Vivian Ziherl is critic, curator, researcher of contemporary art, and Director of Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art, Middelburg. Raised on Turrbal and Jagera country in Australia, Dr Vivian Ziherl is currently Director of Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art in Middelburg. Previously, Ziherl was Research and Programs Manager at Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam (2019–2026); founder and director of Frontier Imaginaries (2016–2019); Curator, If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want to Be Part of Your Revolution (2012–2014), and Curatorial Assistant and Kunstverein Amsterdam (2011 – 2012). In 2024 Ziherl joined the team of the 24th Biennale of Sydney Ten Thousand Suns, serving as Curatorial Advisor to Artistic Directors Cosmin Costinas and Inti Guerrero and alongside Fondation Cartier Indigenous Fellow Tony Albert. As a freelance curator Ziherl convened Koloa: Women Art and Technology together with Tunakaimanu Fielakepa and Cosmin Costinas (2019–2021), founded Landings (2013-2014) together with Natasha Ginwala, and co-curated the inaugural performance programs of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Stage It! together with Hendrik Folkerts (2011–2012). Ziherl holds a doctorate in Curatorial Studies from Monash University in Melbourne, and with adjunct supervision by Denise Ferreira da Silva.