Vivien Trommer is an independent curator and writer based in Frankfurt/Main. She holds degrees in Curatorial Studies from Städelschule and Goethe University Frankfurt, and in Art History and Gender Studies from Humboldt University Berlin. Currently, she is a PhD candidate in Art History at the University of Cologne. Vivien has lectured at Dusseldorf Art Academy, and guest lectured in Frankfurt/Main, Cambridge, and Washington DC. In 2016, she was Kadist Curatorial Fellow and co-curated House of Commons, Portikus, Frankfurt/Main. Prior to her residency at Ludlow 38, she worked as curatorial assistant at Kunsthalle Wien, Austria, and curated the exhibition Experience Economy at Salzburger Kunstverein. Vivien is a frequent contributor to exhibition catalogues and art magazines such as Artforum, Die Welt, Monopol, and KubaParis.
Vivien Trommer was the 2015 Curatorial Resident at Ludlow 38.