About Us
OSCAM is the museological platform for art, fashion, design, craftsmanship and development in Amsterdam
Our OSCAM Team

Marian Duff
Founder, director & head curator
marian@oscam.nl

Debbie The
Business manager & team manager
debbie@oscam.nl

Samra Asmellash
Programming, production & executive curator
samra@oscam.nl

Ahisha Echteld
Partnerships, programming & production
ahisha@oscam.nl

Noukhey Forster
Programming, production & executive curator
noukhey@oscam.nl

Louisanne van Hooff
Copywriter
louisanne@oscam.nl
Our Young OSCAM team

Julie Becker
Museum host & producer
julie@oscam.nl

Joanna Bright
Museum host & education
joanna@oscam.nl

Allysia van Duijn
Museum host & producer
allysia@oscam.nl

Georbella Fini
Museum host & producer
georbella@oscam.nl

Amber Hooplot
Museum host & production
amber@oscam.nl

Lesly Kitioku
Museum host & producer
lesly@oscam.nl

Thijs Ottens
Museum host & producer
thijs@oscam.nl

Marjorie Richards
Museum host & social media coordinator
marjorie@oscam.nl

Osasu Aghafua
Producer & facility coordinator
sasu@oscam.nl

Manu Drenthem Soesman
Museum host & producer
manu@oscam.nl

Shaquille Shaniqua Joy
Producer & moderator
shaquille@oscam.nl
Our Interns

Sharon Ngu-Nji
Research
sharon@oscam.nl
Our Supervisory Board

Duco Wildeboer
Chairman

Jennifer Alspeer

Rubiah Balsem

Erik van Ginkel

Amaal Mohmoud

Annemarie den Dekker
Our Mission
OSCAM makes room for makers and visitors to be part of a creative community in which we jointly own the story of Amsterdam Southeast and the Netherlands. We realize this social mission as a museum for art, fashion, design, craft and development in Amsterdam. We give substance to this through high-quality presentations and exhibitions, through educational and participatory activities and programs and by bringing the creative process closer to the public.
Interested to see more? In our ‘Jaarverslag 2020’, you can read all about OSCAM and the things we do and did.
Curator Statement
At OSCAM we not only curate artists and their works, but also the conversation about it. The Speak Sessions, with which we have distinguished ourselves from the beginning, are the ideal platform for that conversation. On location and online. The conversation about art and representation, and about who is able to say what, in which time and place, is in a difficult but necessary phase. The conversation about inclusion is uncomfortable for some. However, this is the time when more voices make themselves heard and claim space, also in the world of art and culture.
OSCAM’s ultimate motivation is connection between people, through art, fashion, design, craftsmanship and development. No one is infallible in the search for the right expression and exploration of ideas. We face this steadfastly, with due leniency to human limitations. Ultimately it is about the work that tells the story, that shows the layers of the human experience, that simultaneously gives and is imagination, that touches heart and head. That work is never just ours, but always yours too, and preferably ours together, because we give meaning to it together. Anyone who wants to participate without excluding others is welcome in Zuidoost, and in the Open Space Contemporary Art Museum.
Contact Us
OSCAM
Bijlmerplein 110-111
1102 DB Amsterdam
E-mail info@oscam.nl
Telephone +31 6 28 75 71 13
The shopping center Amsterdamse Poort is a two minute walk from train, bus and metrostation Bijlmer ArenA. If you visit us by car, the nearest parking garage is P21 and is located at Bijlmerdreef 101, Amsterdam Zuidoost.