Wim van Sinderen (born 10 January 1958) is a Dutch journalist and curator, working as photography curator at the Fotomuseum Den Haag.Wim van Sinderen; male / Dutch; curator, at rkd.nl, accessed 24 June 2020.
Live and work Van Sinderen was born in Dokkum on January 10, 1958. From 1976 to 1982 he attended the Teacher Training College 'Ubbo Emmius' in Leeuwarden, where he received his BA in English language and literature and Fine Arts.
In 1981 Van Sinderen came into prominence as spokesman of a young artist group, called Jonge Friezen."De roekeloze Jonge Friezen gaan zich presenteren," Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland, Leeuwarden, 1981/11/21, p. 23. A year earlier they had started a new cultural magazine, called Het Bestaan (The Existence)."Het Bestaan is z'n bestaan begonnen," Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland. Leeuwarden, 1980/07/05, p. 15. He took part is several exhibitions in those daysSikke Doele & Rudy Hodel, "De „Jonge Friezen" te gast bij Van Hulsen In grutte tentoonstelling de Friese galerij," Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland. Leeuwarden, 1981/12/18, p. 25. and published his first book."Art Nouveau is hier dun gezaaid". "Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland". 1982/02/13, p. 17.
In 1982 Van Sinderen started his career as Photo Editor for the Amsterdam music magazine Vinyl. He was curator at the Kunsthal from the start in April 1992, where he worked with the director Wim van Krimpen. In 2002 he started as Senior Curator at Fotomuseum Den Haag.Portret Wim van Sinderen, conservator Fotomuseum Den Haag, vpro.nl, 21 juni 2009.Bert Dirks, "Ik kan zó veel laten zien nu," de Volkskrant, 19 december 2016. In 2022, he took early retirement due to health reasons.
Publications Wim van Sinderen (ed.) Fotografen in Nederland : een anthologie 1852–2002, 2002 Wim van Sinderen (et al.), Helena van der Kraan. The Hague Museum of Photography, Den Haag : Terra, 2005. . Leonard Freed, William Ewing, Wim van Sinderen, Nathalie Herschdorfer. Leonard Freed: Worldview with Lausanne: Musée de l'Élysée, 2007. Maartje van den Heuvel & Wim van Sinderen. Photography! A Special Collection at Leiden University. Leiden: Leiden University & The Hague Museum of Photography, 2010.
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