Kira van Hoegee (b. 1975) is a curator and artist currently living in Bergen. She holds a BA in photography (2002–2005) and an MA in visual arts (2007–2009) from Bergen National Academy of the Arts (KHiB), and an MA in Curatorial Practice (2021–2023) from the University of Bergen (KMD).
van Hoegee has exhibited at the Haugesund Visual Arts Association, Hordaland Art Center, Henie Onstad Art Center, and Kristiansand Kunsthall. In 2017, she published the book “Planetarisk tåke” with Forlaget H//O//F. From 2016-2018, she was a producer and curator at KRAFT before she started as director in December 2018. From 2019-2020, she was a member of The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists (NBK) selection committee, and she has experience from board positions in the Visual Artists’ Association Hordaland (BKFH) and Hordaland Art Center. As the director at KRAFT, she has artistic responsibility and curates large parts of the program. She is the editor of the series “Parallel,” which is published by KRAFT Press. From 2024–2025, Kira van Hoegee will participate in the Editor School program at Forfatterskolen (Oslo).
She has a special interest in rethinking established narratives and using speculative fiction as a method to challenge given realities.
