Naema Khalif

Naema Khalif is an Amsterdam-based visual artist, fundraiser, and writer. She helps makers, institutions, and communities remember who they are, what they experience, and why it matters. Her practice spans archives, narrative design, and cultural infrastructures, creating space for complexity across disciplines.

Trained through an MA in Museum Studies at the University of Amsterdam, Khalif has collaborated as a curator, fundraiser, and visual artist with the National Committee for the Commemoration of Slavery, Framer Framed, The Black Archives, OSCAM, The National Maritime Museum, Buro Stedelijk, LVWB Fundraising, The Muslim Archive, The Mondriaan Fund, and Felix Meritis.

Together with Jaer Vogelland, she co-launched For The Futurists: a magazine and exhibition platform celebrating art(ists) in community. The project has partnered with Bar Bario, Kunstlinie, Stichting Sally, The Amsterdam Museum, Coco Olakunle’s Photography Bookclub, The Jollof Club, Richard Kofi (The Museum of Black Futures), Ida Does’ Alledaagse Waarheid, and Soomaal House.

Across these roles, Khalif consolidates lived experience with collective memory, bridging intuition and strategy visualising cultural narratives and future visions.