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About Us

OSCAM, Open Space Contemporary Art Museum, is the museum for art, fashion, design, craftsmanship and development in Amsterdam.

Our OSCAM Team

OSCAM is delighted to introduce the dedicated OSCAM Team, expertly curating, producing, programming, and representing OSCAM with utmost commitment, collaborating with our YOUNG OSCAM team and trainees to elevate OSCAM to new heights.

Treshna Ballantine

Social Media Coördinator

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Marian Duff

Founding Director

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Ebony Jones

Office & Facility Coördinator

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Priscilla Macintosh

Head Program & Production

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Joanna Bright

Education & Participation

[email protected]

Our Young OSCAM team

OSCAM introduces YOUNG OSCAM, a bold collective of talented individuals aspiring to excel in the museological field, equipped with the skills to curate and produce exhibitions and context programs.

Allysia van Duijn

Producer

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Shiva Sabikhi

Producer

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Manu Drenthem Soesman

Producer

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Our Two-year traineeship program

We are proud to introduce to you our trainees. The emerging generation of producers being prepared for the museological field.

Leia Amerding

Museum host & trainee

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Annicée Angela

Producer & trainee

Amal Clous

Museum host & trainee

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Zergei Samson

Museumhost, rental, trainee

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Arsalan Ishaqzai

Museum host & trainee

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Our Supervisory Board

We are proud to introduce to you our gatekeepers, also known as our Supervisory Board!

Rubiah Balsem

Chairwomen

Guillaume 'Gee' Schmidt

Erik van Ginkel

Gina Dumfries

Annemarie den Dekker

Our Alumni

At last, here they are, our alumni from the OSCAM Team and Young OSCAM! These powerful and ambitious individuals, worked with us to push the boundaries of the museological field. We couldn’t be prouder!

Samra Asmellash

Catalina Biemans

Julie Becker

Ahisha Echteld

Georbella Fini

Noukhey Forster

Loes Alice Gobes

Louisanne van Hooff

Shaquille Shaniqua Joy

Laura van Oord

Sumina Smit

Charmaine Wartes

Our Vacancies

OSCAM is growing and we are looking for amazing people to join our team! Would you like to become part of OSCAM as a freelance museum host (during opening hours and/or events), or as a facility & hospitality producer to help us organize the rental of our YOMU space? Check out the vacancies and send your CV and motivation to [email protected]!

Additionally, OSCAM is always looking for new talent and artists to represent. Feel free to forward your portfolio, including motivation to [email protected]!

Our Mission

OSCAM makes room for makers and visitors to be part of a creative community where together we own and give meaning to the stories from society today. We work on this social mission as an interdisciplinary museological platform, from which we realize exhibitions and educational and participatory (context) programs. While doing so, we make room both in front of and behind the scenes for groups underrepresented in the museological field.

Interested to see more? In our ‘Jaarverslagen’ and ‘Beleidsplan 2025-2028’, you can read all about OSCAM and the things we do and did. Use the buttons below to discover more!

Our Vision

In the society we envision, everyone participates on the basis of equality, and art and culture provide a rich source of knowledge, recognition and inspiration for everyone. OSCAM believes that art has the power to (re) imagine ourselves and the world and thereby change it. Art can question the status quo, challenge and offer new perspectives. It gives the opportunity to tell your story or recognize yourself in the story of others.

In our Open Space, we make space for makers and perspectives that are not yet adequately represented or participate in the world of art and culture. We are not afraid to address socially charged topics, even if they affect us personally. We curate stories that challenge the dominant narrative, and juxtapose them with layered and lived experiences.

Experiences that are surprising, honest and sometimes intense, but which above all express resilience and creativity. OSCAM works from the vision that cultural heritage is formed by all cultural expressions that people use to identify themselves and tell their stories. We present the cultural wealth of Amsterdam Southeast in relation to Dutch and international contemporary art, fashion and design.

As an accessible museological platform and open community, we involve known and unknown creative talents in our exhibitions and activities to inspire our young audience. We show that wonderful things happen when you give young people chances, even if they don’t necessarily have a degree from an established institution. For emerging artists, we are a bridge to other art and social institutions in Amsterdam and far beyond.

OSCAM is firmly rooted in Amsterdam Zuidoost and actively engages with this district. We are driven to interest various communities there in art, fashion and design. We want as many people as possible to feel ownership of these resources, as this contributes to the strength of the community and self-esteem. In addition to our exhibitions, we create a broad program of easily accessible activities so that as many people as possible are introduced to the perspectives and stories of new creators from their own communities and far beyond. OSCAM shows: when culture belongs to everyone, everyone belongs to culture.

Cultural Governance

OSCAM is a non-profit foundation. We follow the Cultural Governance Code and are committed to performing our duties with transparency, integrity and accountability. The foundation has an independent Supervisory Board. It’s members receive no remuneration for performing their duties. Our internal remuneration policy for employees is based on the ‘Richtlijn functie- en loongebouw presentatie-instellingen voor beeldende kunst’ van De Zaak Nu.

Our Partners & Friends

Contact Us

OSCAM is located at
Bijlmerplein 110-111
1102 DB Amsterdam

E-mail [email protected]
Telephone ‎+31 6 28 75 71 13

RSIN:  859778198

You can find our invoice information here.

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.

Another parking spot is P22, located at Bijlmerdreef 109, 1102 BW Amsterdam Zuidoost. Whilst you are there, check out the impressive murals designed by OSCAM in collaboration with United Painting and Sisters Janssen.