Stephanie von Spreter is currently PhD fellow in art history and member of the research group Worlding Northern Art (WONA) at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø. WONA’s goal is to strengthen research in art history and visual culture in Northern Norway and the Circumpolar North, and to incorporate curatorial practices and artistic research. Von Spreter also works as a freelance curator and writer.
Between 2011 and 2018, von Spreter served as the director of Fotogalleriet, Oslo. In this position she has curated a large number of exhibitions and seminars with a focus on contemporary camera-based art and termed responsible for the establishment of an independent educational programme. Von Spreter was also the co-founder of the first exhibition guide for contemporary art in Oslo, U.F.O. (ufoguide.no), in the meantime called Oslo Art Guide. Von Spreter also worked for various large exhibitions and projects, including the 3rd, 4th and 5th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art. She was assistant curator for the exhibition The Structure of Survival at the 50. Biennale di Venezia and curatorial assistant at Documenta11 in Kassel between 2001 and 2002.
