Profile

Marieke van Zuilichem (b. 1966, Amsterdam) is a senior project manager, who plays a key role in optimising, organising and implementing project processes. She is responsible for coordinating and managing the process. With competencies such as loyalty, integrity, empathy and diplomacy, she also knows how to motivate others. While stress resistant and a flexible multi-tasker she knows how to distinguish between the main issues and the secondary ones. In addition, Van Zuilichem works in a structured and problem-solving manner and is a strong communicator, both orally and in writing.

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Cultural working experience

Project manager exhibitions Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen | 2020 – 2024

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• Managing and implementing the exhibition programme by preparing and monitoring the project plan including the education and activity plans as well as the overall budget.

• Maintaining contact with curators, artists, museums, heirs and lenders (national and international), transport, insurance and production partners.

• Ensuring strong local and regional embedding by seeking collaboration with artistic and social partners.

• Editing and proofreading texts for exhibitions and publications.

• Liaising with copy writers, image rights holders, printers and publishers.​

• Major exhibitions include:

  • This is Surrealism! The Museum Boijmans Masterpieces (2020)

  • Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera. A Love Revolution (2021)

  • The Other Story, Moroccan Modernism from 1950 to the present (2022)

  • Cosmogony: Zinsou, an African Art Collection
    (2022-2023)

  • Cobra 75: Freedom without Borders (2023)

  • Anton Corbijn – MOØDe (2023-2024)​​