Located in the Port of Rotterdam, noted for its beautiful sunsets, caused by industrial pollution, Shimmer is a curatorial studio set within the contradiction of oil-riggers and wind-turbine installing ships. The contradiction of a changing industrial environment informs to our adaptive and transformative outlook. 

Our curatorial style coalesces, collaborates and redefines the methods of making, showing, and disseminating contemporary art.  From exhibitions to events, and playlists to publications, we create an intimate space that operates with a ‘studio-like mentality’ where knowledge surfaces from participation and experimentation. We see art as inherently shared, public, and social, and so too are structures like Shimmer, allowing for research and conversations to spark the beginnings (and endings) of artworks and exhibitions.

The studio is influenced by anthropologist and feminist theorist Deborah Bird Rose's talk 'Shimmer, when all you love is being trashed'(2014). We are also influenced by artist-curators such as Jo-ey Tang and Paul O’Neill.  

Shimmer has worked with Charlotte Posenenske, Ellen Gallagher, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Hana Miletic, Harm van den Dorpel, Heman Chong, Ian Kaier, Lawrence Weiner, Lee Kit, Liz Magor, Lotus L. Kang, Maaike Schoorel, Magali Reus, Marcel Duchamp, Melvin Moti, Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz, stanley brouwn, Tenant of Culture, Theo van Doesburg to name a few.

Established in 2018, Shimmer was founded by Eloise Sweetman and Jason Hendrik Hansma.

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Team
Hosts: Meghan Clark, Orla Kelly, Babette Kleijn, Ronald Oosterhoff, Bojana Rankovic
Shimmer Press Coordinator: Martina Farrugia
Shimmer Press Designers: Christophe Clarijs and Dongyoung Lee
Translators: Niels Bekkema,
House Design: Christophe Clarijs  
Founders and Directors: Eloise Sweetman and Jason Hendrik Hansma

Shimmer is a legal Stichting supervised by a Raad van Toezicht, consisting of:
Kris Dittel and Suzanne Wallinga (chair) ,and Sophie Mak-Schram. 

Our program in 2024 is supported by Amarte Fonds, Gemeente Rotterdam and the Mondriaan Fund.;
We're also supported by our community who often come together and support us in a variety of generous ways. Thank-you!

If you would like to support Shimmer we would greatly appreciate your donation.

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