Iona Poldervaart is a Swiss curator based in Zurich. She holds a BA in Art History from the University of Zurich (2020) and an MA in Curatorial Practice from the Iceland University of the Arts (2023). Iona has been working as a curatorial assistant and independent curator in several contemporary art projects in Switzerland and Iceland. Her focus lies on site-specificity, collaboration, and multidisciplinarity, often bridging performative and visual art in an experimental and process-oriented manner.
CV
Education
2021–23 MA Curatorial Practice, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland
2017–20 BA Art History (major), Biology (minor), University of Zurich, Switzerland
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Co-curator, Passat Opening Performance Event, PASSAT Art Space, Zurich, Switzerland
2026 Curatorial assistant, Civilization – Our Life in Focus, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland
2026 Curator, Kitchen Exhibition, Vol. 1 Raw, Zurich, Switzerland
2025 Curatorial assistant, The Wolgensinger Photo Studio – Through Four Eyes, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland
2023 Curator, 15 nautical miles, Lighthouse Grótta, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
2022 Curator, woven into, Nordic House Greenhouse, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022 Co-curator, Brunch at Rýmd, Student Gallery Rýmd, Reykjavík, Iceland
2022 Curatorial assistant, The Water Beneath, The Factory, Djúpavík, Iceland
2022 Co-curator, Memories from tomorrow, Listasafn Reykjanesbæjar, Iceland
2021 Co-curator, Layers unraveling, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland
2021 Curator, Pop-Up Fluid, Haus zur Glocke, Steckborn, Switzerland
2020 Curatorial assistant, Den Atlas öffnen, Haus zur Glocke, Steckborn, Switzerland
2020 Curatorial assistant, Labor Natur, Haus zur Glocke, Steckborn, Switzerland
2020 Curatorial assistant, AfAf Salon, Atelier für Architekturfotografie, Zurich, Switzerland
Selected Artist Talks
2026 Artist Talk with Hannah Grüninger, In the Cycle of the Sunflower, 4. Neunkircher Kulturabend, Galerie Vordergasse 23, Neunkirch, Switzerland
2026 Talk and guided tour with Ursula Palla, à table!, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Switzerland
2025 Artist Talk with Georges Wenger, Design Lounge Talk, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland
Residency
2023 Emerging Curators Residency, New Performance Turku Biennale and ESKUS, Turku, Finland