Helena Kritis

Helena Kritis is a curator at WIELS Centre for Contemporary Art in Brussels. She’s also a member of the short film selection committee for the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) since 2017. Between 2008 and 2019 she was in charge of the visual and audiovisual arts program at the multidisciplinary arts centre Beursschouwburg in Brussels. She holds master’s degrees in photography from KASK School of Arts Ghent (2003) and in Art History / Performing Arts & Media Studies from Ghent University (2006). She curated solo exhibitions with emerging artists like Luis Lazaro Matos, Hana Miletic, Guy Woueté, Nora Turato and Margarita Maximova. Additionally, she invited numerous international artists for screenings, presentations or performances such as Ndayé Kouagou, Wu Tsang, Tarek Lakhrissi, Laure Prouvost, Marinella Senatore, Ula Sickle, Yuri Ancarani, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz, Mounira Al Solh etc. She has a seat in the funding committee for visual arts of the Flemish Government and the acquisition committee for the collection of the Flemish Parliament.