This is our team

Willem Velthoven

Founder, helper and learner

Ik ben een van de oprichters van Mediamatic (in 1983). Willem@mediamatic.nl / phone +31681150608

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 Lakeman

Event and Programme Manager

At Mediamatic I am responsible for guiding and programming the event series and workshops. My main interest is (interdisciplinary) collaborations, people and the stories they carry. After...

Sjoerd Houben

Office / Venue Manager

After graduating from art school (MA Photography), I went looking for a new interesting environment. I found it at Mediamatic, where there's always something interesting happing. With a...

Anne Hofstra

Project developer

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

Margot Holtman

Julia van der Veen

Iines Råmark

Workshops

I'm originally from Finland, but have lived in various different countries since - and am now based in Amsterdam. My background is also varied, including anthropology, documentary filmmaking and...

Jo-Lene Ong

Curator, Olfactory History of Oosterdok

I work as co-curator of visual arts and theory at Other Futures and as curator at Mediamatic. The forthcoming edition of Other Futures multidisciplinary festival will present speculative visions of...

Laura Ximena Triana

Research Assistant for Olfactory History of Oosterdok

I am a PhD researcher in the Faculty of Humanities at UvA. My research focuses on Amerindian (indigenous) communities in Colombia and Latin America and their experiences of transforming their...

Irina Ridzuan

Research Assistant for Olfactory History of Oosterdok

Nehis Osagie

Intern Cleanlab

My name is Nehis , I was born and raised in Amsterdam and currently 21 years of age. Right now I am studying Biology which is one of my biggest passions. The other one is design and after my...

Justine Magnat-Biermé

Graphic Design Intern

French graphic designer, originally from the suburbs of Paris, is currently finishing a master in the pretty town of Amiens, in the north of France .

Vera Catalano

Aquaponics Intern

I come from Italy and I have been living abroad for 6 years. I completed a bachelor's degree in environmental science in Nottingham and I am currently studying for a master's degree in...

Cemre Deniz Kara

Cemre Kara is a Turkish artist, currently studying at the Artscience Interfaculty at The Royal Academy of Arts, in The Hague, in The Netherlands. She works at the intersection of art and technology.

Eloise Peredruk

Research Intern

I am a recent graduate with a masters degree in cultural analysis at the University of Amsterdam.

Jocelin Tjandra

Secretopia Research

I am a graduate with an interest in the relationship between gender and sexuality.

Abbie Moran

Photography Intern

My name is A bbie ! I am originally from the US and lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Besides photography I love to travel and experience different cultures and playing music. I play 5 different...

Doudouce Knol

Agne Buciunaite

Aroma Lab

My name is Agne! In the beautiful city of Amsterdam I am working on various projects in Aroma Lab

Andy Cartier

Clean Lab intern

My name is Andy Cartier and I’m a French furniture Designer based in the Netherlands. My work consists to understand the problematics in projects through an elaborate research process and then use...

Julia Morris

Programme and Events Intern

Finalising her masters in Innovation and Organisation of Culture and the Arts at Bologna University Italy, she needs to expand her practical and informational skills within the field of art and what...

Najiba Yasmin

Exhibition Intern

Originally from India, currently pursuing my masters in Museum Studies. Coming from an interdisciplinary study background, I joined Mediamatic because it is the perfect place for intersections and...

Wisam Ali Mohammad

Photography Intern

I am Wisam Ali. 21years old. From Yemen. I study photography and at the moment I'm doing an internship at Mediamatic.

Mónica Baptiste G.

I am a Researcher / Film Producer, currently studying the Media Studies Research Master at the University of Amsterdam. I come from Bogotá, Colombia where I used to work as a producer of...

Margot Domart

I graduate from Gerrit Rietveld Academie in 2019 Fine Art department. I'm interested in exploring our presence via the senses, with questions on 'what make us human'.

Yesim Zaim

Anna Mandics

Since my young ages l have been influenced by perfumes and scents, that could reminiscence of my pleasant and joyful moments of my childhood. Being the only Hungarian student in the school of perfume...

Dominik Einfalt

Cleanlab Intern

Hi, I’m Dominik! I’m 24 years old, born in Austria and raised on the countryside on a disused farm. Currently I’m studying graphic design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Although I study...

Gökçe Baykan

Exhibition Intern

Gökçe Baykan has recently become a team member of Mediamatic as an exhibition intern. She has received her bachelor’s degree from Istanbul University as a Ministry of Education (TRNC) scholar and she...