Lilli Kim Schreiber

Lilli Kim Schreiber (born in Basel, Switzerland) is a researcher, journalist, and curator focusing on the intersection of artistic practice, research, and cultural mediation. She specializes in the sociology of the art field, alternative curatorial practices, and collective approaches to artistic and research processes.

Lilli grew up in Switzerland, where she completed her federal matura before pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Management at Zeppelin University, Germany. Her academic focus lies in cultural studies and the sociology of art. In 2024, she studied at Sciences Po in Reims. Since 2023, she has been a fellow of the DAAD-funded Tawasol Cultural Production and Policy Network.

With a background in journalism, Lilli regularly contributes to Saiten magazine, critically engaging with visual arts, theater, and opera. Her current research examines the institutional framing of Pierre Bourdieu’s Algeria Photographies in international exhibitions between 2003 and 2025, offering a critical examination of decolonial narratives and the use of photography at the intersection of visual sociology and artistic practice.

Lilli also has extensive experience in cultural programming and curatorial practice. She served as artistic director of the Seekult Arts and Community Festival in Friedrichshafen and is co-editor of the upcoming publication Fluid Spaces: Curating Decentralities (2025). Her international collaborations include work with the Goethe-Institut and the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) in Cairo, focusing on cultural mediation and knowledge transfer.

As an independent curator, she organized a digital poetry exhibition at Literaturhaus Vorarlberg and currently works as a research assistant at Zeppelin University, supporting a DFG-funded visual anthropology project on Pierre Bourdieu’s Revue Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales.

Lilli is a contributor to Decolonial Cultural Practices: Towards Pluriversal Cultural Institutions and Policies (Routledge, 2024), where she explores the shift in the curator’s role triggered by the debate surrounding ruangrupa’s curatorial work at documenta fifteen.

Lilli’s work bridges cultural policy, artistic practice, and institutional critique, with a focus on international and transcultural collaborations.