amsterdam, as head of communication and marketing. She is affiliated with Tedx Amsterdam as strategist.

Brianne Wind

Brianne Wind is communications officer. She is responsible for the supervision of the social media, website and other communications. She studied Arts and Culture Studies at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. Previously, she was the communications manager of Arttenders and worked for various fashion organisations, among which Vogue Netherlands, Amsterdam Fashion Week and Modefabriek.

Caroline Soons

Caroline Soons is communications advisor. The general communication of the fund, press briefings, and communication about the Dutch submission to the Venice Biennale and the Prix de Rome rest with her, just as the editing of the annual report and other fund publications. Previously, Caroline worked as a communication professional at AKV/St.Joost in Breda and ’s-Hertogenbosch. She studied Art History and was trained as a communication advisor.

Esther Schussler

Esther is a communications advisor at the Mondriaan Fund.

Francesca Karsomenawi

Ingrid Mokiem

Ingrid Mokiem is reception officer. She is the first contact person and provides general information about the grant opportunities at the Mondriaan Fund. She handles the support and administrative processing of applications. Ingrid supports management and takes care of book orders. She is a familiar face to many visitors of the Mondriaan Fund: after the start of her career at the ministry of culture, Ingrid has been a staff member at the fund for thirty years.

Marjolijn van Heemstra

Milo Vermeire

Milo Vermeire is an editor at the Mondriaan Fund.

Noura Habbab

Noura Habbab is project manager activities. She is responsible for supervising the jury and directing the presentation of the Johannes Vermeer Prize, the Dutch state prize for the arts. She previously worked for the Prince Claus Fund, and was a project manager for artist Alicia Framis and My First Art Collection Amsterdam.

Oekje van Asten

Edgar Tepe

Edgar Tepe is chief financial officer and operations. He is a member of the management team and the board meetings of the Mondriaan Fund. He formerly worked at Toneelgroep Amsterdam and Amsterdam Partners. Edgar studied Business Administration at the School for Business Administration and Economics (HEAO), with extra accountancy courses.

Martien de Groot

Rodney Aalse

Rodney is a facility services officer.

Edgar Tepe

Edgar Tepe is chief financial officer and operations. He is a member of the management team and the board meetings of the Mondriaan Fund. He formerly worked at Toneelgroep Amsterdam and Amsterdam Partners. Edgar studied Business Administration at the School for Business Administration and Economics (HEAO), with extra accountancy courses.

Bart Fuijkschot

Bart Fuijkschot is senior finance officer. He is responsible for taking care of reports and delivering and checking data for the annual account. He also takes care of budgetary control, the supervision of budgets and the final reports of applicants. Furthermore, he is involved in the impact assessment of fund grants.

Ingrid Senff

Ingrid Senff is a finance officer. She takes care of the day-to-day running of the finance department, such as the accounts receivable and accounts payable. She is also responsible for the financial settlement of committee meetings, and for checking the budgets of applications. She has a background in administration. Ingrid previously worked at Nuffic, the Dutch organisation for internationalisation in education in The Hague. She studied European Studies at the University of Amsterdam.

Maria Lopes David

Zuzana Hermanova

Zuzana Hermanova is a finance officer. She takes care of the day-to-day running of the finance department, such as the accounts receivable and accounts payable. She is also responsible for the financial settlement of committee meetings, for checking the budgets of applications, and for the preparation of payments. She has a background in accountancy and previously worked at the Concertgebouw.

Daan Strating

Daan Strating is Head of IT and Information Management. He is responsible for a secure and efficient digital working environment. He leads the IT department, which includes application management, IT organization, and archive and information management. Daan studied Cultural Heritage, completed training as a Software Engineer, and previously worked at the Scheepvaartmuseum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Netherlands Film Fund.

Henk Bangma

Hilde Schippers

Jasmin Farag

Jasmin Farag is a Process and Information Manager. In this role she focuses on designing and optimizing digital workflows for employees and applicants. Jasmin studied Art History and Film Studies at the University of Amsterdam. She has a background in both the business world and the cultural sector, having previously worked at, among others, the Van Gogh Museum, Rituals, Veem House for Performance, and Kunstinstituut Melly. Jasmin believes it is important to contribute to a diverse cultural landscape that allows for experimentation, the telling of new stories, and the creation of connections.

Jelle Nagelkerken

Jelle Nagelkerken works at grant administration, where applications are reviewed for completeness and formal requirements and are then processed administratively. He furthermore works at the helpdesk supporting applicants when they encounter obstacles in the online submission process. Before Jelle joined the fund in 2014, he worked in various functions at the Amsterdam municipality.

Liesbeth Filius

Liesbeth Filius is application manager. The set-up and management of the system for online applications form the main part of her work, but she is also always ready to help with all kinds of technical questions and ideas. Previously, Liesbeth worked in education. She attended d’Witte Lelie Academy for Drawing and Art History in Amsterdam, and after that she studied Behavioural Sciences.

Mouin Mcharrafieh

Stacey Carrilho

Stacey Carrilho is involved with the fund’s help desk and supports users in the online application system. As an grant administration officer he also processes applications. Before joining the Mondriaan Fund, Stacey worked in pension administration in Utrecht, but after nine years he was ready for a change. Stacey has been at home in the world of art and culture since he was a child as his father is a sculptor. ‘That’s also why the Mondriaan Fund attracted me,’ says Stacey. ‘It’s a better fit.’