Past Resident
2011: OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Astrid Honold
Astrid Honold is a German curator based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where she established Office For Contemporary Art together with artists Fendry Ekel and Folkert de Jong. Operating in the fields of Art Management and Consulting, the Office supports a selected group of talented young artists working in The Netherlands. With Black Cat Publishing, Honold publishes monographs and exhibition catalogues. Additionally, Honold is an independent curator working with international galleries and museums.
Astrid Honold (born in Saarbrücken, Germany) was trained in Architecture at the Stuttgart Technical Institute, Stuggart, Germany and studied at the Rietveld Art Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Honold has organized the annual presentation of Amsterdam-based design label Droog during the Salone del Mobile Design in Milan, Italy. She was also responsible for Droog Design’s two international travelling exhibitions: Simply droog, MAD Museum, New York; Haus Der Kunst, Munich, Germany; Museo Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil; Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Swizterland, and A Human Touch in Beijing, Melbourne, Sydney, Shanghai, Jakarta and other cities.
Astrid Honold, Installation View, 2009. Courtesy of the curator and the Hudson Valley Center For Contemporary Art, New York.
Astrid Honold, Installation View, 2009. Courtesy of the curator and Metis Gallery, Amsterdam.
Astrid Honold, Installation View, 2010. Courtesy of the curator and Metis Gallery, Amsterdam.
Astrid Honold, Installation View, 2007. Courtesy of the curator and Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium .
Astrid Honold, Installation View, 2009. Courtesy of the curator and Groninger Museum, Groninger.
