Akky van Ogtrop
Director

Akky van Ogtrop (born in The Netherlands), graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands and has a Masters Degree Fine Arts, Sydney University.

As a director and manager of major arts events Akky has proven experience as an arts administrator and creative manager with extensive contacts and national and international project experience. She is involved in public programs and arts education and as presenter and facilitator with people of all backgrounds and cultures. She has a proven record of developing successful funding grants and sponsorship, bringing together arts and business, which is one of the tasks she will be engaged in as a Dutchlink Board Member.

Apart from her expertise as a public program, event manager, art historian and curator, Akky also has a passionate interest in multi cultural issues especially in the preservation, promotion and dissemination of Dutch culture and heritage in Australia.

Akky held positions as: Marketing and Public Programs Manager Biennale of Sydney  and Manager International Cultural Relations Biennale of Sydney, Campaign Manager Articulate, the World out West.  In 1988 she established Akky van Ogtrop Fine Arts, specialising in works of art  on paper by 19th and 20th Century Masters, as well as contemporary Australian and international artists. and  in 1989 she established the Biennial Sydney Art on Paper Fair an ongoing cultural event and continues to work as an independent curator.

Akky van Ogtrop, BA. MA.Fine Arts
Executive Director, Sydney Art on Paper Fair
Art Historian, Independent Curator