Experience

Esther Schipper

• Germany
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Artist Liaison

  • Nov 2019 - Present



independent

• Berlin Area, Germany

• Curator and writer

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  Co-founder and curator of ASSEMBLE performance series Co-founder and curator of ASSEMBLE performance series



Volksbühne Berlin

• Berlin Area, Germany

• Associate Curator

  • Nov 2018 - Nov 2019



Hyperallergic

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Writer

  • Jun 2016 - Nov 2019



Embassy of Canada to Germany | Ambassade du Canada en Allemagne

• Germany
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Acting Cultural Attaché for visual arts, film, dance and theater

  • Sep 2017 - Jun 2018

  - Oversee Canadian cultural promotion program in assigned fields throughout Germany; fielding funding requests and launching cultural promotion initiatives; long-term budget management; articulating and realizing spending priorities. - Management of over 25 German institutional partnership contracts for presentations of Canadian art, film, dance and theater. - Concept development and project management for the Embassy’s events and screening program as an official venue of the Berlin International Film Festival. - Representing Canada and speaking publically at exhibition openings, film festivals, and other events funded by the Embassy. - Maintaining a close network of contacts in the arts sector throughout Germany via Newsletters and organization and attending of cultural events. Show less



KW Institute for Contemporary Art

• Germany
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curator, performance and public programs

  • Feb 2015 - Apr 2016

  - Curator of KW’s monthly Performance series “The Performative Minute”: research and selecting of artist positions, commissioning new artworks, fundraising and budget management, long-term development of series’ conceptual focuses, conducting outreach to diverse audiences and producing curatorial texts. - Project management for KW’s participation in the EU-wide performance network “Corpus” in collaboration with 5 leading art venues. - Curating weekly public events (lectures, sound art, screenings, artist talks etc.) with an audience of ca. 80-200 guests. Long-term partnership management, budgeting, logistics and team management as well as text production for press releases and social media promotion. - Curating the live program accompanying selected exhibitions, in close collaboration with chief curator Ellen Blumenstein, including comprehensive performance programs for the exhibitions “Secret Surface”; “Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch: Site Visit” and “Channa Horwitz: Counting in Eight, Moving by Color”.- Overseeing KW’s residency program, initiating expansion to new international partners, co-selection of residents and curatorial accompaniment during residency. Show less

• Curatorial Assistant

  • Nov 2012 - Feb 2015

  - Working as part of a small curatorial team on content and production for KW’s diverse artistic programs, including exhibitions, events, communications, education and publications.- Project management and artist liaison for selected solo exhibitions.- Intensive research on artists, theory and historical background for thematic group shows, suggesting artists and compiling portfolios, editing and translating preparatory and public texts as well as liaison with artists, galleries, guest curators and collections.- Significant work on KW publications: editing 3 editions in the ‘KW Pocket’ publication series; managing editor of exhibition catalog “Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch: Site Visit”; editorial management for KW’s bi-monthly, bi-lingual program brochure. - Translation from German to English of exhibition texts, press releases, and social media content; Overseeing translation and precise production of exhibition labels, wall texts, etc. Show less



Park Avenue Armory

• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Intern

  • Jan 2012 - May 2012