Heidi Ballet is Director of the Contour Biennial and Associate Curator at DE SINGEL in Antwerp. She also teaches at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Her curatorial practice explores the intersections of art, science, and society, with a particular interest in place, ecology, and political histories. She has developed numerous public art projects, including And So, Change Comes in Waves, a permanent art-and-science outdoor parcours commissioned by KU Leuven. As Artistic Director of the Beaufort Triennial (2018, 2021), she commissioned site-specific works for the Belgian coast by artists including Michael Rakowitz, Jeremy Deller, Sammy Baloji, Nina Beier, Rossella Biscotti, and Raphaela Vogel. In 2017, together with Milena Hoegsberg, she curated the Lofoten Biennale (LIAF), I Taste the Future, which addressed climate change, oil extraction, and local histories through visual art and performance. In 2016, she curated Our Ocean, Your Horizon at Jeu de Paume, Paris, and CAPC Bordeaux. From 2012 to 2015, she was Research Curator at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin, where she worked on After Year Zero and Ape Culture, and served as Assistant Curator of the 2012 Taipei Biennale. Her writing has appeared in Mousse, ArtReview, Art Papers, and Randian. She is a member of the acquisition committee of FRAC Grand Large.