Ex-colleagues

JungJiea Hung

Photography Intern

Shraddha Ranganathan

Events & Programmes Assistant

I'm currently pursuing a degree in Bioengineering, and have tried my hand at a variety of projects.

Elnaz Assar

Designing with organisms Assistant

Patrick Hameon

Exhibition Assistant and Sound designer

I am a sound designer, creative and electrician. I have been working at an agency doing everything from concept design to strategy to Gamification. I have a passion for sound and the effects it can...

Monai McCullough

Guerrilla Gardening

My name is Monai Nailah McCullough, a horticulturalist from New York City with a passion for linking large urban cities to nature and the future of sustainable food systems. For me, living in NYC, I...

Flavia Terzian

Exhibition Assistant and Artist

I have a real passion for observing and constructing art. I find myself evolved in creating immersive spaces, providing different platforms of social changes through an altered environment. Having...

Fred Mul

Neo-Futurist Dinner Production Assistant

A master's student studying New Media and Digital Culture at Utrecht University, currently writing my thesis on how VR might be used in environmental communication. I have a strong passion for new...

Nani Naidenova

Events & Programme Assistant

Studying Arts, Culture and Media at University of Groningen. Love travelling and exploring new cities, cultures and landscapes.

Jiwei Zhou

Desining with Mycelium Assistant

Interning in the clean lab, doing research and design with new mycelium materials

Kamilė Vaitkutė

designing with mycelium

I am an Industrial Design student at Eindhoven University of Technology with a passion for nature, art and technology or more precisely a combination of them all. I love to spend my days in workshops...

Aaron Clixby

Aquaponics Intern

I'm interested in speeding up the adoption of a circular economy, art and music. Trying to escape the Anthropocene.

James Dickinson

Graphic Design

Graphic design intern at Mediamatic. I am a creative problem solver. I strive for the best way to communicate an idea using the most appropriate medium. I am currently on my Erasmus year from...

Flora van Dullemen

Studying ArtScience in The Hague. Loves to dance, eat and smell. Currently working on a project about combining smells and language.

Clara Casal Georgiou

Clean Lab Intern

As a Nutritional Scientist, I'm excited to join Mediamatic's Clean Lab to explore the use of microorganisms and wild foods for a sustainable and progressive approach to feed the planet. A shift in...

Yanqi Huang

Neo Futurist Dinner Intern

A human being with a passion for food, art & design. To observe & create !

Sofia Doñaque

Neo-Futurist Dinner Production Assistant

Garo Feslian

Restaurant Manager Summer 2019 - Spring 2020

Garo Feslian is a chef, food enthusiast and food storyteller based in Amsterdam, originally from Lebanon. After finishing his culinary studies from the Italian Culinary Institute in Calabria, Italy

Sophie Throsby

Education Programme Assistant

I’m studying cultural and social development in Utrecht. When I’m not studying or working I’m making food, talking to my plants and reading. At Mediamatic I will focus on education and developing...

Maria Bacila

Secretopia Researcher

Building on my visual arts/programming background, I started shifting towards art+science and applied design. I am mostly interested in exploring the relationship between human and non-human people...

Cindy Achieng

Aquaponics Assistant

Margot Holtman

Venue Manager

Nehis Osagie

CleanLab Assistant and Mycelium Researcher

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 .

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'.

Julia Morris

Programme and Events Assistant

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...

Jocelin Tjandra

Secretopia Researcher

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

Matyáš Řihák

Aquaponics Assistant

I am a 23 years old graduate from the Czech Republic. Three months ago I finished my master degree at the Faculty of AgriSciences. I was also studying in Finland as part of an Erasmus program. In...

Agne Buciunaite

Aroma Lab Assistant

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

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...

Andy Cartier

CleanLab Assistant and Mycelium Researcher

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...

Valienska Magfira

Programme and Events

With a keen interest in agriculture, anthropology, and art, I aim to explore adventurous and eye-opening possibilities that help us connect more with our surrounding nature and our own bodies. As I'...

Mara van der Blonk

Data Manager / Communication intern

My name is Mara! At MediaMatic I will be responsible for maintaining the “digital heritage department”. I'm really looking forward to dive in the archives and connect the past with the present! Let’s...

Maaike de Jongh

Secretopia Intern

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...

Shreddy de Souza

Video - Photography Intern

Maxime Hallatu

Test

Yesim Zaim

Yesim Zaim is a Master's student currently finishing her studies in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Her research interests mainly lie in the intersections between art, politics and culture. More specifically...

Yvonne Dogariu

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...

Tobias Servaas

Communications Manager

I worked at Mediamatic as the communications manager until August 2020. After studies in architecture, classical guitar and philosophy, I was happy to dedicate my love for language to Mediamatic. I...

Eloise Peredruk

Secretopia Research

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

Kaia Kinkel

Aquaponics Intern

My name is Kaia ! The picture does a pretty good job of wrapping up the things in life that give me joy, it is of my little brother and I taking a hike in the national forests in Eugene, Oregon...

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...

Branko Kleynen

Strategic marketing intern

Branko is a Belgian communication manager with an interest in international relations on a business level. Connecting international communities is a life goal for him. He has graphic design...

Amalia Calderón

Research intern

I am a poet and artistic researcher based in Amsterdam. After graduating law & sociology, I pursued first a masters in the sociology of gender and sexuality, and now a research masters in artistic...

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.

Margot Domart

Tosca Hellemans

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...

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.

Nina Hees

Aquaponics Intern. I am Dutch/ Brazilian, and grown up abroad, having lived in Mozambique, Canada, South Africa, and the Netherlands. I studied environmental sciences during my bachelor's degree at...

Elise de Jong

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...

Demmy Namutebi

Linnea Slipsager

Holly Foxton

With an academic background in New Media and Digital Culture, my research at Mediamatic as an intern took me down the path of looking at a changed world in the face of climate change. The way society...

Filippo Iannone

Mediamatic Photographer.

Ninke van Wiggen

Graphic Design Intern

Paul Cohen-Tannugi

Waste enthusiast

Compost intern at Mediamatic, Amsterdam. Focusing on diverting kitchen food scraps to create a compost for the garden. Inspirations Principle of Correspondence: As Above, So Below "Copy and...

Djara Van Hove

Secretopia Intern

Hi, I’m a master student of the Jewellery Design department from St. Lucas School of Arts Antwerp (Belgium). As a creator I not only try to challenge myself but find new ways to tell a story... . So

Chuyue Zhan

Hi there! My name is Chu. I am a current student at Amsterdam University College studying Liberal Arts & Science following the Art history and Culture track. Besides my academic focus, I came to...

Arthur Janssen

Restaurant Manager

Kristel Hulsebos

Clara Froumenty

Exhibition intern

As a student in political and social sciences, as well as in Art history, I joined Mediamatic in order to discover its activities revolving around curating and the organization of various workshops...

Ha Bui Versteeg

Thierry V

Exhibition Intern

Sabina Șancu

Exhibition intern

I'm Sabina, I'm Transylvanian, and having colourful hair is my personality trait. Most of my life revolves around going on random research tangents, because there's nothing I love more than new...

Magdalena Thur

Designing with Organisms Intern

The future of food, fermentation processes and all things fungi are what’s keeping me busy.

Leonie Seibel

Event & Programme Intern

I am currently finishing my studies of Culture, Arts and Media at the Leuphana University in Lüneburg. I'm interested in the intersections between culture organisations and urban development. ...

Irina Ridzuan

Research Assistant for Olfactory History of Oosterdok

Irene de Craen

Researcher

Researcher for Olfactory History of Oosterdok

Elizabeth Vasilyeva

Event & Programme Assistent

Damisa Lakkanapinit (Grace)

Neo Futurist Dinner Production

A second-year student of Arts and Culture Studies at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Originally from Bangkok, Thailand. Interested in musical theatre shows, films, food, and art museums.

Anais Legros

Graphic Design Intern

After studying three years of communication, I began a Master's Degree in Art Direction in Graphic Design at Conde's School of Lyon, my hometown, in France. I'm fond of graphic design, photography...

Alice Gimpel

Communication Manager

I'm responsible for all the communication between Mediamatic and the outside world. After finishing Literary Studies at Amsterdam University College, I have been writing about sexuality and intimacy...

Alessandra Baldissarelli Bremm

Exhibition Intern and Artist

Master student in Contemporary Art, and visual artist with an interdisciplinary academic and professional background in exhibition production, artistic research, and art education in the Brazilian...

Camilla Panzeri

Exhibition Intern

I want to operate where conscious thoughts and unconscious suggestions collide, to create a system of stimuli able to tell every imaginable story.

Désirée Malessa

Secretopia Research

I am a graduate Product Designer with focus on material research, product - and conceptual design.

Kim Jansen

Graphic Design intern

At the moment I'm studying Crossmedia Design at AKI ArtEZ in Enschede. For me it's important that design communicates what it has to communicate, nothing more nothing less. I like it when a style is...

Lea Pauzner

Aquaponics Intern

Fishfarmer & aquatic systems ecologist

Diana Munteanu

Exhibition Intern

I come from a broad academic background in art and media, mostly from music and film studies, both critical and organizational. I am interested in curating events, spaces, artworks, be it making...

Nikita Lenssen

Marie-Claire Springham

Research Intern

I am a graduate Product Designer with a passion for research and a user-centred approach.

Steffie Baaijens

During my internship at Mediamatic, where I worked in the Aroma Lab my boyfriend at the time suddenly passed away. In 2015 I met Jo through a language exchange website, we started chatting a lot and...

Jekaterina Suharenko

Programming Intern

Visual artist and nature lover.

Remco Kwik

Inga Tilda

Designing with Organisms

I am currently studying Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, where I developed a fascination for BioArts. My practice has been driven by the extensive subject of what it means to be human and what the...

Leandra Weber

Neo-Futurist Dinner Intern

I love to design ecological sustainable products and communication for nature-friendly and eco-sensitive people. Mediamatic is a great place to reconnect people with nature and creates an excited...

Federica Libralon

Odorama and Olfaction Intern

Art and Science are my passion, I studied chemistry at the University of Padua and now I'm here to give space to my creativity and to my interest for fragrances and artistic perfumery. Chemistry can...

Tia Török

Photography intern

A Slovenian photography enthusiast. Love designing, photographing, traveling, illustrating and I have a weakness for pastel colors (also socks).

Seija Franse

Restaurant Manager

Marina Mehlhorn

Intern Programme & Events

Coming from a diverse and interdisciplinary background somewhere in-between communication, culture, business and European studies while having lived in Germany, Poland and Sweden, my path...

Maxim Damper

Photography Assistant

My name is Maxim and I'm most comfortable looking at life through a lens, roaming around foreign cities or adventuring through abandoned buildings. I have a passion for art, travelling, sleeping, and...

Lotta Sturm

I'm studying cultural sciences theater and literature half of my time, the other half when ever I don't need to stuy I perfer to get my hands dirty working on ecological farms- growing vegetables, ...

Bingyan Ding

Secretopia Research Intern

I'm Bingyan, from China. Currently, I'm pursuing my master degree in Design for Interaction at TU Delft. I'm on my way to be a storyteller who curates stories about this designed world and also, uses...

Sophia Schullan

Design Intern

As a communication design student I'm excited to do a redesign of the Mediamatic ground.

Gintare Abariunaite

Intern Programming & Events

Currently I am studying International Media and Entertainment Management where I found myself passionate about events. What I love about events so much? I love planning and organizing, being creative

Maartje Terpstra

Education

In Februari, March and April 2020 I help with developing the educational program at Mediamatic. I study Arts, Cognition and Criticism and my main research interest lies with ecological art in its...

Taylor Early

Exhibition and Communications Intern

I’m Taylor Early (like in the morning). Born and raised in a village in New Hampshire (USA), Utrecht has been my home for the last 3 years. Since moving to the Netherlands for graduate school, I have...

Naomi Tidball

Naomi is originally from Vancouver, Canada. She will start a research MA at Utrecht University (media studies). She has her Bachelor’s Degree in Film Theory from the University of British Columbia.

Doudouce Knol

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 environmental...

Anisa Xhomaqi

aka Ani Jo

Photographer and audiovisual artist. Love traveling and learning new languages. Currently working in the field of photography and communication.

June Yu

Neo Futurist Dinner Production Assistant

Dryly put, as name suggested: everything related to food and Neo-futurist dinners is what I'm here for. Not dryly (mouth-watering-ly) put: everything related to FOOD is what I'm passionate about

Renato Paolucci

Aquaponics Assistant

Louis Riesterer

Communication Assistant

Federica Lombardi

Communication and Graphic Design Assistant

Katia Yatsenko

Communication Assistant

Antonella Cerroni

Graphic Design Assistant

I am an Italian designer . I am about to graduate with a master in Systemic design from ISIA Roma. Finding a new solution is my priority since I like to be experimental. My style is clear, simple...

Chiara Antoniacomi

Odorama Intern

A scenthusiast passionate about olfactory communication.

Gabrielle de Haseth

Education Program Assistant

My name is Gabrielle! I was born in Curaçao but moved to Amsterdam when I was 10 years old. When I arrived in this beautiful city I immediately felt at home . I am in my final year of my bachelor...

Larisa Dima

Marketing and Events Assistant

Hello, I am Larisa 27 years old. Originally from Romania but been living in The Netherlands for 6 years. I am currently studying International Creative Business at Inholland The Hague. Mediamatic...

Auguste Macenaite

Programme & Events Assistant

I am a student, originally from Lithuania but I have been based in Amsterdam for the last two years. Currently, I am finalizing my studies of Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam with...

Àmber van de Ven

Videomaker Intern

Hi, my name is Àmber! I’m going to work on video projects for Mediamatic during my internship. I’m a Communication & Multimedia Design student which brought me in contact with graphic and product...

Neve Gurbutt

Exhibition Assistant

My name is Neve. Constantly searching for a flowing balance between learning and creating, I am currently studying Art, Media, Design and Architecture at the VU whilst aspiring to keep my horizon as...

Dominik Einfalt

Cleanlab Intern

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

Reginaldo Goncalves

Neo-Futurist Dinner Production Assistant

Reginald, I am originally from Brazil. I have lived in Ghana and Dubai before moving to The Netherlands. I studied Fine Arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and Artistic Research master at the UvA.

Nathan Henneken

Communication Intern

Nur'Ain Taha

Eva van Rossum

Researcher

After finishing a bachelor in Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and graduating an Art and Research programma at the Rietveld, I am currently doing a research internship here at Mediamatic.

Ben Hopley

Graphic Design Assistant

Hello there, my name is Ben ! I’m 21, I'm from Manchester, I study Graphic Design and I have an uncontrollable love for the colour green. I recently completed my second year of Graphic Design at...

Minh Sandberg

Aquaponics Assistant

Teun Freriks

Secretopia Researcher

Currently studying Urban History at the University of Amsterdam, I am interested in the political history of infrastructure and technology, urban planning, the household and the body. For Mediamatic

Hyunsuh Kim

Research Intern for Olfactory History of Oosterdok and The Culture of Nature

Transition, becoming Smell, plant, love are some of the things that Hyunsuh had not anticipated to spend days, weeks and months thinking about until she came to Mediamatic.

Ejla Miletic

Graphic Design Assistant

At Mediamatic I will be focusing on the visual identity and its applications in the various aspects of the centre.

Jessica Cohen

Events & Programme Assistant

My name is Jess, I'm from London and whilst at Mediamatic I was working towards my MA in Comparative Cultural Analysis at the UvA. After studying Art History at the University of Edinburgh, I have...