Hannah Kruse, Project manager

Hannah Kruse is an art scholar and cultural manager. She studied art and art theory at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe and the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), and later completed the postgraduate Whitney Museum of Arts Independent Study Program in Curatorial Studies in New York.

She has worked as an artist’s assistant and coordinated art events and exhibitions in New York, Berlin and London. In 2002/03 she was the managing director of London’s Chisenhale Gallery, which produces the work of ‘emerging artists’. Hannah Kruse’s work focuses on the qualification of women artists, arts education / gallery education, and project management. She has frequently been on juries for ‘Kunst am Bau’ (public art for architecture) proposals, project funding and grants. Hannah Kruse has taught at the UdK’s Institute for Art in Context, the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin (spatial strategies course), the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel, and other arts institutions.

Hannah Kruse german Interview „Fünf Fragen an …“ (Julia Boek, 2013)

Veronika Bartelt, Course coordinator

Veronika Bartelt is a cultural scholar; in 2017 she completed the master’s programme Culture, Arts and Media at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg; 2019 – 2020 project manager at salondergegenwart, a non-profit art project with an annual group exhibition to promote visual artists with a focus on painting; 2018 project coordinator for a participatory neighbourhood project (“Open KööK”) in Hamburg.

In 2021 Veronika Bartelt joined the Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt and has been working as a course coordinator since October 2021. As part of the Goldrausch team she focuses on curriculum planning, supporting the artists* and the presentation media produced during the course.

Based on her experience in project work, she has been giving workshops for (prospective) artists and art scholars at the bbk Bildungswerk, at the Kunsthochschule Kassel and (together with Hannah Kruse) at the Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule since 2021.

2024-25 further training as a systemic coach in Berlin, aiming to support artists and cultural workers in their individual professional concerns.

Manon Frugier, Course support and public relations (Project management assistant)

After completing a Master’s degree in Political Science at Sciences Po in Paris in 2017, Manon Frugier worked as an art mediator and project manager for various art galleries, biennials and festivals, including the Palais de Tokyo, Manifesta 13, transmediale, Klosterruine Berlin and ngbk’s ‘Kunst im Untergrund’ project. Manon Frugier has been working at Goldrausch since March 2024, using their skills to assist with project management. Manon Frugier is interested in the history of drag kings, queer archives and analogue photography.

Ulrike Riebel, Finance coordinator

Ulrike Riebel arbeitet als freie Kuratorin und Projektraumbetreiberin. Studium BA Philosophie und Sozialwissenschaften in Leipzig und Reykjavík, Island; berufsbegleitendes Studium MA /ecm – educating/curating/managing an der Universität für angewandte Kunst, Wien; Hospitanz im Bereich Öffentlichkeitsarbeit in der Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst (GfZK) in Leipzig; 2018 – 2020 wissenschaftliche Volontärin in der Galerie Nord | Kunstverein Tiergarten als kuratorische Assistenz und Programmkoordinatorin sowie im Bärenzwinger Teil des künstlerischen Leitungsteams; 2021 – 2022 Produktionsleitung der Klosterruine Berlin und des Bärenzwingers. Seit April 2022 ist Ulrike Riebel als Finanzkoordinatorin beim Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt tätig.

She is a founding member of the art association Plusnull e.V. and the Institute for Everything Possible and since 2020 Artistic Director of the art festival ORTSTERMIN in Berlin-Moa

Antonia Zeljko, Accounting and administration

Antonia Zeljko is a working student currently pursuing a degree in economics at the Humboldt University Berlin, with a particular interest in the intersection of culture, society and economy.

She participated in an art support program at the State Academy of Fine arts in Karlsruhe and co-organized small exhibitions as part of an independent studio collective. Her artistic practice includes photography and painting.

Working at Goldrausch is a way for her to connect hands-on experience with her interest in art – and to take an active role in shaping cultural spaces.

Pauline Lieben-Seutter, intern

Pauline Lieben-Seutter studied cultural studies at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and then completed a graphic design course at the Lette-Verein Berlin. She gained experience in organizing and implementing events in several projects in the arts and culture sector, for example as a host at the FREIRAUM of the MK&G Hamburg and as a production assistant at the UM Festival for Contemporary Art, Literature and Music. As part of her internship at Goldrausch Künstlerinnen project, she would like to deepen her knowledge of public relations and seminar support.

Lucia Braemer, intern

Lucia studies Art and Visual History and European Ethnology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She previously completed a Bachlor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. In addition to her studies she is also a member of the editorial board of re:visions, a student-run Journal about modern and contemporary art. Through her internship at Goldrausch Künstlerinnen Projekt she hopes to gain first experiences in the field of public relations as well as deeper insights into the processes of catalog production.

Previous project managers

Hannah Kruse (2004–ongoing)
Birgit Effinger (2002–06/2018)
Anna Brinkmann (2014–2016, finances)
Annette Maechtel (2002–2003)
Annette Thomas (1999–2001)
Hannah Kruse (1995–1999)
Dr. Anne Marie Freybourg (project founder) (1989–2001)
Ute Birk (Projektgründerin) (1989–1995)

Previous employees

Klara Hülskamp (2024-2025, Finances and management assistant), Katharina Faller (2022-2024, Course support and Public relations), Lotta Bartoschewski (2022-2023, Finances assistant) Theresa Strebling (2018-2022, Finances), Sarah Magill (Finances and management assistant), Sarie Nijboer (2021, Course coordinator), Kira Dell (2017–2018, Finance; 2018–2021, Project coordinator), Jil Zepp (2019–2020, Graduate Trainee), Frederiek Weda (2018–2019, Graduate Trainee), Anna Brinkmann (2014–2016, Finances)

Previous interns include:

Sophie Etinosa Agho, Helen Albrecht, Mara Baumbach, Sophie Becker, Luisa Bona, Johanna Böker, Clara Brosche, Anna Rea Bründl, Meryem Coskun, Benita Dederichs, Anja Degner, Kira Dell, Franziska Ehlicker, Anna Emminger, Cheyenne Enneper, Bergit Faßl, Elisabeth Faul, Stefano Ferlito, Miriam Georger, Carolin Greifenstein, Franziska Grubann, Elsa Guily, Devin Gökdemir, Letha Gumz, Pauline Hagen, Johanna Hartmann, Dora Jacques Piaszek, Lena Kahle, Carolin Kaser, Daria Korznikova, Malin Krahn, Nora Kronemeyer, Khatia Kurtanidze, Anna Latzko, Leo Lencsés, Sarah Marcinkowski, Sophie McCuen-Koytek, Annika Maus, Leah Marthe Mennrich, Susanne Mohr, Hélène Mohrbutter, Carla Mönning, Anne Nauditt, Ina Neddermeyer, Svitlana Nikolaienko, Alva Noelle, Marlene Risse, Vanessa Schmidt, Franziska Schönfeld, Nicola Schüschke, Lucía Sciandro, Lea Stahl, Olivia Steiert, Hanna Steinert, Theresa Strebling, Toni Suarez Bergmann, Tabea Thom, Alena Trapp, Janina Vujic, Elisabeth Wolff, Litong Xiao, Fadila Yassouf, Emilie van Zandbergen, Anne Zdunek, Helena Zeh, Clara Zerrahn