Wim van Sinderen


Wim van Sinderen is a Dutch art curator, photographer and journalist at the Fotomuseum Den Haag.

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Van Sinderen was raised in Friesland, and finishing school in Dokkum. From 1976 to 1982 he attended the Teacher Training College 'Ubbo Emmius' in Leeuwarden, where he received his BA in English language and literature and Fine Arts.
In 1981 Van Sinderen came into prominence as spokesman of an young artist group, called Jonge Friezen. A year earlier they had started a new cultural magazine, called Het Bestaat. He took part is several exhibitions in those days, and published his first book.
In 1982 Van Sinderen started his career as Photo Editor for the Vinyl music magazine. He was curator at the Kunsthal from the start in April 1992, where he worked with the director Wim van Krimpen. In 2002 he started as Senior Curator at The Hague Museum of Photography.

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