Contact    Print version   en | de

Born in 1957 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

educational background

1981-1986 Galerie Herzer in Munich. Traineeship.
1977-1981 Studied Politics and History of Art at the Ludwig Maximilian. University of Munich (including a one-year scholarship to study at New York University).

Trained as a dancer during her studies and co-founded the AWAR Dance Theatre.
1976 German Matriculation School Certificate (Abitur) at the Studienkolleg in Munich.
1975 School Certificate at Northlands School in Buenos Aires. Moved to Germany.

professional background

since 03/2002

Executive Board and Artistic Director of the Federal Cultural Foundation.

2001

Advisor to Minister of State Prof. Dr. Julian Nida-Rümelin, Government Commissioner for Cultural and Media Affairs.
Member of the Program Advisory Committee for Q21 of the MuseumsQuartier, Vienna.
Member of the University Advisory Committee of the Academy of Visual Arts, Vienna.

2000

Artistic directorship of the International Dance Festival tanz2000.at - ReMembering the Body.
Curator of the exhibition 98/99/2000. Scholarships for Visual Arts. The New Generation of Artists at Krems Art Gallery (with Wolfgang Denk and Brigitte Huck).

1999

Taught at the Institute of Cultural Management in Vienna.

1998

Member of the WEISZBUCH working group on reform of cultural policy in Austria.

11/1997-06/2001

Director of the Vienna Festival.

1997

Appointed to the Advisory Committee for Visual Arts at the Federal Chancellery.

1995-1997

documenta X, Kassel: Personal Assistant to the Artistic Director, Catherine David, and Member of the Artistic Directorate, dx.

1995

Co-curator of PHASE 1 - Visual Arts in the Theater Am Turm, Frankfurt/Main.
Concept and organization of Dance '95.
Curator of the exhibition körper formen (forming bodies) in Lothringerstraße, Munich as part of Dance '95.
Preparation of PHASE 2 in the TAT, Frankfurt/Main.

1994

Member of the jury at the International Dance Competition in Bagnolet (France) with 22 worldwide platforms.

1993

Concept and organization of Dance '93.
Co-curator of the exhibition Ordnung & Zerstörung (Order & Destruction) in Lothringerstraße, Munich as part of Dance '93.

1992

Co-director of the ART Project Munich, Music Festival.

1991

Concept and organization of the Dance '91.
Exhibition with works by Jan Fabre at the Kunstverein Munich, as part of Dance '91.
Concept for the Sonderreihe Form (Special Series Form) at Erlangen Theatre, with Martin Bergelt.

1990

Founded Völckers & Bergelt.

1989-1991

Siemens cultural program; organized the visual arts.

1989

Concept and organization of Dance '89.
(Dance Biennale) on behalf of the Cultural Department of the City of Munich; Co-director with Bettina Wagner.

1986-1987

Resident in New York to research and prepare the Munich International Dance Biennale.
Concept for the special series Das Schöne (The Beautiful) at Erlangen Theatre.

publications

with Martin Bergelt:
Zeit-Räume, Hanser Verlag
Sonderreihe Form, Theater Erlangen
Ordnung and Zerstörung, Hanser Verlag
Sonderreihe Das Schöne, Theater Erlangen
körper formen, program for Dance '95

with Gabriele Brandstetter:
ReMembering the Body, Hatje Cantz Verlag, May 2000
Catalogue for the exhibition 98/99/2000. Scholarships for Visual Arts. The New Generation of Artists, December 2000

> www.kulturstiftung-bund.de