Katarina Pierre is Director of the Bildmuseet Museum, Umea, Sweden. Since 1995, she has worked at Bildmuseet as a curator and was instrumental to the internationalization of the museum’s programme. Bildmuseet, Umea’s University museum is a centre for contemporary art and visual culture. In 2014, Bildmuseet was 2014 one of the top candidates for the Council of Europe Museum Prize as well as for the Swedish award Museum of the Year, and received a Special Commendation from the European Museum of the Year Jury.