Selection Committee
The selection of candidates is done by an independent selection committee of experts, appointed by the Board of the Foundation. Here follows a selection of past selection committee members:
Moira White, Artist and Founder of the Thami Mnyele Foundation 1991/ 1992/1993/1994/ 1995
Bert Holvast, Founder of the Thami Mnyele Foundation 1991 /1992/1993
Paul Andriesse, Gallerist, 1992
Marlene Dumas, Artist, 1991/1992/1993
Pauline Burmann, director Africanartsandtheory, Amsterdam 1993
Rineke Dijkstra, Artist. 1993
Thom Puckey, Artist. 1994
Waling Boers, Curator. 1994
Jules van de Vijver, Artist The Netherlands, 1995/1996/1997
Hermann Pitz, Artist, Rijksakademie Amsterdam.1995
Roy Villevoye, Artist The Netherlands 1995
Ad de Jong, Artist, Founder of W139 Amsterdam. 1995
Jack Mensink, Artist, Curator.Tilburg The Netherlands 1996
Ranti Tjan, Director of European Ceramic Work Centre Den Bosch 1996
Edna van Duyn, Former curator of De Appel Amsterdam. 1996
Dominic van den Boogerd, Writer, Curator.Director De Ateliers Amsterdam 1998
Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen, Director of De Pont Tilburg, 1999
Jelle Bouwhuis, Curator Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1999
Macha Roesink, Former Director of De Paviljoens AlmereThe Netherlands, 2000
Rutger Pontzen, Art Critic. Volkskrant The Netherlands 2000
Robert Loder, Triangel workshop Gasworks London, 2001
Royal Tropical Institute Amsterdam, 2002
Paul Faber, Former curator of Tropenmuseum Amsterdam, 2002
Ann Demeester , director De Appel Amsterdam 2002
Marjan van Tilborg, Gallery Lumen Travo Amsterdam. 2002
Afro Filmfestival Amsterdam 2003
Odili Donald Odita Nigeria/USA, 2004
Nicolas Hlobo artist South Africa 2005
Gallery 23 Amsterdam 2006
City Tilburg project 2006
Res Artist 2007
Ngone Fall, Curator Senegal France 2007
Odili Donald Odita Nigeria/USA, 2008
Llight festival Amsterdam 2008
Moshekwa Langa artist South Africa 2009
Yvonne Droge Wendel, artist Amsterdam 2009
Saliou Traore, artist Burkina Faso 2009
Mirjam Westen, Curator of Arnhem Museum. 2010
Rhoda Woets, Universiteit Utrecht. 2010
Fons Welters, Fons Welters Gallery Amsterdam 2011
Ann Demeester, Director of Frans Hals Museum. Haarlem The Netherlands 2011
Jelle Bouwhuis, Curator Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam . 2012
Victor Ekpuk, artist Nigeria/USA, 2012
Els Barendts, former Curator of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. 2012
Admire Kamudzengerere, Artist founder Animal Farm residency Zimbabwe. 2012
Azim Koning and Bob Meijs, Afrovibes Amsterdam 2013
Zanele Muholi, Artis South Africa 2013
ZAM Magazine Amsterdam 2013
Mieke Kolk, Universiteit van Amsterdam , 2013
Exit Frame, Artist Collective Ghana. 2014
Joost Bosland, Gallery Stevenson South Africa 2014
Hedwig Fijen, Director of Manifesta. 2015
Tom Peutz, former director of Smart Space project Amsterdam Amsterdam, 2015
Claudia Zeiske, Deveron Arts Scotland. 2016
Jay Pather, Artistic Leader of Afrovibes Foundation. 2016
Marcel Pinas, Artist, Kibii foundation Moengo Suriname. 2016
Atta Kwami, artist Ghana/ UK, 2017
Nkule Mabaso, Curator of Michaelis Galleries at Cape Town University, 2017
Doreen van Meel, Artist, Summerschool Bak Utrecht/ Sandberg Institute Amsterdam 2017
Hripsime Visser, former Curator of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. 2017
Marjori Boston and Bob Meijs, Afrovibes Foundation.2017
Philippe Pirotte, Rector of Frankfurt's Stadelschulle Art School, Curator of the Jakarta Biennale 2017.
Gabi Ngcobo, Curatorial team of Berlin 2018
Raquelle van Haver, Artist Amsterdam, 2018
Sasha Dees, curator researcher 2019
Jay Pather, Afrovibes 2019
Lia Gieling Director Cargo in Context 2019
Enough Room For Space, Artist Collective in Brussels. 2019
Picha Art Centre, Artist collective Congo 2019
Zeitz Mocca South Africa Museum Capetown 2019
Manon Braat, Museum Arnhem 2020
ZAM magazine, 2020
Richard Kofi , Bijlmer Parktheater, Head of Programming. Curator at Shebang and National Museum of World Cultures, 2021
Annemarie de Wildt, curator Amsterdam Museum 2021
Jelili Atiku, Nigeria2021
Haroon Gunn Sali , artist South Africa 2022
Touria El Glaoui, founder 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair 2022
Tamrat Gezahengne, founding member Netsa Ethiopie 2022
Nkule Mabaso, director Natal Collective, Co-Curator of the 2019 South African Pavilion 58th Venice Biennale, researcher university of Gothenburg Sweden 2023
Lara Khaldi, director De Appel 2023
Celine Seror and Nadine Hounkpatin uit (Parijs/Benin), Art Momentum 2022
Nathalie Varley Meplon, directeur van MuCAT, (Musée des Cultures Contemporaines Adama Toungara), Côte d’Ivoire 2022
Joyce Sagoe , Société Générale Côte d'Ivoire, en Zié Coulibaly Institut français de Côte d’Ivoire, 2022
Société Générale Foundation en de PRIX DÉC OUVERTE JEUNE TALENT X SOCIETE GENERALE CI, Côte d’Ivoire 2022
Annet Zondervan, CBKZuidoost Amsterdam 2023
Enough Room For Space, Artist collective Brussels Belgium 2023
Picha Art Centre, Artist collective Congo 2023
Lubumbashi Biennale Congo, 2023
Molemo Gapare Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho, collective MADEYOULOOK, South Africa 2023
Billy Fowo, curator Savvy Contemporary Berlin 2023
Esther Captain, researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) in Leiden, the Netherlands. 2024
Renske De Jong CBK Zuidoost 2024
Jay Pather AfroVibes 2024
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