Anja Groten
Anja Groten is a designer, organiser and educator based in Amsterdam. Investigating collectivity in practice, her work revolves around the cross-section of digital and physical media, design and art education and her involvement in different interdisciplinary groups.
Since March 2024, she is university lecturer (design) at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA).
In 2013 she co-founded the initiative Hackers & Designers, attempting to break down the barriers between the two fields by enforcing a common vocabulary through education, hacks and collaboration.
In November 2022 Anja completed a PhD about the relationship of design and collectivity at PhDArts, Academy of Creative and Performing Arts, Leiden University. She was also part of the consortium Bridging Art, Design and Technology through Critical Making. In 2019 she became course director of the design department at the Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam, Master of the Rietveld Academie.
