Niels Bekkema

 Niels Bekkema is a writer, editor and translator with a background in visual arts. He is the co- founder of kilo Translations and is a Reader/Advisor/Editor at The Geopolitical Open Atlas of The Polity of Literature (The GOAT PoL). He works as a writing teacher, as an editor and translator for various cultural institutions in the Netherlands, and as a ghostwriter.

Corporate Experience

• Editor, ArtsEverywhere, Canada, 2019 – Present

• Editor and translator, A Tale of a Tub, the Netherlands, 2020 – Present

• Editor and translator, Shimmer, the Netherlands, 2022 – Present

Academic Experience

• Thesis Supervisor, Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), Spain, 2023 – 2024

• Studio Practice Teacher, Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), Spain, 2023 – 2024

• Studio Practice Teacher, Academy Minerva, the Netherlands, 2017 – 2022

Academic Background

• MA in Fine Arts, Willem de Kooning Academy, the Netherlands, 2016

• BA in Visual Arts, Academy Minerva, the Netherlands, 2011