European Ceramic Context 2010 is appointing one National Commissioner in each of the 30 participating European countries. The national commissioners are invited to cooperate with ECC2010 because of their expertise and knowledge of contemporary European ceramics. They may come from various positions within the field of ceramics, this being museum curators, art critics, educators or individual curators.
The National Commissioners play a vital role in the profile and organization of European Ceramic Context. Their choices will outline the direction of which ceramic is going in their relevant country.
Austria – Cecile Dujardin, Senior Artist at Department of Ceramics, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Belgium – Tania De Bruycker, Curator at Centrum Goed Werk
Bulgaria – Mr. Dimitar Grozdanov, Head of the international section of the Union of Bulgarian Artists
Cyprus – Yiannos Anastassiou, Architect and town Counsellor, Limassol
Czech Republic – Mr. Milan Hlaves, Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Department of Ceramics and Glass
Denmark – Lise Seisbøll, Museum Director at Grimmerhus Museum of Ceramics
Estonia – Merike Alber, Director of Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn
Finland – Tapio Yli-Viikari, Head of Ceramics Department at University of Art and Design Helsinki
France – Dale Dorosh, Director of AiR Vallauris, Artist in Residence Programme
Germany – Dr. Walter Lokau Independent Curator
Greece – Kostas Tarkassis, editor in chief of Clayart International Magazine
Hungary – János Probstner, Director of the International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemét
Iceland- Sunneva Hafsteinsdottir, Director of Handverk og Hönnun (Craft and Design in Iceland) Reykjavik
Ireland – Dr. Audrey Whitty, Curator – Ceramics, Glass and Asian Collections at National Museum of Ireland, Department of Arts and History
Italy – Mr. Franco Bertoni, Director at Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche Faenza
Latvia – Dace Lavina, Head of Ceramics Department, Museum of Dekorative Art and Design Riga
Lithuania – Raimonda Simanaitiene, Art Critic
Luxembourg – Guy Bollendorff, Ceramic Artist, Vianden
Malta – Mr. Fabrizio Mifsud, Arts Executive at Malta Council for Culture and the Arts
The Netherlands – Thimo te Duits, Design Conservator and Curator of Design, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Norway-Jan Lauritz Opstad, Museum Director, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim
Poland – Dorota Milkowska, Independent Curator
Portugal – Prof.Fernando Carradas & Mr. José Frade, Escola Superior de Artes e Design
Romania – Simona Tánásecsu, Senior Advisor of Culture, Romanian Government
Slovakia - Mr. PhD. Stefan Orisko, Assistant Professor of art history at Comenius University, Bratislava
Slovenia – Iztok Maroh, Faculty at Ceramics and Glass Department at University of Ljubljana
Spain – Mr. Antonio Vivas, Editor and publisher of CERAMICA Magazine and member of AIC
Sweden – Maj Sandell, Artistic Director at Gustavsbergs Konsthall
Switzerland – Rebecca Maeder, Swiss Ceramics Association
United Kingdom – Felicity Aylieff, Senior Tutor at the Department of Ceramics, Royal College of Art, London
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