Petra Heck

Petra Heck (NL, *1975) works as a curator and head of exhibitions for the Netherlands Media Art Institute (named Monte Video before) since 2006. She made solo exhibitions together with Cory Arcangel and Omer Fast and curated numerous group exhibitions and events with Dutch and international artists that posed questions about the consequences of technological developments for contemporary (media) art, the artwork itself, and the artistic process. The exhibitions, performances, written manifestations and other forms of expression ranged from art-historic currents and themes to more popular cultural aspects such as gaming, and web 2.0, and how these relate to media art. She is interested in the ‘constructed’ border between contemporary art and media art. Petra Heck is a committee member of the Mondriaan Fund since January 2012.