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JENNI SCHMITT is a strategist, cultural manager, and communications consultant specialising in contemporary arts, culture, and transdisciplinary endeavours that contribute to societal change and envision desirable futures in the now.
REFERENCES: Live Art Forms / JP Raether – Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, Prix Meret Oppenheim – Federal Office of Culture (FOC), Musée Barbier-Mueller, miart (in collaboration with Nicola Jeffs), Art Department – Swiss Post, CCA Berlin – Centre for Contemporary Arts, Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI), HOLITOPIA Festival for Arts & Futures, Klöntal Triennale 2024, German Pavilion – 60th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, Kunsthalle Basel, BKB Basler Kantonalbank, Institut Français Germany, Institut Français Berlin, Swiss Art Awards – Federal Office of Culture (FOC), Liste Art Fair Basel, Innovation Office – University of Basel, E.A.T. Engadin Art Talks, I Never Read Art Book Fair, Wunderland.Art, Berlin Art Prize.
CV: Since March 2025, Jenni Schmitt has been Head of Administration at Kunsthalle Basel.
Previously, and alongside her work as a freelance consultant and project manager for more than a decade, she co-directed the consultancy KEINE AGENTUR FUTURE LAB (2020–2024) and served as Management Lead of CIVIC (2022–2024): an interdisciplinary platform at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel, enabling collaborative experiments and dialogue to foster the societal relevance of art and design.
Before leading CIVIC, Jenni held senior roles in Communication and Marketing at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel (2015–2022).
In addition to her degrees from the Berlin University of the Arts (UDK), she holds a further education diploma in Coaching from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts (FHNW), and a qualification in Change and Innovation in Cultural Management from the University of Basel.
Text YES! to:
OR call:
+41 78 940 04 37
+49 151 62 68 85 96
JENNI SCHMITT is a strategist, cultural manager, and communications consultant specialising in contemporary arts, culture, and transdisciplinary endeavours that contribute to societal change and envision desirable futures in the now.
REFERENCES: Live Art Forms / JP Raether – Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, Prix Meret Oppenheim – Federal Office of Culture (FOC), Musée Barbier-Mueller, miart (in collaboration with Nicola Jeffs), Art Department – Swiss Post, CCA Berlin – Centre for Contemporary Arts, Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI), HOLITOPIA Festival for Arts & Futures, Klöntal Triennale 2024, German Pavilion – 60th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, Kunsthalle Basel, BKB Basler Kantonalbank, Institut Français Germany, Institut Français Berlin, Swiss Art Awards – Federal Office of Culture (FOC), Liste Art Fair Basel, Innovation Office – University of Basel, E.A.T. Engadin Art Talks, I Never Read Art Book Fair, Wunderland.Art, Berlin Art Prize.
CV: Since March 2025, Jenni Schmitt has been Head of Administration at Kunsthalle Basel.
Previously, and alongside her work as a freelance consultant and project manager for more than a decade, she co-directed the consultancy KEINE AGENTUR FUTURE LAB (2020–2024) and served as Management Lead of CIVIC (2022–2024): an interdisciplinary platform at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel, enabling collaborative experiments and dialogue to foster the societal relevance of art and design.
Before leading CIVIC, Jenni held senior roles in Communication and Marketing at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel (2015–2022).
In addition to her degrees from the Berlin University of the Arts (UDK), she holds a further education diploma in Coaching from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts (FHNW), and a qualification in Change and Innovation in Cultural Management from the University of Basel.