Finals 2025

BEAR FINALS 2025

We are pleased Julia Geerlings as the curator of this year BEAR Fine Art Finals at ArtEZ University of the Arts, in Arnhem.

Save the date: 2nd to 6th of July

Julia Geerlings is curator of contemporary art at Museum Rijswijk. In addition to solo and group exhibitions, the museum organizes an annual Paper (even years) or Textile Biennial (odd years) that provides an overview of the current, international state of affairs in the field of paper and textile art. Previously, she was curator and director of A Tale of A Tub in Rotterdam (2019-2024). In her projects, the location and context (social, economic and political) of the given place play an important role. For example, she organized projects for the Vleeshal (Middelburg, NL), Oude Kerk (Amsterdam, NL), After Hours (Sèvres, FR), Kunsthuis SYB (Beetsterzwaag, NL), Thkio Ppalies (Nicosia, CY) and Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen (Vijfhuizen, NL). She was curator-in-residence at ISCP International Studio and Curatorial Program (New York, USA), Rupert (Vilnius, LT) and Cité des Arts, Atelier Holsboer (Paris, FR) and she was an advisor for the AFK, CBK Rotterdam and a lecturer at the HKU.