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.
IG: @isityoutiiu
CV (TO BE UPDATED)
Exhibitions
Curating
2022 (Upcoming) - CURATOR Young Curator at 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
Showing
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
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
Publications
2020 - Conspiring to Curate Conspiracy Theories: Running Dog
2020 - She's Still Home: Grandmother Project
2018 - Post-humanism: Trends at Dutch Design Week 2017 Good Design for a Bad World/Dezeen
2017 - Virtual Sentiment / CANARY Publication
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