Youri David Appelo is a curator, advisor and mediator based in Arnhem, The Netherlands.

With a background in arts education (BA) and museology (MA) his curatorial endeavours deal with a wide span of activities, formats and subjects. He engages with subjects within ecological, economic, social and political domains, whereby he pursuits open questions about how we could shape our possible futures. With an interest for artistic practices that translate complex notions into poetical, investigative, discursive and critical works of art, Appelo aims to bring these works to the forefront and with that examines the value of art for our contemporary societies.

Currently Appelo is co-director at POST, chair of committees at the Mondriaan Fund and boardmember for De Zaak Nu. 

Youri David Appelo is a curator, advisor and mediator based in Arnhem, The Netherlands.

With a background in arts education (BA) and museology (MA) his curatorial endeavours deal with a wide span of activities, formats and subjects. He engages with subjects within ecological, economic, social and political domains, whereby he pursuits open questions about how we could shape our possible futures. With an interest for artistic practices that translate complex notions into poetical, investigative, discursive and critical works of art, Appelo aims to bring these works to the forefront and with that examines the value of art for our contemporary societies.

Currently Appelo is co-director at POST, chair of committees at the Mondriaan Fund and boardmember for De Zaak Nu. 

Youri David Appelo is a curator, advisor and mediator based in Arnhem, The Netherlands.

With a background in arts education (BA) and museology (MA) his curatorial endeavours deal with a wide span of activities, formats and subjects. He engages with subjects within ecological, economic, social and political domains, whereby he pursuits open questions about how we could shape our possible futures. With an interest for artistic practices that translate complex notions into poetical, investigative, discursive and critical works of art, Appelo aims to bring these works to the forefront and with that examines the value of art for our contemporary societies.

Currently Appelo is co-director at POST, chair of committees at the Mondriaan Fund and boardmember for De Zaak Nu. 

(Year)

(Event)

(Venue)

(Location)

(Role)

2024

Plague

Platform POST

Arnhem, NL

Curator

2023

Watch it Collapse

Platform POST

Arnhem, NL

Curator

2023

Outside the Text

Platform POST

Nijmegen

Curator

2023

Springboard Art Fair

Werkspoorkathedraal

Utrecht, NL

Coach/Curator

2022

Meditations on Europe

Garage Rotterdam

Rotterdam, NL

Curator

2022

Caucasian History Lesson

Platform POST

Arnhem, NL

Curator

2022

For What It's Worth

Garage Rotterdam

Rotterdam, NL

Curator

2022

Bridging Borders

Platform POST

Arnhem, NL

Curator

2021

A Slippery Slope

Garage Rotterdam

Rotterdam, NL

Curator

2021

When Stones Awake

Platform POST

Nijmegen, NL

Curator

2020

Departures

Expoplu

Nijmegen, NL

Curator

2020

In Belief is Power

Expoplu

Arnhem, NL

Curator

2019

Monumental Fluxus

Besiendershuis

Nijmegen, NL

Curator

2019

A Doodle, A Diagram, A Disaster

Expoplu

Nijmegen, NL

Curator

2019

Heden: Tijd

VHDG

Leeuwarden, NL

Curator

2019

On the Line of the Equator

Expolu

Nijmegen, NL

Curator

2018

Words Don’t Come Easy – Money Doesn’t Either

Kunst Im Tunnel

Dusseldorf, DE

Co-curator

2018

Z

Schloss Ringenberg

Hamminkeln, DE

Co-curator

2018

Day of the Young Artist 2018

Museum De Pont

Tilburg, NL

Curator

2018

Kader: Catherine Biocca

VHDG

Leeuwarden, NL

Curator

2018

Heden: Grenzen

VHDG

Leeuwarden, NL

Curator

2018

(Un)controllable Territories

Expoplu

Nijmegen, NL

Curator

2018

Heden: Leren

VHDG

Leeuwarden, NL

Curator

2017

Alternative Truths

Expoplu

Nijmegen, NL

Curator

2017

Disruptive Voices

Expoplu

Nijmegen, NL

Curator

2016

Conflicting Identities

Expoplu

Nijmegen, NL

Curator

(Year)

(Title)

(Published by)

(Written by)

2024

Met Sunflower Soup naar Puck Verkade’s Plague bij POST

Mister Motley

Tom Jansen Klomp

2023

Drie kunstenaarsinitiatieven over de Arnhemse kunstscene

Metropolis M

Maarten Buser

2022

Water op vuile grond – Fragments from Shallow Lake bij Platform POST

Metropolis M

Vera van Nuenen

2022

Kapitaal en de Kunst B.V. – For what it’s worth in Garage Rotterdam

Mister Motley

Ayrton van Noort

2022

Tien tips: tijdens de Rotterdam Art Week klotst de kunst over oevers van de Nieuwe Maas

de Volkskrant

Bart Dirks

2021

‘POST is 100% een voortzetting van Expoplu’

Metropolis M

Marsha Bruinen

2021

Nijmeegse kunstenaars breiden uit naar Arnhem

De Gelderlander

Mirjam van Zelst

2020

Korte lijnen, grote impact – Kunst buiten de randstad

Metropolis M

Marsha Bruinen

2020

Stroom Invest interviews: Curator Youri Appelo

Jegens & Tevens

Frits Dijcks

2019

Femke Herregraven in Expoplu – Nijmegen Weekend

Metropolis M

Domeniek Ruyters

2018

Words Don’t Come Easy – Money Doesn’t Either

KubaParis

Unknown

2018

Letzte Ausstellung des Plugin-Projektes

B/B Volksblatt

Stefan Pingel

2018

Künstler stellen in Schloss Ringenberg aus

RP Online

Unknown

2018

A cup of entrepreneurship with... Youri Appelo

The artist + the others

Unknown

2018

Nijmeegse Kunstnacht: Vurige energie voor hedendaagse kunst

Into Nijmegen

Luus Veeken

2018

Expoplu is aan het professionaliseren

Ugenda

Jan Maurits Schouten

2018

'Nijmegen heeft geen oog voor beeldende kunst'

Ugenda

Jan Maurits Schouten

2017

Expoplu toont het nieuwe engagement in de kunst

Algemeen Dagblad

Anne Nijtmans

2017

Expoplu toont het nieuwe engagement in de kunst

De Gelderlander

Anne Nijtmans

2017

Alternative Truths: Karl Marx in een bad vol blauwe glitters

Mister Motley

Fenne Saedt

2017

De alternatieve waarheid is het ideale speelterrein voor de kunst

NRC

Unknown

2016

Conflicting Identities

Mister Motley

Sanne de Vries

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