Helen Trompeteler is a curator and writer deeply committed to supporting underrepresented visual artists. She brings over twenty years of curatorial expertise from roles at Silver Eye Center for Photography (US), Royal Collection Trust (UK), the National Portrait Gallery (UK), and as an independent curator. A passionate advocate for artists and audiences, her curatorial practice centers sustained relationship-building across local, national, and international contexts. Helen’s publications on visual culture include multilingual museum catalogs, edited books, and essays. Her writing questions dominant narratives from the history of photography and critically engages with the medium’s role in contemporary society.
(Detail) Vivian Poey’s participatory installation in Passages: Priya Suresh Kambli and Vivian Poey at Silver Eye. Image: Tara Geyer