UNFAIR26 | 17 until 20 September | Gashouder, Amsterdam - Unfair
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Curatorial Advisory Committee

Every year we invite a new Curatorial Advisory Committee to select the artists exhibiting at UNFAIR. This committee consists of experts with different perspectives on contemporary art, all great at spotting talent when they see it.

The UNFAIR26 shortlist was selected by Farida Sedoc, Zippora Elders, Menno Dudok van Heel, Tatjana Almuli, Mirelva Berghout and the partners of Unfair. 

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Farida Sedoc

(Visual artist)

Farida is a visual artist based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Working across a range of media, she creates both two- and three-dimensional works. Her practice is closely connected to the ideology of street culture and critically explores cultural exchange, as well as the impact of monetary economics, heritage, and politics on the future of globalism and communal life.

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Zippora Elders

(Senior Curator Van Abbemuseum and writer)

Zippora is senior curator at the Van Abbemuseum, writer and art historian. Previously, she was Head of the Curatorial Department & Outreach at Gropius Bau in Berlin, co-curator of sonsbeek 20-24, director of Kunstfort Vijfhuizen and curator at Foam. She is a board member of several cultural organisations and has been an advisor to various funds.

Photo by Nusa Hernavs

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Menno Dudok van Heel 

(Curator Amsterdam UMC and boardmember VBCN)

Menno is an art historian and curator with extensive experience in contemporary art. Since 2024, he has been Head of Art Affairs at Amsterdam UMC, where he has been working as a curator since 2020. He is also a board member of the VBCN (Platform of Corporate Art Collections in the Netherlands). Previously, Menno worked as an assistant curator at Kunsthal KAdE, the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

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Tatjana Almuli 

(Journalist, photographer and author)

Tatjana is a journalist, photographer and author. She has published in De Volkskrant, Het Parool, Vogue, ELLE and Flow, among others. Her books Knap voor een dik meisje (2019) and Ik zal je nooit meer (2022) were nominated for the Opzij Literature Prize. Together with writer Malou Holshuijsen, she produces the podcasts Tussen dertig en doodgaan and De boekenkamer. She is also the presenter of the online VPRO series Dikke vette leugens (Big Fat Lies). Her new book Tot lijf gemaakt will be published in May 2026, and she is currently working on her first fictional novel. 

Photo by Charlotte Mendez Correa

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Mirelva Berghout

(Curator photography Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, advisor Mondriaan Fund)

Mirelva is a curator of photography and lens-based practices, with an interest in popular culture, representation and decolonisation. She was previously curator and head of the project department at Foam, where she curated the exhibition Adorned- The Fashionable Show and was involved in several editions of the Talent-exhibitions. In 2025, she co-curated Circulate– Photography Beyond Frames at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, where she now works as interim curator of photography alongside her role as advisor to the Mondriaan Fund.

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Peter van der Es, Adam Nillissen and Bas Koopmans

(Partners Unfair)

Peter, Adam and Bas are partners at Unfair. From their practice as visual artists and designers they have committed themselves as engaged mediators with a focus on talent development and network-building for upcoming artists.

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