Lieven Bertels recently joined the Immersive Experience team at global image technology innovator Barco (EBR: BAR), after over 20 years as a creative and executive director in various media and cultural organizations in Europe, Australia and the US.
Before joining Barco, Lieven was the inaugural director of The Momentary, a new multi-disciplinary arts center he helped build in NW Arkansas at the invitation of the Walton family (Walmart)
From 2012 to 2016 Lieven stood at the helm of Sydney Festival, Australia’s leading arts festival. From 2004 to 2011 he was the artistic coordinator at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam. From 2001 to 2004 he was the inaugural artistic director of the newly built Concertgebouw arts venue in Bruges, Belgium.
He studied Musicology at the University of Leuven (Belgium) and received an MA in Composition specializing in A/V production at the University of Durham (UK). He trained with BBC Scotland and Decca Records Ltd., returning to Belgium to become lecturer and later head of the Audio Dept. at the Brussels Film academy RITCS, and to work as a radio producer at the Belgian national broadcaster VRT.
Lieven Bertels served as a board member of the International Society for the Performing Arts (New York) and received the honor of being made a Knight in the Belgian Order of the Crown in 2013.