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About

Tiiu Meiner is an Estonian curator and writer based in Rotterdam, NL. 

Working at the intersection of large and small-scale institutions, her practice takes form through curating, public discussions, poetry, essay writing and film. 

I'm always happy to hear from you for inquiries about previous works, writing commissions or collaborations.

tiiumeiner(at)gmail(dot)com

IG: @isityoutiiu

CV 

Exhibitions 

Curating 

2023 - CURATOR At the Table, Garage Rotterdam

2021 - CURATOR Splintered Thoughts and Fragile Plots, Noorderlicht International Photo Festival

2020 - CURATOR A Firefly Sit on an Electric Fence Reflecting on Light, Roodkapje

2020 - EDITOR  ..., might delete later, Dutch Design Week

2020 - CURATOR Don't Avoid What is Easy, Vabaduse Gallerii, Tallinn 

2019 - PERFORMANCE & CURATOR I Know That You Know (that they know that we might know): De Fabriek, Eindhoven

2019 - CO-CURATOR Film Posters from the Last Century: Tallinn Film Museum, Tallinn

Participant

2020 - FILM Carry on, and so on and so on, Geo-Design Sand: Building Blocks of Modernity, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven

2020 - INSTALLATION Print & Play Exhibition: Online

2019 - PERFORMANCE GS19, Design Academy Graduation Show: Campina, Eindhoven

2019 - PERFORMANCE Maastricht Museum Night: Bureau Europa, Maastricht

2018 -  INSTALLATION Peace and Justice: De Electriciteitsfabriek, The Hague

2018 - PERFORMANCE Facebook Bingo, Data Embassy, Dutch Design Week: Eindhoven

2017 - PERFORMANCE Goldsmiths Degree Show, Goldsmiths University of London: London

Published Writing

2023 - A View from the Magpie's Nest: Disegno Journal Issue #35

2022, 2023 - Design Academy Alumni Interview Series: Johanna Seelemann, Cream on Chrome, Liset van der Scheer, Herman Kuijer, Sander Manse

2022 - Saline Solutions (poetry tryptich): Ponton Magazine Issue #0

2022 - Like a Cloth to a Frame (poetry): Hansol Kim solo show at Sothu Gallery

2021 - The Knot Remover (poetry & curatorial text) for Sigve Knutson at Gerhardsen Gerner Gallery

2020 - Conspiring to Curate Conspiracy Theories: Running Dog

2020 - She's Still Home (poetry): Grandmother Project

2018 - Post-humanism: Trends at Dutch Design Week 2017 Good Design for a Bad World/Dezeen 

2017 - The Morality of the Archive: Interview with Annette Behrens Memories of the Future/Open Set 2017 

2017 - Virtual Sentiment / CANARY Publication

Talks:

2020 - PANEL MODERATOR

Illuminating the Black Box: The Arena GS20

with Elsa Rambaud, Jorim Theuns, Pete Fung, Bogomir Doringer and Lenka Hamosova

2020 - PANEL MODERATOR

Abandoning Nature?: The Arena GS20

with Hannah Segerkrantz, Charly Blödel, Ignacio Subias, Madeleine Oltra, Dean Bowen, Rebecca Lewin and Carla Khater

2019 - Q&A HOST

Silent Memories: Eindhoven Film Festival

2019 - PANEL MODERATOR 

Design and Media: The Arena, GS19
with Yuri Veerman, Andrea Karch, Martina Huyn from Cream on Chrome, Julia Romanowska, and Ines Glowania

2018 - PANEL MODERATOR 

Culturally Entangled Artefacts: The Arena, GS18
with Amanda Pinatih, Nadine Botha, Simon Ballen Baturo and Pascale Theron

2018 - PANEL MODERATOR

Design and Human Rights: The Arena, GS18
with Joseph Grima, Ravi Naidoo, Maxime Benvenuto and Bernhard Lenger

2018 - PANEL MODERATOR

Curating in the Age of the Internet: The Arena, GS18
with Charles Esche, Martina Muzi, Agata Jaworska, Mikaela Steby-Stenfalk and Delany Boutkan

Content Production

2020 - ARENA: Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show

2019 - Design Research Podcast: Knowledge Circle 

2019 - ARENA: Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show

2018 - ARENA: Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show

Educational Workshops

2020 - Intuitive Writing Workshops: Critical Inquiry Lab,  Online

2019 - What if I Don't Care: Athens, Greece

2019 - The Fragility of Truth: Masters Open Day, Design Academy Eindhoven, Netherlands

2019 - How to Do Conspiracy Theories: Digital Dilemmas - the Architecture of Trust,  Bureau Europa, Maastricht

Education

2020

Visiting Student: If I Can't Dance I Don't Want to Be a Part of Your Revolution/ University of the Underground in the Cloud

University of the Underground, Amsterdam

2017 - 2019

MA Design Writing & Curating
Design Academy Eindhoven

2014 - 2017

BA Media & Communications

Goldsmiths, University of London

Summer 2016

Exchange IBCOM

Erasmus University of Rotterdam

2012-2014

International Baccalaureate

Birkerød Gymnasium, Denmark

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