Evita Bookelmann - the Netherlands

Evita Bookelmann, graduated historian at the University of Utrecht. I have a Master's degree in international relations in historical perspective. At the moment I'm working at SUSA Studentagency as financial and administrative assistant.

I've always been interested in art and culture. In high school I took drawing, art history and cultural education. As a student I've taken a number of courses within the field of cultural history. I've worked as a volunteer at several film festivals (NFF and IDFA). I also have a museum pass and go to exhibitions on a regular basis.

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Nicole de Groot - the Netherlands

Nicole de Groot is currently a student at Amsterdam University College, where she studies arts and psychology. Though originally from Colombia, she lived in the United States before moving to The Netherlands. Outside of her studies, Nicole enjoys photography, animation, filming, and filling the pages of her moleskins with sketched faces of people on the streets of Amsterdam.

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Lisette Nathalie Lapré - the Netherlands

Lisette Nathalie Lapré works as a PR and Communications Coordinator at Van der Meer & Philipsen in the Netherlands. She has studied English Language & Literature at the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and the University of Sheffield (UK). After travelling across Australia, New Zealand and Canada, she completed an education in Digital Imaging which revived her interest in different art forms. She followed a course in Graphic Design which she now combines with her travel photography and her work as editor for the in company newsbulletin.

Jacques Nagelkerke - the Netherlands

Jacques Nagelkerke  kreeg de belangstelling voor kunst en cultuur toen hij begin jaren zeventig de opleiding volgde aan de Pedagogische Akademie. De studie van de kunstgeschiedenis en het bezoeken van tentoonstellingen maakte toen nog deel uit van een gedegen onderwijsopleiding. Daarnaast was hij zeer geïnteresseerd in de plaatselijke geschiedenis, schreef enkele boekjes over een  molen en over een klooster in zijn dorp. Ook kwam hij in aanraking met de historie over Vincent van Gogh, die in zijn dorp Etten-Leur heeft gewoond en daar het zaad voor zijn carrière zaaide. Zijn hele levensverhaal boeide hem zeer. Met verhalen heeft hij meer dan dat alleen, hij werkte enkele jaren als freelance medewerker voor een plaatselijke huis-aan-huiskrant. Naast het onderwijs is hij werkzaam geweest in de zakelijke dienstverlening, met name de re-integratie.

Hij werkt momenteel aan een Nederlandse vertaling van een bekroond kinderboek dat zijn neef Bill in Nieuw Zeeland schreef. Jacques bezoekt tentoonstellingen en musea in Nederland en België, maar probeert ook tijdens buitenlandse vakanties de nodige culturele indrukken op te doen.  

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Paulus Nomadicus - Germany

Bent on seeing and travelling to as many places as possible in a lifetime my journeys continue to take me to the four corners of the globe. Living and working, immersing in cultures as much as I can and observing, enjoying the societies, surroundings and sights on my nomadic hitherings and thitherings. Having a lowly Associates degree in Art History my education goes on in life and experience, but also book and pen (or ya…internet). Communicating through art and interaction I also write fiction/historical fiction, and  hope to be published..hehe, one day. Through my passion for art and it’s myriad synonyms I write very happily for Kunstpedia, and hope to hear from you soon in the columns. Remember what ‘ol Cicero said: “Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature”.

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Boudewijn Meijer - the Netherlands

Boudewijn Meijer is founder and driving force behind the Kunstpedia Foundation, with a professional background in executing assignments in the field of SME development for multilateral organisations. His affection for the fine and decorative arts started when he bought his very first piece at the age of eight, an Akan Goldweight for just a few cents.

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Catherine Rierson - France

Catherine Rierson graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor's in Journalism and Mass Communication, as well as Comparative Literature.  While she was never formally educated in the field of Fine Arts,Comparative Literature, and its interdisciplinary approach to literature, has granted her the ability of broad critical analysis, as well as instilled in her an impassioned appreciation for the arts.  She currently lives in Paris, France, working as an editorial assistant at the contemporary photography magazine, Lens Culture.

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Tess Amodeo-Vickery - Italy

Tess Amodeo-Vickery lives and writes in Rome, Italy, where she is the European Fashion Director for Runway Passport (www.runwaypassport.com). Recently, Tess wrote and edited documentary shooting treatments for National Geographic Television and Discovery Channel US. She has written for The Nashua Telegraph, The Milford Cabinet, Examiner.com, and was recently featured in Romeing Magazine and InRomeNow.com. Her undergraduate thesis, When In Rome, earned her University Honors from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where she completed her B.A. in Classical Civilization. Tess has studied ancient culture, architecture and art history in Rome extensively since being selected to attend the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome ("ICCS") in 2005, a program run by Duke University that facilitates on-site study of Classical, Renaissance and Baroque art.

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Dave Di Vito - Italy

Dave Di Vito is an Australian born curator and writer who now lives in Rome.  After taking courses in Visual Arts and Photography, he switched allegiances towards Art History and Archaeology and went on to complete his Masters in Art Curatorship at the University of Melbourne.  Dave has lived in various cities in Australia, Japan and Europe, and used his experience and love for Asian Art as the springboard to opening his own contemporary gallery in Melbourne.
 
Now focusing on his writing, and on improving his Italian (which needs every bit of help possible), Dave is getting to grips with life in Rome where he more than occasionally indulges in his love of pizza, photography and contemporary art.

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Jennifer Walker - Spain

Jennifer Walker is an Anglo-Hungarian writer living in Madrid, Spain. After a sordid past involving a PhD in Nuclear Physics, she decided to throw caution to the winds and live the cliché of being an expat writer who teaches English on the side. Her writing credentials involve travel pieces about Venetian cemeteries and Spanish tapas for gadling.com, and culture and travel topics in Madrid with a Jewish twist for the audience on jspace.com. She is active in the Madrid literary community, writing for the expat newspaper InMadrid and organising the monthly International Literary Cabaret and a participant in the forthcoming Poetry Brothel. One of her big interests is of course, art – predominantly art from the early 20th century especially the Surrealist, Dadaist and Cubist movements.

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Anya Weimann - Germany

Anya is an experienced freelance writer and editor with cognate education in Media and Social Psychology. Born and bred in Germany she spent the past 5 years in Australia, working and writing for a wide array of arts organizations and magazines. After spending 6 months in Cambodia, she decided to move back to Berlin where she’s now working as an online journalist and freelance contributor.

Apart from her 9-5 persona Anya is a self-confessed book-nerd and has a soft spot for all things pretty in print. She considers herself a vagabond who loves to explore foreign countries and to pick up stories on the road. At the same time Anya likes hanging out at home with good food and great company, reading classics and day-dream of glamorous, Gatsby-style eras. She also has an ‘unhealthy’ obsession with Kindersurprise, cozy coffee shops, matt-glossy magazines and vintage items with a story to tell.

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