Jef Declercq (°1994, BE) is an independent curator, art historian, writer and gallery worker based in Brussels. He holds a master in Art History from Ghent University (2019), and in 2020 he completed the postgraduate programme in Curatorial Studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK). In 2022, he was part of the Young Curators Programme at the Belgian Pavilion within the 59th Venice Biennale. Declercq has initiated multiple exhibition projects, both in traditional exhibition spaces and in unconventional environments. He was one of the founding members of the STOFWOLK collective (2016 - 2018, Ghent). Jef Declercq has curated a solo exhibition of Yoel Pytowski (2021, Ghent) and co-curated Publiek Park (2021). He has been involved with the Proximus Art Collection (2022), HORST Arts & Music Festival (2022). Jef Declercq has conducted research for Kunst in Opdracht (2022), and his writings have been published by the Belgian Pavilion, Art & Education and HART magazine.