Hilde Teerlinck
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Hilde Teerlinck is a Belgian curator
, and the current director of the FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, in Dunkirk, France
.
Hilde Teerlinck was artistic director of the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona
where she invited renowned artists such as Jeff Wall
, Panamarenko
, and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
to realize site-specific interventions creating a dialogue with this landmark building.
After a short stay in Perpignan
, she went on to become the director of the Rhenish Centre of Contemporary Art (CRAC) of Alsace in Altkirch
in 2002, where she developed a project aiming at opening this place, isolated in the countryside, to the widest public, but attached to a strict and demanding international policy. This enabled her to present the work of well-known artists like On Kawara
, Rineke Dijkstra
, Doug Aitken
, Cindy Sherman
and Franz West
, as well as younger artists, such as Sven t’Jolle, Andro Wekua, and Harmony Korine
. At the same time she remained active as an art-critic and a free-lance curator.
Teerlinck has been the director of the FRAC (Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain) Nord-Pas de Calais in Dunkirk since 2006. The FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais has one of the most prestigious public collections of international contemporary art in France, containing emblematic works of minimal and conceptual art (Bruce Nauman
, Dan Flavin
, Donald Judd
), Arte Povera
, as well as contemporary art (Rirkrit Tirivanija, Pierre Huyghe, Phillipe Parreno, Maurizio Catelan, Martin Creed
, John M. Armleder).
Teerlinck is an executive member of the Board of ArtAids. Together with Han Nefkens, Teerlinck initiated the Access for All project in 2004. She was closely involved in Leo Copers’ project for the UNAIDS building in 2006 and is a Member of the Board of Advisors for the 2008 More to Love project.
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
, and the current director of the FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, in Dunkirk, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Hilde Teerlinck was artistic director of the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
where she invited renowned artists such as Jeff Wall
Jeff Wall
Jeffrey "Jeff" Wall, OC, RSA is a Canadian artist best known for his large-scale back-lit cibachrome photographs and art-historical writing. Wall has been a key figure in Vancouver's art scene since the early-1970s...
, Panamarenko
Panamarenko
Panamarenko is a prominent assemblagist in Belgian sculpture. Famous for his work with airplanes as theme; none of which are able nor constructed to actually leave the ground....
, and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, born in 1965 in Strasbourg, is a French artist working with video and installations. Gonzalez-Foerster lives and works in Paris and Rio de Janeiro. She won the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2002.-Exhibitions:...
to realize site-specific interventions creating a dialogue with this landmark building.
After a short stay in Perpignan
Perpignan
-Sport:Perpignan is a rugby stronghold: their rugby union side, USA Perpignan, is a regular competitor in the Heineken Cup and seven times champion of the Top 14 , while their rugby league side plays in the engage Super League under the name Catalans Dragons.-Culture:Since 2004, every year in the...
, she went on to become the director of the Rhenish Centre of Contemporary Art (CRAC) of Alsace in Altkirch
Altkirch
-See also:* Château d'Altkirch - destroyed castle in the town.* Communes of the Haut-Rhin department-References:* -External links :* * * * * * * *...
in 2002, where she developed a project aiming at opening this place, isolated in the countryside, to the widest public, but attached to a strict and demanding international policy. This enabled her to present the work of well-known artists like On Kawara
On Kawara
is a Japanese conceptual artist living in New York City since 1965. He has shown in many solo and group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale in 1976.-Early life:After graduating from Kariya High School in 1951, Kawara moved to Tokyo...
, Rineke Dijkstra
Rineke Dijkstra
Rineke Dijkstra is a female Dutch photographer.-Life and work:Dijkstra concentrates on single portraits, and usually works in series, looking at groups such as adolescents, clubbers, and soldiers. Her subjects are often shown standing, facing the camera, against a minimal background...
, Doug Aitken
Doug Aitken
-Early life and career:Doug Aitken was born in Redondo Beach, California in 1968. In 1987, he initially studied magazine illustration with Philip Hays at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena before graduating in Fine Arts in 1991. He moved to New York in 1994 where he had his first solo...
, Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman is an American photographer and film director, best known for her conceptual portraits. Sherman currently lives and works in New York City. In 1995, she was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. She is represented by Sprüth Magers Berlin London in and Metro Pictures gallery in...
and Franz West
Franz West
Franz West is an Austrian artist.-Work:His art practice started as a reaction to the Viennese Actionism movement has been exhibited in museums and galleries for more than three decades...
, as well as younger artists, such as Sven t’Jolle, Andro Wekua, and Harmony Korine
Harmony Korine
The story is told from the perspective of a young man suffering from untreated schizophrenia, played by Ewen Bremner, as he tries to understand his deteriorating world. Julien's abusive father is played by Werner Herzog...
. At the same time she remained active as an art-critic and a free-lance curator.
Teerlinck has been the director of the FRAC (Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain) Nord-Pas de Calais in Dunkirk since 2006. The FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais has one of the most prestigious public collections of international contemporary art in France, containing emblematic works of minimal and conceptual art (Bruce Nauman
Bruce Nauman
Bruce Nauman is a contemporary American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance. Nauman lives in Galisteo, New Mexico....
, Dan Flavin
Dan Flavin
Dan Flavin was an American minimalist artist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures.-Early life and career:...
, Donald Judd
Donald Judd
Donald Clarence Judd was an American artist associated with minimalism . In his work, Judd sought autonomy and clarity for the constructed object and the space created by it, ultimately achieving a rigorously democratic presentation without compositional hierarchy...
), Arte Povera
Arte Povera
Arte Povera is a modern art movement. The term was introduced in Italy during the period of upheaval at the end of the 1960s, when artists were taking a radical stance. Artists began attacking the values of established institutions of government, industry, and culture, and even questioning whether...
, as well as contemporary art (Rirkrit Tirivanija, Pierre Huyghe, Phillipe Parreno, Maurizio Catelan, Martin Creed
Martin Creed
Martin Creed is an artist and musician. He won the Turner Prize in 2001 for Work No. 227: the lights going on and off, which was an empty room in which the lights went on and off.-Life and work :...
, John M. Armleder).
Teerlinck is an executive member of the Board of ArtAids. Together with Han Nefkens, Teerlinck initiated the Access for All project in 2004. She was closely involved in Leo Copers’ project for the UNAIDS building in 2006 and is a Member of the Board of Advisors for the 2008 More to Love project.