Kim Knoppers (NL, 1976) joined Foam as a curator in spring 2011. She is interested in a wide range of photographic work, from documentary photography to artists working with documentary strategies and conceptual photo-based art, from photographs from archives to contemporary photography. Kim has worked on exhibitions including Raphaël Dallaporta: Observation, Stanley Greene: Black Passport, Bertien van Manen: Let's sit down before we go, Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs: Light of Other Days and Re-Search: Alumni Rijksakademie.

She also curated several exhibitions for Foam 3H, the museums platform for young and upcoming talent. Among them: Rico & Michael, Joss McKinley and Nina Poppe.

After finishing Art History studies (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) in 2001, Kim started her curatorial practice at the De Beyerd, centre for contemporary art, Breda. Before joining Foam she was  a freelance curator and producer for several cultural institutions and NGOs, such as Fotodok | Space for Documentary Photography, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Netherlands Media Art Institute, debate centre De Balie and Doctors without Borders.

Kim was also chairman (2008-2011) of the Steenbergen Stipendium, award for emerging photographers in The Netherlands.