Kathrin Becker studied art history and slavic literatures at Bochum University and Leningrad State University. She is a curator and writer and head of the Video-Forum at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.). Her curatorial practice focuses on the social role of art in society and on the complex of exclusion / inclusion in contemporary cultures. Her latest projects include: Claire Fontaine (n.b.k., 2017); Bani Abidi (n.b.k., 2017); Halil Altındere. Space Refugee (n.b.k., 2016); Elizabeth Price (n.b.k., 2016); Rosa Barba (n.b.k., 2016); A Sense of History (with Marius Babias, Nordstern Video Art Center, Gelsenkirchen, 2016).