I research, curate, write and teach.
Since February 2026 I work as Senior Researcher at the Art & Society expertise center (for the professorships Music in Context, Image in Context, Art & Sustainability, Art Education) of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen. My focus area is Art & Rurality, or the impact of visual arts and music for the liveability in the rural north.
Currently, I am also curating the exhibition “Lou Loeber. Artist and Idealist” for Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (opening May 16!) and I am affiliated as a Fellow with the Centre of Religion and Heritage at the Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society of the University of Groningen.
I serve on the editorial boards of the Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art/ Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek (NKJ) (since 2023) and of the Dutch Review of Books (since 2025).
I am available for writing assignments, curatorial projects and speaking jobs (in Dutch and English) for the wider audience, as well as more specialist audiences. If you’d like to invite me for an assignment or discuss a potential topic, do not hesitate to get in touch via lieke.wijnia@gmail.com.
As an art historian and religious studies scholar, I am a firm believer in the societal importance of art, music and museums. With both my research and curatorial work, I hope to create room for imagination, beauty, (spiritual) reflection, and impact. Through the selection and combination of objects, compositions and/or stories, I aim for experiences that embrace the unexpected and unfamiliar, resulting in a meaningful broadening of horizons.
For a full CV, please have a look at my LinkedIn. You can also follow me on Instagram.
dr. Lieke Wijnia 
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