Christine Germain-Donnat (fr)
Director of Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature
Trained as a historian and art historian, her joyful erudition takes her to the history of clothing - to ceramics - or to contemporary creation, which she readily invites as a counterpoint to surprise the visitor’s eye and take it where it wouldn’t go! At the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris, which she has been directing since 2019, Christine Germain-Donnat played a decisive role in steering a vast renovation project that led to the museum’s reopening in 2021, as well as a major overhaul of its collections. Christine Germain-Donnat has previously worked at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen, led the redeployment of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs et de la Mode to the Château Borély in Marseille, and directed the Musée National de la Céramique (Département du Patrimoine et des Collections) at Sèvres-Cité de la Céramique.
Geertje Jacobs (nl)
Director of the EKWC international artist-in-residence and centre-of-excellence for ceramics
Geertje Jacobs is Director of the European Ceramics Centre (EKWC) in the Netherlands, an international artists’ residency and a centre of excellence for ceramics. For 50 years now, artists, designers and architects from all over the world have been working there to experiment with clay. The EKWC is the combination of world-class facilities, the presence of consultants with internationally leading technical knowledge and the openness to freely share recipes, processes and innovation. Geertje Jacobs studied art history in Utrecht and Florence and has worked in the museum sector for over 15 years (notably at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Textile Museum in Tilburg and the National Glassmuseum in Leerdam).
Johan Creten (be)
Sculptor
Johan Creten is considered one of the pioneers – with Thomas Schütte and Lucio Fontana – of introducing ceramics in contemporary art. Fascinated by its beauty, its symbolic impact, and the richness of its history, the artist explores the medium through multiple techniques and scales.
Ludovic Recchia (be)
Art historian and curator specialising in modern and contemporary ceramics, Director of Keramis
LR is an art historian curator specializing in modern and contemporary ceramics. Curator of the European decorative arts collections at the Royal Museum of Mariemont from 2003 to 2022, he is presently director and curator of Keramis Museum and Art Center (FWB), an institution that he founded in 2015. Since 2016, he has been a membre of the International Academy of Ceramics. As part of exhibition offices, he publishes lots of books dedicated to contemporary ceramists including Marc Alberghina (2023), Daniel Pontoreau (2022), Charlotte Coquen (2017) Antoine de Vinck (2015), Frank Steyaert (2016), Marc Feulien (2006), Emile Desmedt (2005) and Johan Creten (2007).
Magdalena Gerber (ch)
Artist, Professor and Head of CERCCO, HEAD-Geneva
Magdalena Gerber is an artist based in Geneva.
Her artistic research evolves between the fields of art and design. Alongside her sculptural projects in the studio, her work explores changes in the industrial manufacture of porcelain in Switzerland. Since 2013, she has been the director of CERCCO, the Centre for Contemporary Ceramics at HEAD - Geneva, where she works as a lecturer in art and design.
She holds a BA in Ceramic Sculpture and an MAS in Art | Design and Innovation from the University of Art and Design Basel.