Opening: Arty Party: Photography Graduates 2025
For Melkweg Expo, photography represents the driving force in the arts. Therefore, the photography selection of ARTY PARTY - a multidisciplinary one-night-only art festival - will be on display from 13 September until 12 October 2025 in Melkweg Expo. On Friday 12 September between 17:30 and 20:30, the exhibition will officially open. Be welcome!
This year we invited international scouts - art professionals from the photograp why and contemporary art world - to handpick each of these photographers from the pool of talented art graduates from all over the Netherlands. So don’t worry if you’ve missed the graduation shows, because at the 'Arty Party: Photography Graduates 2025' group exhibition at Melkweg Expo, you can discover the most extraordinary, surprising and fresh photographic work!
Meet this year's international team of scouts:
Francesco Rombaldi - Yogurt Magazine
Francesco Rombaldi (b. 1981, Reggio Emilia) is a curator, editor, and art director with a background in advertising and design. He founded Track Magazine in 2007, later joining Rome’s 001 collective to produce fanzines and photography events. In 2016, he launched Yogurt Magazine, where he serves as Editor-in-Chief and Curator, publishing work by renowned photographers such as Alec Soth and Alba Zari. He also leads Yogurt’s publishing house and creative agency, co-founded the independent photography bookshop Paper Room in Rome, and directs Charta, Rome’s photobook festival.
Francesca Hummler - Der Greif
Francesca Hummler (b. 1997) is a German-American visual artist, researcher, and the Community Manager and Program Curator at Der Greif, the award-winning platform for contemporary photography. Based between London and San Diego, she holds degrees in Media Arts, Biochemistry (UC San Diego), and an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art. Her work explores identity, familial intimacy, and generational trauma through archives and self-portraiture, often drawing on photo-therapeutic practices. She has exhibited at Paris Photo, the Sprengel Museum, and the Crypt Gallery, and received awards including Carte Blanche Étudiants and the Vonovia Young Talent Award.
Lisanne van Happen – The Eriskay Connection
Lisanne van Happen supports upcoming talent mainly working with the medium of photography within her work. She is a freelance curator, fundraiser and producer with a particular interest in social issues, specialized in the field of documentary photography. She strives to connect people and create collaborations that are greater than the sum of its parts. Lisanne has a BA in documentary photography from art academy St.Joost in Breda. She studied social-cultural work and attended courses in Sociology at Utrecht University. Over the past ten years she worked as a curator and producer for organizations such as: Critical Mass, Docking Station, Prospektor and FOTODOK. Currently Lisanne works as a fund raiser and editor at The Eriskay Connection, photobook designers & publishing house in Breda, The Netherlands.
Zineb Seghrouchni - DAR Cultural Agency
Zineb Seghrouchni is the founder and director of DAR Cultural Agency, an initiative that challenges one-sided Western perspectives by creating space for artists and designers who question the status quo. From Milan to Dakar, DAR curates, programs, and collaborates internationally — contributing to and shaping cultural discourse. DAR represents emerging talent in the fields of art, design and architecture, and works across institutions, companies, communities, and multinationals such as UNESCO. Zineb curated exhibitions at Centraal Museum and Stedelijk Schiedam, and serves on the board of Jan van Eyck Academy. She has held jury and tutor roles at FOTODOK, WdKA, Academy of Architecture Amsterdam and Design Academy Eindhoven.
