Dirk Snauwaert
Born 1963 in Tielt (Belgium). Lives and works in Brussels, Curator, Director of the Wiels Arts Center for Contemporary Art in Brussels (since May 2004). Member of the Jury of the Edvard Munch Award for Contemporary Art, Office for Contemporary Art of Norway.
© Christophe Dérivière, WIELS, 2009
| 1981-1985 | Studied history of art at Rijksuniversiteit Ghent (B) |
| 1987-1989 | Coordinator of the exhibition and film program at the Cultural Center Tielt (B), including curatorship of the sculpture exhibition Tielt Beelden Buiten 1987 |
| 1989-1995 | Curator of Contemporary Art at the Exhibition Association of the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels |
| 1996-2002 | Member of the purchasing committee of the FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims |
| 2002-2004 | Artistic Director of the IAC (Institut d'Art Contemporain) Villeurbanne (F), temporary and permanent exhibitions and collection policy of the FRAC Rhône-Alpes Collection |
| 2003-2006 | Independent External Curator for purchase of the Flemish Society in Brussels |
Appointments:
| 1996 | Member of the Jury of the International Artists' Scholarship Program of Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
| 1996-2001 | Member of the international jury of the residential program of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Berlin, Artist's Program for 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999; guest in 2000, 2001 |
| Since 2001 | Member of the Advisory Commission for the Fine Arts Flanders and Member of the Advisory Arts Council of the Cultural Ministry of the Flemish Community, Brussels |
| Since 2006 | Member of the Artist's Pension Trust Berlin |
