kathrin becker

Kathrin Becker
Berlin based Curator, Art Historian, Writer

Her activities include
- Conception & Staging of Exhibitions in Germany & Internationally
- Conception & Editing of Publications
- Publications in Catalogues & International Art Magazines
- Lectures, Panels & Presentations in Germany & Internationally
- Jury-Participation in Germany & Internationally
Since 2001, Kathrin Becker is Head of the n.b.k. Video-Forum at the Arts Association Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (NBK); since 2003 in Addition She is also Managing Director of the NBK

Grants & Research Activities:
2009: Research Travel Grant for German Curators of the Goethe-Institute Munich for a Contemporary Art Research in Tehran/Iran, Karachi & Lahore/ Pakistan, Jakarta, Bandung & Yogyakarta, Indonesia
1998: Scholarship from the Senate Department for Work, Professional Education, & Women, Berlin/ support program “gender studies” for Developing the Anthology The art of women & women in the arts in Eastern Europe from 1910 until today
1996: Scholarship from the Senate Department for Work, Professional Education, & Women, Berlin/ support program “gender studies” for Developing a Documentary About the Sculptor Vera Muchina (1889-1953) (with Karen Kipphoff)
1989-1991: Research & Study Visits to Leningrad & Moscow (Grants by the German Academic Exchange Council (DAAD), Bonn, Culture Funds of the USSR / Leningrad branch & the Society A-Ya at the Academy of Science of the USSR, Leningrad)
1987: Grant for the International Summer Seminar of Centre International D´Etudes Slaves, Belgrade, FSR Yugoslavia

Education:
1994: Magistra Artium in Art History at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum/Germany (summa cum laude)
1984-1989: Study of Art History & Slavic Languages at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum/ Germany
1984: High School Diploma (Abitur) at Ernst-Meister-Gymnasium, Hagen/ Germany

Honorary Appointments:
2008-2009: Member of the Work Group For Media Art Production Support, “SK Stiftung Kultur”, Cologne
2008: Member of the Board of Experts of the Moscow International Art Fair "Art Moscow", Moscow
2005-2008: Member of the Strategy Board of the Foundation “SK Stiftung Kultur”, Cologne
1999-2001: Member of the Advisory Board of the Culture Foundation of the Free State of Saxony, Dresden
1998-2003: Member of the Commission for Artists´ Support at the Senate Department for Science, Research, & Culture, Berlin
1997-2000: Member of the Advisory Committee of the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (NBK), Berlin
1993-1994: Member of the Board of Curators at Kunst-Werke, Institute For Contemporary Art, Berlin