Daniel Giles
Course Director
Artist, Educator

Current Core Tutors

Liesbeth Bik
Studio Research and Practice Tutor
Artist, Member of Bik van der Pol

Federica Bueti 
Writing Tutor
Writer and Editor

Bernd Krauss
Studio Research and Practice Tutor
Artist

Jan Verwoert
Studio Research and Practice Tutor
Art Critic

Nina Wakeford
Studio Research and Practice Tutor
Artist and Sociologist

Katarina Zdjelar
Studio Research and Practice Tutor
Artist

Guest Tutors 2024-2025

  • Michelle Williams Gemaker, artist/filmmaker
  • Inas Halabi, artist/filmmaker
  • T.J. Demos, art historian
  • Urok Shirhan, artist
  • Jay Tan, artist
  • Yin Yin Wong, artist
  • Nathalie Hartjes, curator
  • Yolanda Zola Zoli van der Heide, Curator of Exhibitions Van Abbe Museum
  • Aline Hernández, Artistic Director Casco Art Institute
  • Maria Hlavajova, General Manager BAK Utrecht
    • Guest Tutors 2023-2024

      • Falke Paisano, artist
      • Ada Patterson, artist
      • Ernst Karel, filmmaker
      • Veronika Kusumaryati, filmmaker
      • WET collective (Marta Hryniuk, Erika Roux, Anna Łuczak, Nick Thomas and Sophie Bates)
      • Stella Bruzzi, art critic
      • Mercedes Azpilicueta, artist
      • Addoley Dzegede, artist
      • Fred Wilson, artist
        • Guest Tutors 2022-2023

          • Laure Prouvost, artist
          • Jason Hendrik Hansma, artist/curator
          • Eloise Sweetman, artist/curator
          • Richard John Jones, artist
          • Ioanna Gerakidi, curator
          • Marissa Lee Benedict, artist
          • David Reuter, artist
          • Femmy Otten, artist
          • Dylan Howell, artist
          • Parham Rahimzadeh, writer
          • Abri de Swardt, artist
          • Geo Wyex, artist
          • Bruno Alves de Almeida, curator
          • Rolando Vasquez, professor
          • Lyndon Barrois jr., artist
            • Guest Tutors 2021-2022

              • Eva Posas, curator
              • Jorgge Menna, artist
              • Rosella Biscotti, artist
              • Jasmine Thomas-Girvan, artist
              • Annalee Davis, curator
              • Holly Bynoe, curator
              • Charl Landvrugd, Head of research Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
              • Richard Birkett, curator
              • Miriam Mikiwi, artist
              • Iratxe Jaio, artist
              • Klaus van Gorkum, artist
              • Marwa Arsanios, artist/filmmaker/researcher
              • Gordon Hall, artist/writer
              • Yoeri Guepin, artist
              • Didem Pekun, artist/filmmaker
              • Agnieszka Polksa, artist
              • Taylor J Lemelle, writer
              • Vincent van Velsen, curator
              • Danai Giannoglou, curator

              Guest Tutors 2020-2021

              • Alexandra Phillips, artist
              • Kameelah Janan Rasheed, artist, writer
              • Vivian Ziherl, critic, curator and researcher of contemporary art
              • Docus van der Made, writer, editor and curator
              • Florian Cramer, lector 21st century visual culture / autonomous Practices
              • Nienke Terpsma, artist and independent researcher
              • De Appel Curatorial Programme Associates (Àngels Miralda, Edwin Nasr, Hera Chan, Laura Castro, Maria Domracheva)
              • WET (Anna Maria Łuczak, Erika Roux, Marta Hryniuk, Nick Thomas and Sophie Bates)
              • Claire Tancons, curator, critic, and historian of art.
              • Rudsell Martinus, artist
              • Gyonne Goodhoop

              Guest Tutors 2019-2020

              • Aernout Mik, artist
              • Christopher Meerdo, artist
              • Danilo Correale, artist
              • Quinsy Gario, artist and activist
              • Taylor Le Melle, artist and writer
              • Amal Alhaag, curator and researcher 

              Guest Tutors 2018-2019

              • De Appel Curatorial Program Associates (Nikolay Alutin, Bruno Alves de Almeida, Alisa Blakeney, Dita Birkensteina, Sofia Dourron, Aude Christel MGBA)
              • Renée Turner, artist and writer
              • Kasper Bosmans, artist
              • Karima Boudou, independent curator
              • Florian Cramer, reader in 21st Century Visual Culture/Autonomous Practices at WdKA
              • Kris Dittel, independent curator
              • Manal Al Dowayan, artist
              • Övül Durmuşoğlu, independent curator
              • Rosa de Graaf, associate curator, Witte de With
              • Nathalie Hartjes, director Showroom MAMA
              • Nicolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk, independent curator
              • Elinor Morgan, senior curator, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
              • Jelena Novak, independent curator
              • Marthe Ramm Fortun, artist

              Guest Tutors 2017-2018

              • Daniela Cascella, writer
              • Alex Cecchetti, artist
              • Ben Eastham, writer and editor
              • Maria Fusco, writer, lecturer and art critic
              • Douglas Kahn, historian and theorist
              • Marysia Lewandowska, artist
              • Laure Prouvost, artist
              • Ursula Mayer, artist
              • Erica Scourti, artist
              • Federica Bueti, writer
              • Daniel Dewar, artist
              • Nathalie Hartjes, director Showroom MAMA
              • Marloes de vries, curator Showroom MAMA
              • Charles Esche, director Van Abbemuseum
              • Irene Kopelman, artist

              Guest Tutors and Lecturers 2016-2017

              • Stuart Bertolotti-Bailey, graphic designer, writer and editor
              • Tyler Coburn, artist
              • Florian Cramer, writer and professor Creating 010
              • Jeremiah Day, artist
              • De Appel Curatorial Programme
              • Ana Hjort Guttu, artist
              • Will Holder, writer, editor, performer and book designer
              • Irene Kopelman, artist
              • Raimundas Malasauskas, curator
              • Alex Martinis Roe, artist
              • Auguste Orts (Herman Asselberghs and Marie Logie), production and distribution platform

              Guest Tutors and Lecturers 2015-2016

              • 1646, independent art space the Hague
              • Nana Adusei-Poku, research professor Creating 010
              • Daniela Cascella, writer
              • Mathieu Copeland, curator
              • Florian Cramer, writer and professor Creating 010
              • Joseph Del Pesco, curator, writer, media producer
              • Brian Dillon, writer and editor
              • Maaike Gouwenberg, curator
              • Rana Hamadeh, artist
              • Hedwig Houben, artist
              • Michael Portnoy, artist
              • Natasha Soobramanien, writer
              • Sarah Tripp, artist
              • Bedwyr Williams, artist

              Guest Tutors and Lecturers 2014-2015:

              • Mieke Bal, cultural theorist, critic, and artist
              • Stella Bruzzi, professor of film and television studies
              • Federica Bueti, writer
              • Zachary Cahill, artist
              • Nathanja van Dijk, curator A Tale of a Tub
              • Carolyn Drake, curator A Tale of a Tub
              • Mikala Dwyer, artist
              • Omer Fast, artist
              • Maaike Gouwenberg, curator
              • Bjørn Melhus, artist
              • Fleur van Muiswinkel, curator A Tale of a Tub
              • Gabriel Lester, artist
              • David Levine, artist and writer
              • Artemio Narro, artist and film-maker
              • Lucy Stein, artist
              • Iván Tovar, artist
              • Suzanne Wallinga, curator A Tale of a Tub
              • Arnisa Zeqo, curator
              • Franciska Zólyom, director GFZK, Leipzig

              Core Tutors, Thematic Seminar and Project leaders 2014-2018

              • Kate Briggs, writer and translator
              • Sara Van Der Heide, artist
              • Bernd Krauss, artist
              • Lisa Robertson, poet
              • Steve Rushton, writer and editor
              • Jan Verwoert, art critic
              • Katarina Zdjelar, artist
              • Vivian Sky Rehberg, art historian and critic

              Piet Zwart Institute houses the international Master programmes of the Willem de Kooning Academy at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (RUAS). Since 1999 it has been dedicated to promoting study and research in the fields of art, design and art education.