This is our team

Willem Velthoven

In Heaven, there is no Information.

I'm a designer, learner and cultural enterpreneur. Director of Mediamatic Amsterdam. I'm an award winning designer and co-founded Mediamatic in 1983. I am autistic and identify as male.

Jans Possel

Director

Ben een van de oprichters van Stichting Mediamatic en startte in 1985 samen met Willem Velthoven Mediamatic Magazine. Ik houd me vooral bezig met het organiseren van tentoonstellingen en evenementen.

Anne Hofstra

Project Developer

Writer and experience designer, currently researching sustainability narratives, and finding ways to challenge them.

Naomi van Dijck

Project and Programme Coordinator

Sacha Knežević

Office Manager

Elise Chalcraft

Workshop Producer and Manager / Aquaponics Assistant

I have worked as an Aquaponics Assistant in MediaMatic's Greenhouse from April 2021 till September 2021 and I am now moving from the greenhouse upstairs into the office to work as the workshop...

Marie van Niekerk

Event Manager

I’m an entrepreneurial collaborator, brand builder and art enthusiast. With 20+ years of international experience building brands and businesses across diverse industries, I recently joined...

Chela Chen

Handyperson

Gino Marengo

Head Chef

As a child of the globalized world, (born in Surinam, raised both in Surinam and the Netherlands and one day moving to Portugal), I don’t adhere to a dogma of exclusively using local ingredients.

Kamiel Rongen

Artist, musician and cook

Artist and musician, he is known for his dreamlike and colorful videos, shot entirely in a fish bowl.

Nicola Consoli

Sous-chef

Afra Commandeur

Chef

Arne Hendriks

Pigeon Tower Artist

Arne Hendriks is an artist and researcher on human ecology. He believes we should be more generous towards ourselves in allowing radical new ideas and practices to re-define our relationship with the...

Frank Bloem

Artist, Odorama Curator and Aroma Lab Team

Frank Bloem is an artist who uses scent as his primary medium. He studied Fine Arts at the Rietveld academy. In the summer of 2016, Frank changed his focus from visual art to olfactory-based works.

Anouk Beckers

Project Developer Inhuman Carnival

Jeanne Rousselot

Restaurant Manager / Neofuturist Dinner Assistant

My name is Jeanne and I will be working on the Neofuturist Dinner Program at Mediamatic. Initially trained as a designer at La Cambre in Brussels, I developed a more artistic approach at the Royal...

Abigail Setiadi

Restaurant Manager

My name is Abigail. I am 21 and was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. I will be taking part as a research intern for Secretopia. I am currently in my last semester studying International Studies

Iliana Metaxa

Program Assistant

At Mediamatic my work is project-based, from curating and production, to communication and writing. I am interested in how we contextualize artistic and cultural concepts and how we can shape them in...

Petro Prattis

Floormanagement Assistent

I'll be the foormanagement intern at Mediamatic. I'm studying Tourism Management at Hogeschool Inholland at the moment and in my spare time I like to work in the hospitality services.

Anna Lina Litz

A/Artist Project Assistant

Hi! My name is Anna Lina, and I'm working on the A/Artist project here at Mediamatic. I started as a programme and events intern from February until June 2022, and am now happy to stay for a few...

Linxia Auzannet

Graphic Design Assistant

_ Hoi! I'm Linxia and I will be the new Graphic Design assitant at Mediamatic ! I just finished my studies in France (at l'Ésad Amiens) last year and since 6 months now, I'm in Amsterdam to do some...

Fenella Mawdsley

Aquaponics and Hortus Assistant

Hello! I am currently a Masters student of Ecology and Evolution, a collaborative course between the UvA and VU Amsterdam. With a biological background, my areas of academic interest are botany

Rachel Barfield

Aroma Lab Assistant

I'm Rachel, the Aroma Lab intern. Currently situated in The Hague following the Artscience bachelor; my focus of works involve scent, disturbances, and rhythm.

Dasha Lohvynova

Exhibition and Workshops Assistant

Hello! I am Dasha, a Ukrainian art history student in the Netherlands. I am currently working on finishing up my Bachelor's Degree in Arts, Media & Society, continuing my studies with a Master's...

Petra Baturova

Communications Assistant

Hi! My name is Petra, I'm 25 years old and I come from Bulgaria. Originally, I came to The Netherlands to study jazz music, however, my interests took a turn and decided to study media. I am...

Alix Briere

Hi, I'm Alix, a bachelor student at the Amsterdam University College studying biology and environmental sciences. I am from Canada and France. I'm working as an aquaponics intern at Mediamatic, with...

Ismini Kyritsis

My name is Ismini Kyritsis and I am more than excited to be working an Exhibition Intern at Mediamatic. I was born in Greece where I did my Bachelor’s in History of Art. I was always fascinated...

Saskia Heinemann

Hello! I am Saskia and I will be helping out with exhibitions and events at Mediamatic. I studied history of art in the Netherlands, moving here from Sweden. I am excited to be a part of Mediamatic

Aster Fliers

Ada de Gooyer

Margherita Falqui

Exhibition assistant and Penny For Your Thoughts artist.