• Since June 2015
    Curator for Ethnography (Asia, Oceania, Europe and Ancient Egypt) at Bernisches Historisches Museum, Bern, Switzerland.
    As part of this position contributions to various Exhibition-, Documentation-, Communication-, Publication- and Research-Projects, among these:
    • upcoming 2021
      ‘Mythos Samurai’, Curator.
    • 2019-2020
      ‘Homo migrans. Zwei Millionen Jahre unterwegs’, Co-Curator.
  • Spring 2014
    Identification and description of objects related to the Nagas of Northeast India -for the museum database and exhibition preparation. Museum of World Cultures, Barcelona.
  • August 2012
    Curator of the exhibition ‘Postcards and Beyond: The Mukunda Bahadur Shrestha Photo Collection’. In cooperation with photo.circle Nepal (Nepal Picture Library) and Siddharta Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal. More information…
  • 2002-2009, 2012, 2013
    Co-curator of the exhibition ‘Naga: Schmuck und Asche’ (engl. ‘Naga: Beads and Ashes’), a project on the Naga of Northeast India at the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zürich (VMZ), Switzerland, in cooperation with the Museum of Ethnology (new: Weltmuseum) Vienna, Austria. (Zürich 7. Jun 2008 – 9. Sept 2009. More information and photographs…

    Feb-July 2012
    Shown in an adapted version at the Museum of Ethnology (new: Weltmuseum), Vienna. More information and photographs…

    April 26. 2013 – September 16, 2013
    Shown in an adapted version under the title ‘Fiercely Modern: Art of the Naga Warrior’ at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York. More information…
  • May 2010
    Concert and exhibition event ‘Le voce dei Naga in Onsernone’, in Mosogno, Switzerland (23.5.). More information and press release…
  • Jan-Mar 2009
    Multimedia installation (Film & Photographs) ‘Fashion in Nagaland’, as part of the exhibition ‘Naga, a Forgotten Mountain Region Rediscovered’, Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland.
  • Dec 2008
    Multimedia Installation (Film) ‘Christmas in Nagaland’, as part of the exhibition ‘Naga, a Forgotten Mountain Region Rediscovered’, Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland.
  • 2007-2008
    Supervising tutor and co-curator of the exhibition ‘Wege ins Jenseits: Eine kulturvergleichende Spurensuche im Diesseits’. Showcased in the historical cloister of the Grossmünster Zürich and as a virtual exhibition online. In collaborations with the Institute for Comparative Science of Religions and the Theological Institute of the University of Zürich. More info (in german)…
  • 2001-2009
    As part-time administrative, technical and scientific assistant at the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zürich (VMZ), Switzerland, among others, contributions to the following exhibitions:
  • 2007-2008
    ‘Trommeln der Schamanen’, Curator: Prof. Dr. Michael Oppitz (research, audioguide, etc.)
  • 2005-2006
    ‘The 14 Dalai Lama: Tibetan Reincarnations of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara’, german title: ‘Die 14 Dalai Lamas: Tibets Reinkarnationen des Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara’, Curator: PD Dr. Martin Brauen (film editing of Heinrich Harrers “7 years in Tibet” raw materials for display within the exhibition, audioguide, internet, side events, etc.)
  • 2005-2006
    ‘Other worlds’, german title: ‘Jenseitswelten: von Geistern, Schiffen und Liebhabern’, curator: Marion Wettstein et al. (multimedia and research assistant, guided tours, etc.). Radio interview on the exhibition (in german)…
  • 2004-2005
    ‘Majesty and Magnificence at the Court of Menilek: Alfred Ilg’s Ethiopia around 1900’, german title: ‘Prunk und Pracht am Hofe Menileks: Alfred Ilgs Äthiopien um 1900’, curator: Elisabeth Biasio (image database programming and multimedia terminal programming)
  • 2003-2004
    ‘Bamboo in old Japan’, german title: ‘aufrecht biegsam leer: Bambus im alten Japan’, curator: PD Dr. Martin Brauen (multimedia, audioguide, side events, etc.)
  • 2001-2002
    ‘Robert Powell: Himalayan Drawings’, german title: ‘Robert Powell: Zeichnungen aus dem Himalaya’, curator: Prof. Dr. Michael Oppitz (guided tours, administration and logistics)
  • 2004-2005
    Co-Curator of the exhibition: ‘Gefässe für das Heilige, Indische Gegenstände reden von Religion’. (Ethnographic Museum of Zürich University, see above)