Before joining KITLV, Kerstin worked with institutions such as the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum on projects addressing the theme of decolonization through art and curating. In 2019, she was a curatorial fellow at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College.
‘Sawangwongse Yawnghwe: Painting the Unstable State’, Art Asia Pacific 118: 33-43, 2020.
Archive Matters: Fiona Tan at the Ludwig Museum. Third Text, 2019.
‘Fighting Colonial Claims to Power: Agus Djaya and Otto Djaya in Amsterdam 1947-1950’, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2018.
‘Het ruangrupa netwerk – Voor een sociaal, activerend en begripsvol Sonsbeek’, Metropolis M 3: 58-60, 2018.