Delegates Profiles

BAASANDORJ Bayaraa Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture (MSUAC), Mongolia

Associate Professor B. Bayaraa is Head of Department of International Collaboration at the MONGOLIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND CULTURE (MSUAC), ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA (since 2010). During her 25-year career for the university she worked as Dean of the Faculty of Management in Culture and Arts (2004-2010), Chair of the Department of Social Sciences (1994-1996) and Chair for the Department of Foreign Languages (1998-2004). She was educated at the Kubansky State University, Russian Federation, specialized in history (1985), and graduated from the National University of Mongolia as an interpreter (1991).

Her area of expertise is development and implementation of international projects in the field of arts and culture. As a project leader and coordinator she initiated and organized numerous international workshops and forums in the field of arts management, cultural administration, cultural tourism, creative industries and cultural policy. In the role of a dean and project manager, she put her efforts into establishment of the first in the country MA Program in Arts Management and coordinated trainers’ teamwork on curriculum development.

Assoc. Prof. B.Bayaraa is an initiator of such international events as the nomadic arts festival “Culture Naadam” and international discourse meeting “Tree of Culture”, annually organized by MSUAC in collaboration with international partners. Lately she has contributed to successful implementation of the university UNESCO supported projects, organized in the field of cultural diversity, intercultural communication and cultural statistics; and has collaborated with Urban Nomads//Nomad citizens (Germany) on interdisciplinary art projects organized both in Mongolia and Germany.

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BACHMAN, Ursula Lucerne University of Applied Science and Art, School of Art and Design, Switzerland

Born in Switzerland. Ursula Bachman received her teaching certificate at the Lucerne University of Applied Science and Art – School of Art and Design. She graduated with a Master of Arts in Fine Art degree from Birmingham University (GB). Since then she has lived and worked as an independent artist in Lucerne and Zurich. She has taken part in national and international exhibitions and festivals, where she has exhibited drawing, installation and animation. She has also realised several art and architecture projects.

Studio residencies in New York and Cairo followed and frequent travel in the Middle East made her an expert on the region. From 2004 – 2010, she was a member of the Swiss UNESCO Commission, Section for Cultural Affairs.

From 1995 – 2011, Prof Ursula Bachman has taught three-dimensional design, drawing and exhibition design at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – School of Art and Design. From 2007 – 2014, she led the interdisciplinary study area “Projektmodule” (now called “IDA-Module”) and is committed to its continuous development.

Since 2011, she has been Vice Dean and Head of Interdisciplinary and International Programmes at the Lucerne School of Art and Design. She is currently responsible for the bachelor’s degree programme and the foundation course (a. i.).

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BECK Thomas University of the Arts Berne (HKB), Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Thomas Beck is president of the University of the Arts in Berne/Switzerland (HKB). Being educated as a journalist he studied literature, theatre science and musicology in Erlangen/Germany. After leaving the university Thomas Beck became chief dramaturge at the Theatre of St. Gallen/Switzerland before he changed to Swiss National Television as head of the Performing Arts department.

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BROCH KNUDSEN Cecilie Norwegian Artistic Research Programme, Norway

Chair of the board of the Norwegian Artistic Research Programme, Norway since January 2015. The Norwegian Artistic Research Programme has overall national responsibility for promoting and guiding artistic research in Norway. The programme has two sub-projects: The Fellowship Programme and The Project Programme.

The Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowship Programme is parallel to other research educations organised as academic PhD programmes. The programme intends to secure high level artistic research and leads to expertise as Associate Professor. The Artistic Research Fellowships Programme is among the first in this field in Europe. The programme offers a three-year position as Research Fellow to candidates who have completed the highest art education within their subject area.

The Project Programme was established with funding from the Ministry of Education and Research in order to contribute to academic members of staff at Norwegian universities and university colleges carrying out artistic research of high international standard.

• Rector and Chair of Oslo National Academy of the Arts from 2007 to 2015.

• Chair of Trafo Kunsthall from 2015

• Member of the board for Talent Norge AS, appointed by the Ministry of Culture.

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CHANG Chung-shiuan Vice President, Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA), Taiwan

Chung-shiuan Chang obtained an Ed.D. at Teachers College, Columbia University in 1991 with her research focus on children’s creative dance. Influenced by Dr. Liu Feng-hsueh, a famous choreographer and dance scholar in Taiwan, she has shown her interests and talents in dance performances and dance studies. She was a founding member of Dr Liu’s Neo-Classic Dance Company at the age of 13 and continued her dancing career till 1993.

She has been a full-time teacher at the Taipei National University of the Arts（TNUA） since 1992. At TNUA, besides teaching, she was selected as the chair of dance department, the dean of school of dance from 2000 to 2006. Specializing in dance pedagogy and curriculum design, her papers have been presented in conferences in Taiwan, Greece, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Her academic papers related to dance education are also published in different Taiwan’s journals including “Arts Review”, “Research in Arts Education”, “Taiwan Dance Research Journal” and “Journal of Aesthetic Education”. In recent years, she published “Creative Dance Guidebook” (2007) and “To Dancer．TNUA”(2008) two books . Currently she is the vice president at TNUA.

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CHRISTEN Gabriela Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts, School of Art & Design, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Christen was born in 1961 and grew up in Lucerne, Switzerland. After studies in art history, French literature and philosophy in Basle, Paris, Vienna, Zuerich and Berne she worked as project manager and curator at the Swiss National Museum. From 1994 to 1996 she was director of the museums of the canton of Nidwalden. Since 1996 Gabriela Christen worked as cultural editor at Swiss Radio DRS; from 1999 to 2002 she was deputy editorial director of the culture department. From 1999 to 2009 Gabriela Christen gave lectures at the department of Art & Media at Zurich University of the Arts, furthermore she was a member of the executive team from 2002 to 2007. Since 2009 she was deputy head of the Institute for the Performing Arts and Film at Zuerich University of the Arts. She has been dean of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – School of Art & Design since March 2010.

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CHULUUN Altantsetseg Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture (MSUAC), Mongolia

Professor Chuluun Altantsetseg is Vice President for Academics and Research of the Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture (MSUAC), Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (since 2010). She received her B.Sc. in Clothing technology at the Saint-Petersburg State University of Technology and Design, Russian Federation (1985), did her M.Sc. in Clothing science (1994) and Ph.D. in Engineering (1998) at the Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST). In 2015 she defended her D.Sc. in Clothing science at the Academy of Sciences of Mongolia. Upon her graduation from the university, she had been employed as a Coordinator by the Ministry of Domestic Services of Mongolia (1985-1987), as a Lecturer at MUST (1987-1998), and worked as Head of Fashion Design & Technology Department and Director of Clothing Research Centre of MUST in 1998- 2010.

Professor Ch.Altantsetseg’s area of research is clothing thermal engineering design, while her expertise area is fashion technology of Mongolia national costume and art education study. During her career in the higher art education field she contributed greatly to curriculum and training technology development of both MUST and MSUAC. Since 2010 she has worked intensively for improvement of academic programs of MSUAC in relevance to international standards in higher art education. Besides her work dedicated to upgrading of a credit system and artistic research of MSUAC, Professor Ch.Altantsetseg has worked as a project leader and concept developer for several big scale international and national projects, conducted by MSUAC in the field of art education, creative industries and cultural statistics.

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CRABTREE Paula Stockholm University of the Arts, Sweden

Since April 2014 I have held the position as Vice Chancellor at Stockholm University of the Arts in Sweden. Prior to this I was Rector at Bergen Academy of Art and Design (KHiB) in Norway (2010 – 2014) where I was also Dean at the Dept. of Fine Art (2002 to 2010).

For the past four years I have been a member of the ELIA Executive board.

I have been actively involved in projects initiated within the auspices of ELIA and for two of these make the link between the respective projects and report to the board. I am co-artistic director for NEU NOW Festivals, which have been held successfully in Vilnius, Nantes, Tallinn, Porto and Amsterdam. In 2014 the Festival was held in Glasgow, coinciding with the ELIA Biennial conference. From 2015 onwards the NEU NOW Festival returns to Amsterdam, for a period of 5 years.

I am also member of the steering group for EQ-Arts and am active in both training programmes for experts and in institutional reviews.

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DALNAS Ulf University of Gothenburg, Academy of Design and Craft, Sweden

Ulf Dalnäs is the Head of HDK - Academy of Design and Craft at University of Gothenburg graduated from School of Music at university of Gothenburg 1992 and has a background as a teacher, freelance musician, senior lecturer, Director of studies, Education Leader, investigator and Head of Faculty Office. He has held several international assignments, including member of the board (2006–2014) and Vice President (2010–2012) of the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA). In 2008, Ulf was responsible for ELIA’s biennal conference held in Gothenburg, and in 2010 he was chairman of the board for the same conference in Nantes, France. On a national level he has represented art educations in the Bologna expert group 2008–2013. He is also a member of the advisory board for art education at the Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education.

Photo: Ines Sebalj

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DE FREITAS Nancy Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Nancy de Freitas is Adjunct Professor of Art and Design at the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Throughout her career, she has been active as a professional artist, as an academic and in the arts community. De Freitas’ research has contributed to the body of knowledge associated with artistic and design research practices. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Studies in Material Thinking.

De Freitas has been the recipient of several awards, including: a Teaching Fellowship awarded by the Canadian government to study aboriginal (Inuit) art initiatives in the Canadian Arctic; the Amtrust Artist in Residence, a studio/research residency and a Fulbright Travel Award to enable a lecture tour in the United States. She has been invited to lecture internationally on art and design research practice and material thinking method at over 15 host universities around the world.

As a university academic, de Freitas has been involved in curriculum-based research and in the development of innovative collaborative teaching strategies for art and design. At the Auckland University of Technology she has been Leader of Foundation Studies in Art and Design and Year Leader for an interdisciplinary Masters programme, Master of Art and Design and Programme Leader for the Master of Arts Management. She has been actively involved in numerous university and professionnal societies, including the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA), the International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media (Cumulus) and the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA).

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DISERENS Corinne Art Academy ERG, Belgium

Since 2011, Corinne Diserens is director of art academy erg (école supérieure des arts, Brussels, Belgium), and jury chairwoman of Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart, Germany). She studied art history at Université Panthéon Sorbonne Paris 1, and was Fellow at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program, NY. From 1989 to 1993, Diserens was curator at IVAM – Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (Spain) ; between 1996 and 2008 she was the director of Les Musées de Marseille (France), of the Musée des Beaux-arts de Nantes (France), and of the new Museion (Bolzano, Italy). As art historian and curator, she organized international co-productions for MACBA – Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (Spain), curated numerous artists retrospectives, biennales, thematic exhibitions, and published monographs and catalogues. Through these professional activities, Diserens has never ceased to work closely with artists, researchers, students, archives, and lead researches and conferences in the frame of international art museums and university seminars.

As per South Africa, Diserens was curator of the exhibitions and books:

• Chasing Shadows. Santu Mofokeng, thirty years of photographic essays, Jeu de Paume, Paris / Extra City Kunsthal Antwerpen / Kunsthalle, Bern / Bergen Kunsthall / Wits Art Museum, , Prestel, Munich, 2011 • Appropriated Landscapes. Contemporary African Photography from The , Steidl Publishers, Göttingen, 2011 • . Fifty-one years, ACTAR / MACBA, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 2001 (w/), • and South African photographer Jo Ractliffe exhibited and gave a two weeks workshop at erg last year, and will pursue her collaboration next year.

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ELAM Ingrid University of Gothenburg, Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, Sweden

Since 2012 I hold a position as Dean at the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Before that, between 2008 and 2012 I was Pro Vice Chancellor International at Malmö University, Sweden.

My field of research is Literature, I hold a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Gothenburg since 1985, and I have during my years at various leadership positions also worked as a senior lecturer in Comparative literature, journalism and creative writing, and currently I am supervising two PhD students in Literary Composition at the University of Gothenburg.

In my spare time I write essays and literary critique, published by Swedish publishing houses such as Bonniers and Norstedts and in the Swedish Daily Dagens Nyheter.

2003-2010 I was Member of the evaluation panel for artistic and practice based research at The Swedish Research Council, and 2007- 2012 I was President of the Swedish Arts Grants Committee. I am currently Member of the Board of the Swedish National Research School in the field of Arts.

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FLEMING Karen Research Institute of Art and Design, ,

Professor Karen Fleming is Director of the Research Institute for Art and Design at the Ulster University where she has lectured since 1989 and was appointed Professor in 2008. Before taking up leadership of the art, design and architecture research at the University of Ulster (2009) she was a leader in the Interface Centre for Research in Art, Technologies and Design (2004-8) where she was instrumental the development of collaborative and cross disciplinary research. Her recent cross-disciplinary practice includes textile metaphors for anatomy developed with the medical school at . In 2015 she led a leadership development programme to develop research leaders of the future, piloting a technique called question-based tactical planning.

A former board member of Craft NI and a Trustee of Museums and Galleries NI, Fleming has juried international exhibitions including curation of ‘Reinventing Linen’ Smithsonian Institute (2007) and the Biennale du Lin, Quebec (2011). Fleming was co-investigator on several EU funded projects and principal investigator of Welcome Trust and AHRC funded research. Fleming currently leads CXNI, an AHRC project to research creative industry knowledge exchange among solo and micro creative including designers, architects and artists.

As Director of art, architecture and design research at Ulster she managed their recent success in the UK Research Excellence Framework in which their research environment was recognised as 100% internationally significant and world leading research, 3rd in the UK for research Intensity recognising world leading quality and volume, with the highest world-leading research of any subject in any university in .

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GAYLARD Joseph Pro Helvetia Johannesburg, Swiss Arts Council, South Africa

Joseph Gaylard is a South African researcher, writer and organiser. During the course of the past twelve years he has also worked extensively as a consultant on policy research, strategy formulation, and programme development and evaluation for different spheres of government and international cultural agencies. He currently serves as Head of the regional office of Pro Helvetia Johannesburg, the SADC office of the Swiss Arts Council. Pro Helvetia Johannesburg encourages exchange between Switzerland and Southern Africa for organisations and individuals operating professionally in the arts, and supports the development of collaborative networks of arts professionals within the SADC region. He has honours degrees in Fine Arts and Art History from the University of .

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GRUNDER Nina Bern University of the Arts, Switzerland

Teacher education, Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Classical Singing, as well as a Master of Advanced Studies in Integrative Management. As of 2004, founder and director of an art agency for young musicians, from 2005 onwards managing several large projects in the music field (amongst others, for the Venice Biennale, the Warsaw Autumn Festival, the Days for New Chamber Music in Witten and the Bern Municipal Theatre). As of 2006, chief executive ad interim of the Bern Music Festival. In 2009 developed several further education programmes for the Bern University of the Arts, in 2010 established the arts doctoral programme “Graduate School of the Arts”. Director of the renowned music competition „Concours Nicati“ and artistic representative of the opera festival Hallwyl Castle. Since 2012, member of the board of directors at the Bern University of the Arts and within the scope of this role responsible for the overall educational issues. At the same time, head of the further education programmes in singing voice.

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IACOB Bogdan University of Art and Design, Romania

Born in 1979, Bogdan Iacob is art historian and art critic and works as senior lecturer, Ph. D. at the University of Art and Design in Cluj – Napoca, Romania. He teaches Art History and Contemporary Art (since 2002) and is currently Head of the Theoretical Subjects Department of UAD. His institutional experience also includes work within the Department for Public and International Relations, as coordinator of the university’s gallery, among other tasks (2006 – 2009), and holding the position of Chancellor of the university (2008 - 2011).

He obtained his Ph. D. title in Visual Arts with the thesis From Pathos to Cynicism. The Image of History in Modern and Contemporary Art (2011) and has published art critical texts, including the Offline book (2010). His current main topic of research is Romanian art criticism under the communist regime.

Bogdan Iacob has actively been involved in several activities and projects undertook by E.L.I.A. (such as Inter}artes Thematic Network, the Biennial conferences in 2006, 2008 and 2010, the Leadership Symposium in Zurich in 2009) and attended the E.L.I.A. Quality Enhancement Project QA&E Experts Training Workshop in Birmingham (2012). He is currently a member of the organization’s Representative Board (since 2010).

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JONKER Thera Managing Director of the Expertise Centre of Education, Utrecht University of the Arts, Netherlands

Thera Jonker enjoys new forms of arts education, organization and knowledge transfer. Inspired by diversity in ideas and practices she uses difference as a vehicle for creativity. Since 2012 she is Managing Director of the Expertise Centre of Education at Utrecht University of the Arts, the Netherlands. This Centre focuses on a) Research in new didactics (use of game principles, interdisciplinarity, sustainability, blended education and the triangle creativity-entrepreneurship-technology), b) Professional development of teaching artists and c) Art Teachers’ courses (bachelor & master). She is Dean of the interdisciplinary Master of Education in Arts and lectures on the didactics of creative processes.

Since 2012 Thera is Chair of the Advisory Board of Dutch Higher Arts Education for The Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences. She contributes to the formation of strategy in the Dutch higher arts education sector on themes as talent development, artistic research, cultural entrepreneurship, technology and the relationship with the professional field.

Between 2004 and 2014 Thera Jonker has been member of the ELIA Executive Board. She has been involved with Creative Partnerships in Europe, the ELIA Teachers’ Academy, EQ Arts, and the Cultural and Creative Industries.

Thera has a background in French Language and Literature and Theatre Studies. She has been working as a dramaturg in experimental theatres in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Publications: labour market position theatre graduates, physical theatre, talent development, creative partnerships, coaching, intercultural arts education.

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KALLIO-TAVIN Mira Senior University Lecturer of International Art Education, Aalto University, Finland

Mira Kallio-Tavin works as a senior university lecturer of international art education at Aalto University. She has worked as an art educator in comprehensive schools, upper secondary, and higher education. In her current position she has introduced and employed international approaches to Finnish art education. Her research area focuses on questions of diversity, social justice, embodiment and disability studies, and on the relationship of education and gaming. She has developing arts-based research methodology within social contexts and in relation to the questions of dialogue, community, ethics and philosophy of education. She is the chair of the Finnish InSEA (International Society for Education through Art), and chair and program head of the international Master’s degree program Nordic Visual studies and Art education, NoVA.

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KIEVITS Bridget Amsterdam School of the Arts (AHK), the Netherlands

Born in 1960 in Holland, I studied Dutch Language and Literature in Amsterdam, where I graduated Cum Laude in 1988. After graduation I started working at De Nederlandse Opera, where after two years I became manager of the Opera Choir. In 2004 I left the Opera and became head of the management team at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague.

In 2008 I went to the Amsterdam School of the Arts (AHK), where I became Secretary to the Executive Board, under Olchert Brouwer, the then President.

Since October 2010 I have been Vice-President of the Executive Board, together with my colleague, Bert Verveld, who is President. My principal portfolios are education and research, quality control, lectorates, student affairs and accreditations.

The AHK exists of six independent and unique art schools, from the Conservatoire of Amsterdam, to the Reinwardt Academy for cultural heritage studies. As Board we have the final responsibility for these schools; to govern them with an eye on the uniqueness of each school, with an understanding of their differences and with a vision on what we have in common.

My aim as member of the Board is to create the best possibilities for those people who actually do the work: our students, teachers, artistic leaders and directors. That means making sure the management is of high quality, that there is a demanding but safe atmosphere in which the talent of students can be fostered and developed, and that they are well prepared for the outside world that awaits them.

Since 2014 I am a member of the Executive Board of Elia, as well as treasurer.

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LAI Torben Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway

Torben Lai is the head of Academic Affairs at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, responsible for creating a framework for education and research across the Visual Arts, the Performing Arts and Design. He is involved in stimulating the development of the Academy towards a strong focus on third level education and artistic research. He has a background as an artist.

On a national level he is a member of the National Council for Artistic Research and a deputy member of the Research Commitee in The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions.

He is has involved himself in working groups connected to policy development within the field of artistic research. A current example is a working group producing a contemporary, joint Norwegian understanding of the definition, scope and impact of artistic research.

Within ELIA he has been avtively involved in Enhancing Quality in the Arts (under EQ-arts) and he has followed the SHARE initiative with a special interest.

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MBOYA Mzobz New Partnership for Africa’s Development Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), South Africa

Prof. Mzobz Mboya is the Advisor for Education and Training at the New Partnership for Africa’s Development Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) in Midrand, South Africa. He completed his B.A., U.E.D., B.ED. at the University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa. He received his M.ED. and Ph.D. at the University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America.

He started his career as an assistant teacher at Lovedale College of Education in Alice, South Africa. He then became Vice-Principal at Jabavu Senior Secondary School and was later appointed principal of Siyabonga Senior Secondary School in Alice. He was a Part-time lecturer at Fort Hare University in Alice. He became a Special Assistant to the Principal and Vice-Chancellor as well as senior lecturer in the School of Education at the . He took up a position as acting Campus Director at Vista University in Bloemfontein and later became Campus Principal at Vista University in Mamelodi.

Prof. Mboya has published extensively in International Journals of Psychology and Education. He was a member of the following Professional Associations: International Association of Cross–Cultural Psychology, Psychological Society of South Africa, The International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, and The International Association of Applied Psychology. He has a history of involvement in community based development projects and programmes. He was appointed Professor Extraordinarius in the College of Human Sciences at the University of South Africa (UNISA).

At NEPAD his responsibility is to co-ordinate the NPCA education and training priority areas ranging from early childhood care and education to tertiary and higher education; the second responsibility is to help facilitate the implementation of the NPCA education and training projects through the African Union (AU) recognised Regional Economic Communities (REC’s). He is also responsible for co- ordinating the NPCA Youth Programme.

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MOOR Tina Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts, School of Art & Design, Switzerland

From 1988 to 1992 Tina Moor studied textile design at the Zurich University of the Arts. Subsequently she worked as a freelance textile designer.

With the research team of the Swiss company Prospective Concepts she developed textile pneumatic structures for different applications in the aviation and the health sector:

• Feasibility study and prototyping of pneumatic airplane seats for Lantal Textiles

• Testing and manufacturing of liquid-filled pilot suits against the centrifugal forces

• Testing and prototyping of pants for elderly people to prevent falls and hip fractures

Since 2001 Tina Moor teaches at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts at the textile design department.

Since 2004 she is also working in the design research team of the Competence Center Products & Textiles at Lucerne University, where textile materials and techniques are explored and applied in new products. The link between teaching and research is very important to her.

Since 2010 she is head of the textile design department.

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MORTENSEN Jorn Rector, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway

Jørn Mortensen is currently the rector (since August 2015) at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. From 2011 to 2015 he was the dean at the Department of Art and Craft at the same institution. Previous jobs include associate director at Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) (2007-09), head of communication and programming at Public Art Norway (KORO)(2005-07), director at Momentum – Nordic Festival for Contemporary Art (2001-05), director at Young Artists Society (UKS)(1993-01).

In 2011 he edited “Visual Art in the Oslo Opera House” (Press Publishing 2011) with essays from amongst others Marta Kuzma, Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Jürg Heisser.

Jørn Mortensen chairs Kunsthall Oslo. He also chairs the art selection committee responsible for establishing two national memorial sites after the July 22 attacks in Oslo.

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NAUMOVS Aleksejs Art Academy of Latvia

Aleksejs Naumovs (1955) has graduated from the Department of Monumental Painting of the Art Academy of Latvia and later received a French government scholarship to study painting at the Sorbonne University in Paris. Since 2007, Aleksejs Naumovs is the rector of the Art Academy of Latvia. He is very active at the Latvian and international art scene: the initiator, leader, exchange program organizer and exhibition curator for collaborative art projects in Italy, France, Japan, Germany, Austria, Spain, Greece, Russia, USA etc.

Aleksejs Naumovs is an outstanding plein-air painter. He has regularly participated in exhibitions since 1979, held more than 60 solo exhibitions, has taken part in and organized group exhibitions and art projects, promoting the creative activities of students and developing international contacts and cooperation with art academies in various parts of the world.

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O'CONNOR John Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Ireland

As a Director of Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) I am a member of the Senior Leadership Team, chaired by the President, which has overall responsibility for leading and managing the Institute.

I am also Dean of the College of Arts and Tourism – comprising six schools and three research centres. With over 5,000 students and around 360 academic staff it is one of the the largest of the four colleges in DIT. I sit on the Strategic Leadership Team, Academic Council and chair a range of sub-committees. I also chair the College Leadership Team.

My strategic focus is on three key issues: the development of a National Strategy for Higher Education by the Higher Education Authority in Ireland, the Dublin Technological University Alliance, the new DIT city centre campus at Grangegorman. These issues are a response to the global crisis will shape the future of Irish Higher Education for the next generation providing an exciting opportunity to reimagine the sector and to embed the cultural and creative industries at its heart.

I led the development of the only full time honours degree programme to be delivered on an offshore island in Ireland, the BA in Visual Art. Commencing in 2000 there is now a biennial intake. In 2010 President of Ireland Mary McAleese attended the conferring ceremony – the first visit of an Irish President to the island. The programme is offered in partnership with the Sherkin Island Development Society and the West Cork Arts Centre.

In 2008 I launched a new Masters programme developed specifically for senior personnel in the Irish design sector to support its strategic development in Ireland.

One of the modules I developed and continue to teach – Virtual Environments: Is one life enough? – won the national Jennifer Burke Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning in 2010. The module went on to win the Learning Without Frontiers Award in London in 2012.

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Eva Oquist University of the Arts Stockholm, Sweden

Director of Administration at University of the Arts Stockholm, Sweden

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PAGES Estelle HEAR, France

Estelle PAGES (1964), graduated with a Master Degree in History of art at the Sorbonne. She studied the sculptor’s studios place and role and the exhibition place’s function through the examples of Auguste Rodin, Alberto Giacometti, Arman and Donald Judd. She was in charge of private collections as the collection of the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain and she participated in inventoring the works and in the the foundation’s publication. After that and during 15 years, she taught History of art, specialising in Contemporary art, in different Fine Art School in France like Ecole supérieure d’art et design de Reims or l’Ecole supérieure d’art de Cherbourg and also at University at the Sorbonne and Paris 8. At the same time, she worked as a curator and organised a lot of group shows in art Center and museums and as an art critic wrote some introduction of catalogues. From 2005 to 2012, she founded and managed a Foundation course called “Les Arcades” at Issy les Moulineaux. Since 2012, she works as Head of Academic affairs at HEAR.

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ROBINSON Hilary School of Art and Design , United Kingdom

Hilary Robinson is Dean of the School of Art and Design and Professor of Visual Culture at Middlesex University, London. Her teaching and research focuses on feminist art theory, and publications include Visibly Female: Women and Art Today (1987); Reading Art, Reading Irigaray: The Politics of Art by Women (2006); Feminism-Art-Theory 1968-2014 (2015). She is currently working on a history of the feminist movement in art internationally.

Hilary gained BA Fine Art (Painting), University of Newcastle upon Tyne; MA in Cultural History from the , London, and PhD in Art Theory from the (supervisor: Griselda Pollock).

Hilary’s academic career has been in , Northern Ireland; Pittsburgh PA, USA; and London, England. At the University of Ulster (1992-2005) she taught art theory to studio students. She became Research Co-ordinator and subsequently Head of School for Art & Design. She also gained her first Chair, as Professor of the Politics of Art. In 2005 Hilary was appointed Dean, College of Fine Arts and Professor of Art Theory and Criticism, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. In Pittsburgh she was a board member of The Andy Warhol Museum; Quantum Theatre; Silver Eye Centre for Photography; Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and The Mattress Factory. She headed the Creative Entrepreneurs research project, to retain artists in post-industrial Pittsburgh. She moved back to the UK to take up the deanship at Middlesex University. She is presently on the advisory and management boards for the AHRC-funded research project Black Arts and Modernism.

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SBARCIU Ioan University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Ioan Sbarciu was born on April 9th 1948 in Feldru, Bistrița-Nasaud. He lives and works in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He had studied within “Ioan Andreescu” Institute of Fine Arts Cluj-Napoca, Painting Department. He is currently professor PhD and has been the dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts within 1999-2000, rector of the University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca, Romania, within 2000-2008, and President of the Senate of the University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca since 2008.

He has an important activity as an artist with personal and group exhibitions in important institutions in Romania and abroad. We mention here some of the exhibitions held in the National Museum of Art Cluj, Romania, the Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu, Romania, the Kunsthalle Cologne, Germany, MKM Duisburg, Germany, MODEM Debrecen Hungary, The Prague International Biennial, Czech Republic, the Romanian Academy in Rome, Italy, Marino Marini Museum of Pistoia and the Etruscan Museum in Murlo, Italy, the Romanian Cultural Institute in Venice, Italy. He has works in state collections, museum collections and private collections in Romania, Germany, France, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Spain, UK, Hungary, Poland, Canada, USA, Argentina and Japan.

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SEAWRIGHT Paul Belfast School of Art, Ulster University, United Kingdom

Paul Seawright is Professor of Photography and Head of Belfast School of Art at the Ulster University. His photographic work is held in many museum collections including The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Tate, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, International Centre of Photography New York, Arts Councils of Ireland, England and N.Ireland, UK Government Collection and the Museum of Contemporary Art Rome. In 2002 he was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum London as War Artist for Afghanistan and his photographs of battle-sites and minefields have subsequently been exhibited in more than 20 countries. In 2003 he represented Wales at the Venice Biennale of Art and in 1997 won the Irish Museum of Modern Art/Glen Dimplex Prize. He has published seven monographs. Formerly Dean of Newport School of Art & Design Wales and panel member for Art & Design in RAE08, REF14 and member of the HEFCE advisory group on the Research Excellence Framework. Currently Vice President of the Royal Ulster Academy.

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SOLOVASTRU Radu-Calin University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Radu-Calin Solovastru was born on October 26th 1957 in Cluj-Napoca. He lives and works in Cluj- Napoca, Romania He had studied within “Ioan Andreescu” Institute of Fine Arts Cluj-Napoca, Graphic Arts Department. He is currently professor PhD and has been the dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts within 2004-2008 and rector of the University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca, Romania since 2008. He is IAA - AIAP member and ELIA member.

He has an important activity as an artist with personal and group exhibitions in Romania and abroad. We mention here the exhibitions held in the National Museum of Art Cluj, Romania, the National Biennial of Graphic Arts, Miskolc, Hungary, Marino Marini Museum of Pistoia and the Etruscan Museum in Murlo, Italy, MODEM Debrecen Hungary, Espace Bateau Lavoir, Paris, France, Tarohei Nakagawa Gallery Tokyo, Japan, the Romanian Cultural Institutes in Paris, France and Budapest, Hungary. He has works in collections public collections in Romania and in private collections in Austria, Algeria, Israel, Germany, France, Egypt, Greece, SUA, Australia, Hungary

His research interests focus on the development and the importance of drawing in contemporary art that is why he initiated cooperation projects with institutions and events within this area such as Foire Iinternationale du Dessin Paris, Ecole Europeene Superieure de l'Imade Angouleme, FIAV Casablanca, Romualdo del Bianco Foundation, Florence Italy.

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SPIER Steven Dean, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at London, United Kingdom

Steven Spier is a professor of architecture and dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Kingston University London. He has two research areas: contemporary architecture, particularly Swiss, and choreography through the work of William Forsythe. He is the author of numerous articles in both areas and the author of Swiss Made and the editor of William Forsythe and the Practice of Choreography. He was born in Montreal, grew up in the United States and has worked the last twenty years in Berlin, Zurich, Glasgow, Hamburg, Belfast and London.

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SWANEPOEL Cobus Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland

Cobus Swanepoel, born in Johannesburg in 1972, grew up in , South Africa. After matriculation at the Pro-Arte School 1990 with the violoncello as his main musical instrument, he obtained the degrees Bachelor in Music as well as Bachelor Honours in Music from the University of Pretoria - receiving honorary colours for academics and also culture.

Winning two major music awards 2005, the SASOL Music Competition and the JCI Jim Joel Competition enabled him to further his studies in Europe - starting with a Diploma in Music Performance at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf 1998 with distinction and culminating in a Soloist’s Diploma at the Zurich University of the Arts 2003.

2003 Cobus Swanepoel was appointed head of the Bachelor of Arts in Music programme and lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts, receiving the title of professor 2007. 2014 saw his calling as head of master programmes in Music Performance as well as Specialized Music Performance at the same institution, where he also serves as deputy head of the music department.

Mr Swanepoel is an active chamber musician, appearing in formations ranging from piano trios and string quartets to crossover groups and contemporary music ensembles. These performances frequently lead to concerts and festivals all over Europe and beyond. He is a permanent member of the Pianova Piano-Quartett as well as Trio Silenzio with Paul Giger, Violin, and Srdjan Vukasinovic, Accordion.

Cobus Swanepoel enjoys frequent appearances as guest principal-cellist with ensembles such as the Camerata Zurich and the Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg, Austria. Previous engagements in this position were with ensembles such as the Münchener Kammerorchester , the Zürcher Kammerorchester, the Sinfonieorchester St.Gallen, Salzburg Chamber Soloists and the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein.

Regular engagements as soloist with orchestra complete the spectrum of his performing activities. Among others, he has presented works by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Elgar, Françaix, Haydn, Lutoslawski, Penderecki, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky in this role.

Cobus Swanepoel is married to Barbara Swanepoel-Kreis and they have three children.

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SYSKA, Andrzej University of Arts in Poznan, Poland

Professor, head of the Studio of Space Forming and Transformations, Intermedia Department at Multimedia Communication Faculty.

Since 2008 Vice-Rector (Vice-President) in charge of international cooperation and research programmes at University of Arts in Poznan, Poland.

Graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan (now the University of Arts in Poznan) in 1985 (diploma with distinction in painting and artistic education). He received his doctorate degree (PhD) in 1993, Faculty of Painting, Graphics and Sculpture, AFA Poznan. Habilitation in 1999, Faculty of Multimedia Communication, AFA, Poznan. The professorial title awarded by the Polish President in 2004.

Has held numerous solo exhibitions and featured in a broad range of group exhibitions and art projects in Poland and abroad. Andrzej Syska’s main art fields are sculpture, painting and the "new" media. Has completed many multimedia projects, installations and films.

Has been working at the Poznan University of Arts since 1987. 2000-2002 Held the position of Vice - Dean and then Dean of the Faculty of Multimedia Communication 2003 - 2008. Furthermore in 2001-2008 Headmaster of High School of Arts in Poznan. Coordinator of various research projects, workshops and art exhibitions curator.

Led many many international projects. For example, a project entitled NATURE, which lasted two years and had a budget of 250.000 Euro. Since September 2013 Chair of the Steering Committee of PARADOX the Fine Art European Forum.

Art residences / fellowships and stipends:

The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada

Nordic Institute for Contemporary Arts, Helsinki, Finland

Kultursekretariat Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany

Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Republic of Poland

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TAVIN Kevin Professor of International Art Education, Head of the Department of Art at Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Helsinki, Finland

Kevin Tavin is Professor of International Art Education, and Head of the Department of Art at Aalto University, School of Arts, Design, and Architecture, Helsinki, Finland. Tavin holds a BFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art, a MEd from Towson University, and a PhD. from Penn State University. He has taught K-12 and post-secondary courses since 1990. Tavin’s previous work includes the Department of Art Education at The Ohio State University and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His research focuses on visual culture, critical pedagogy, cultural studies, Nordic art education, and psychoanalytic theory. His work has been published in international art and education journals and books, and presented as keynote and research papers across the globe. He is co-editor of the book, Stand(ing) up, for a Change: Voices of arts educators, published by NAEA. Tavin has held the office of Coordinator for the Caucus on Social Theory and Art Education and Director of the Western Region of the National Art Education Higher Education Division in the US, and the World Council Regional Representative for North America for the International Society for Education through Art. Tavin was a Fulbright Senior Specialist and recieved the Manuel Barkan Memorial Award from NAEA and Outstanding Art Educator of the Year from the Maryland Art Education Association.

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TCHAMBA, Jean Robert Institute of Fine Arts Foumban, University of Dschang, Cameroon

J. R. Tchamba is actor, playwright, theatre director and a professor of acting, writing and directing in the Institute of Fine Arts Foumban, University of Dschang, since March 2010. I acted as Coordinator of the Performing Arts Department for three years (from 2010) and was officially appointed Head of Department a.i. in March 2013.

My field of research includes the African traditional performances, the contemporary theatre and the one-person show called monotheatre, among others. I am particularly interested in the use of other Medias in theatre and other performances. This confluence of arts constitute the subject of all the articles (03) I’ve published till date.

As an artist, I have written 14 plays, three of which are published (two at Editions L’harmattan and one locally), and directed about 17 plays mostly written by me. I have a particular burden for transmission; as such, I have organized and taken part in many theatre workshops with secondary school students, and trained many actors who are employed both in local and international companies. Through my civil associations, Foumban Workshop Theatre and the Harvestime Theatre Team, I am currently training young actors towards a theatre for education project, and using theatre as a means for evangelism.

I am a holder of a pre-doctorate degree (DEA) from the University of Yaounde I in 2006, and am currently waiting to defend a Ph.D thesis in the same university, Department of Arts and Archaeology, Performing Arts Section.

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TEIKMANIS Andris Art Academy of Latvia

Andris Teikmanis (1967) has graduated from the Department of Painting of the Art Academy of Latvia. Since 2007, Andris Teikmanis is the Vice-rector in Study and Research work of the Art Academy of Latvia. His work is concentrated on the unity between creativity and scientific research. Processes of creativity, research and valuation are of equal importance in arts, design and visual culture.

Research interests in semiothics of visual culture, pictorial semiothics, political art, semiothical relations between art and politics, interaction between visual and verbal messages.

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UTRIO Markus Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Markus Utrio works as the dean of culture and arts and as the vice-director of pedagogical affairs at the Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. Before that he worked as the head of the degree program in music in the same university.

Before his shift to leadership he taught aural training and music theory on all the educational levels from small children to university students.

He graduated (master of music) from the department of composition and music theory at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, and complemented his studies at the Zoltán Kodály Pedagogical Institute of Music in Kecskemét, Hungary. He has achieved the diploma of the so-called general teacher’s education at the Helsinki University as well as the exam of educational administration by the Finnish national board of education.

Markus is enchanted be the diversity of people. In his work he always tries to act in a way that makes everyone feel him-/herself appreciated and valuable. He is interested in psychological and physical self-knowledge, and he believes that love and empathy will change the world.

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VERVELD Bert President of the Executive Board, Amsterdam University of the Arts, Netherlands

Bert Verveld (Hengelo, 1957) was general director of the Office of the University of Groningen (RUG) from 2000 and was responsible, among other things, for the formation of the University’s strategic plan, the performance agreements, the preparation and execution of the administrative cycle and change management processes. The Office includes most group functions of the University, which counts 5,500 employees and 28,000 students. Prior to 2000, he fulfilled numerous (executive) positions within the RUG at both central and decentralised levels.

In addition to his directorship of the RUG Office, Bert Verveld occupies various executive and advisory positions. He is chairman of Humane, the European network of all heads of university administrations. As member of the advisory board on internationalisation, he advises the University of Göttingen on international strategy. As secretary/treasurer of Foundation de Beauvoir he strives to promote the position of women in academia.

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WANG Yunyu Dean of School of Dance, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan

Yunyu Wang is a native of Taiwan, received the Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Illinois – Champaign (1983). Wang is a founding dancer of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, the first professional modern dance company in Taiwan and danced with the company between 1973 – 81. Yunyu is a certified Labanotation Teacher (1984), Reconstructor (1985) and Laban Movement Analyst (1996). She is the Executive Director of the Chin-Lin Foundation for Cultural and Arts, Taiwan since 2004. Her research interests are in Labanotation reconstruction; analyzing the dancers between east and west; human rights and dance as well as training American and Taiwanese dancers in Arts Administration through internships in Taiwan and South East Asia. Yunyu choreographed works have been presented in Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea and Indonesia. She was the Chair for 2012 daCi/WDA Global Dance Summit that received 1,235 international and local participants. She taught full-time at Illinois Wesleyan University, the University of Georgia and Colorado College in USA (1985-2012) and is now the Dean of the School of Dance at Taipei National University of the Arts. She led a dance technology project funded by the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan (2006-2011). Wang served as the President of World Dance Alliance, Asian-Pacific since 2009.

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WENNERSTROM Mark University of Gothenburg, Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, Sweden

Mark Wennerström is the Head of Faculty Office of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts at the University of Gothenburg. He is a graduate as an officer from the Military Academy Karlberg and also holds a bachelor in Pedgogics and Human Resource management from Stockholm University. He has a background as a sea officer in the Swedish Royal Navy, as a manager within administration, service and HR and as HR business partner at Chalmers University of Technology. He has also worked with IT development, change management and as a group developer. From both his military career and academic studies he holds a very special interest in leadership and management.

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WICKERT Hartmut Zurich University of the Art, Switzerland

Born on 24.5.1953 in Bad Wildungen, Germany.

1972-1974 Studies German philology, sociology, journalism at Ruhr-University in Bochum

1974-1978 at Georg-August-University in Göttingen. 1978 State Examination. Trainee of Giorgio Strehler.

Since 2006 Head of Department Performing Arts and Film/Vice president, Zurich University of the Art

2000 – 2006 Freelance Theatre Director, productions at Thalia Theatre Hamburg, Schauspiel Graz, Staatstheater Mainz, Staatstheater Karlsruhe, German National Theatre Weimar, Theaterhaus Jena

1993 – 2000 Leading Director at Niedersächsisches Staatsschauspiel, Hannover

1989 – 1993 Freelance Director at Theatre Basel, Leading Director at Theater Konstanz

1984 – 1988 Artistic Director at Tübinger Zimmertheater

1982/83 Dramatic Advisor and Theatre Director at Ruhrfestspiele Recklingausen

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WUELFERT Stefan Bern University of the Arts (HKB), Switzerland

Dr Stefan Wuelfert is the Deputy Director of Bern University of the Arts (Hochschule der Künste Bern HKB), Switzerland. He received his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Bern. After specialising in Conservation Science he worked as Head of the Laboratory at the Swiss Institute for Art Research in Zurich for several years. In 1995 he became a Lecturer in Conservation Science. Being elected full-time Professor at the Conservation-Restoration Department of HKB in 1999 he became Head of the Department in 2004. Since 2010 he also is the Deputy Director of HKB.

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