independent curator / cultural strategist
About
Hannah van den Elzen (she/her) is a Rotterdam-based independent curator of contemporary art and cultural strategist (PR, marketing & organisation in the arts)
She is currently re-writing her biography, which will appear on this page soon. Stay tuned!
Want to collaborate? → hello@hannahvdelzen.com
CV
(CURATED) EXHIBITIONS ↓
2026, Interface @ Rotterdam Art Week
2025, Strangely Familiar @ Het Archief Artspace
2025, Crafted Gems @ Schiehavenhallen (part of Obsessed! Festival 2025)
2025, Flesh Remembers @ Het Archief Artspace
2025, Ruins & Renewal @ Het Archief Artspace
2025. The Naked Truth @ Het Archief Artspace
2024, Radio Brutus x Mesh Print Club
2023, On Repetition x Mesh Print Club @ Garage Rotterdam
2021, Collage works @ Scandinavian Art & Design
2021, Sculptures on display in The Mass Awakening
2021, TransformAction, Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
2021, Publieke werken, Rotterdam
2020, Body Control, Museum Arnhem
2018, Beyond Dada and the Stijl - Museum DR888, Drachten
(ONGOING) PROJECTS ↓
2026/now, Operations Manager @ Current Obsession Magazine
2025/now, Marketing & PR @ Rotterdam Art Week
2025/now, Co-founder @ Het Archief Artspace
2025/now, Marketing Manager @ Speels Collectief
2025, Production/coördination for GEMZ exhibition @ Kunstfabriek (Current Obsession)
2021/26, Head of communication @ Garage Rotterdam
2025, Marketing & PR @ Emerging Exits
2022/23, Head of Marketing & Communication @ FIBER Festival
EDUCATION ↓
2024, Independent Curator (course) @ Central Saint Martins, London
2021, Minor in Visual Culture, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
2017/21, BA in Transformation Design, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
2021, Graphic design - Camberwell, University of the Arts, London
2020, Copywriting (course) - Versdenkers, Rotterdam