Yasmin Van 'tveld – Yasmin Van ’tveld is an art historian, freelance writer, editor and translator

Building with words. Cabins, cottages or mansions: exhibition texts, (research) articles, for books or catalogues, interviews, reviews, press releases. Specialised in art, culture, and literature.

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Remodelling what you’ve already written. Thoroughly checking your nearly finished house of words; maybe rearranging the decor. In Dutch or English.

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Coaching you through your (creative) writing. Which images resonate and which don’t? What should you rework? We take a look at shifts in style, perspective slips, and structural flaws. What makes your story clearer, more vivid, more compelling? Or how do you present your work in an artist statement?

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Translations from Dutch to English and vice versa. Specialised in the fields of arts and culture.

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Past and current clients include:

magazines and newspapers Tijdschrift OKV, Glean, De Brakke Grond, de lage landen, De Morgen, Het Laatste Nieuws, museumPASSmusées, The Word Magazine, Kluger Hans exhibitions and galleries Triënnale Brugge, Galerie Zwart Huis , FRED&FERRY Gallery, Hilde Vandaele Gallery, Uitstalling Art Gallery, Schönfeld Gallery, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Barbé Gallery, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Herbert Foundation, Settantotto, Le Charbonnage books and publishers MER. imprint of Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Universiteit Gent, de Geschied- en Oudheidkundige kring Oudenaarde, Stichting Kunstboek, DISTANZ organisations Herita, Folio magazines, Go! Kunstacademie Gent , What Design Can Do , aifoon vzw , iMAL , playField., Mindwize , Studio Plankton, Academy of Applied Arts Delhi, BAM (now known as Kunstenpunt), Destelheide artists Marie Cloquet, Stefan Peters, Joëlle Dubois , Bert De Geyter, Adelheid De Witte, Willem Cole, Hilde Overbergh, Ilke Cop, Joren Van Acker, Emma Mortier, Carecho Lima Interior Design Studio, Jean Bilquin, Julien Meert, Tamara Van San …

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- writing
- editing
- coaching
- translating
- working with
Who

EN | Yasmin Van ’tveld (°1989) studied Art History at Ghent University and Contemporary Art Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London. She has gained experience as an art historian and curator specialising in contemporary arts, having worked for institutions such as Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens and Axel Vervoordt Gallery. In 2018, she transitioned to full-time freelancing, focusing on writing, editing, and communication. Since then, she has been crafting exhibition texts and interviews, editing (art) books, and polishing the writings of others.

Since 2016, she has been the curator and one of the editors at Kluger Hans – a literary magazine actively seeking out emerging writers (poetry, prose, essay), known for its appreciation of visual art and design. Taking on the role of editor-in-chief at Kluger Hans in 2018 further solidified her commitment to the publication.

Guest lecturer in Writing and Editing at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp for Woordkunst students since 2024.

From 2022 to 2023, she pursued further studies in literary translation from English to Dutch. She has also been the communications manager of the art collective playField. since 2021, of Folio vzw since 2022, and of aifoon since 2024.

Alongside her freelancing work, YV’t is a board member of VONK & Zonen (2023-now), and has been a juror for Dans! Dichter! Dans! since 2022. She has been a member of the feminist collective Hyster-x since 2022.

NL | Yasmin Van ’tveld (°1989) studeerde Kunstwetenschappen aan UGent en Contemporary Art Theory aan Goldsmiths, University of London. Daarna legde ze een parcours af als kunsthistoricus en curator binnen de hedendaagse kunsten, waaronder voor Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens en Axel Vervoordt Gallery.

Sinds 2018 is ze fulltime freelance schrijver, journalist, communicatieverantwoordelijke en curator. Daarnaast is ze sinds 2016 curator en redacteur proza bij Kluger Hans. In 2018 werd ze ook hoofdredacteur van dit literaire tijdschrift met een hart voor beeldende kunst en vormgeving. Sinds 2022 is ze lid van Hyster-x. In 2022-2023 volgde ze nog een opleiding literair vertalen Engels-Nederlands. Sinds 2024 geeft ze gastlessen Schrijven en Redactie aan de studenten Woordkunst van het Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen.
Did you know…

that my first “publication” dates back to 1999? (I was almost ten years old at the time.) It was a short story about a rabbit, and it appeared in Het vliegende kind (“The Flying Child”), a collection of stories by children who won a competition held among several schools. (Though I won’t pretend that reading this story is worth your time.)

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