Biography
Ellen Blumenstein holds an M.A. in literature, musicology and media studies and is the founder of Salon Populaire (2010-12), a discursive event space on the threshold of institutional representation and artistic production in Berlin. She directed the program of KW Institute for Contemporary Art of Berlin, one of the world’s renowned institutions of its kind, from 2012 to 2016, and has been working in the field of contemporary art for more than 15 years on an international scale. As a specialist for the conditions of development in today’s cultural production, she regularly advises foundations and political bodies and teaches at international Art Academies in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany. She actively engages in the improvement of education for young artists and curators, participates in juries and lectures on her work internationally. Ellen is chief-juror of the 8th edition of Celeste Prize 2016.
