Heide Häusler has been the managing director and artistic director of Internationale Photoszene Köln since 2013. As a curator and exhibition manager, she previously worked for institutions including the Museum of Applied Arts in Cologne, the Stadtmuseum in Düsseldorf, and the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt. From 2009 to 2016, she was Exhibition Director of the Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg Photo Festival (also known as the Biennale for Contemporary Photography). Most recently, she curated the exhibitions “Next Generations” and “From A to B” at the Museum Morsbroich in Leverkusen. She served on the board of the DGPh’s Bild Section from 2013 to 2015 and from 2024 to 2026, and was a jury member for the DGPh’s Otto Steinert Prize and the City of Cologne’s Chargesheim Prize for Media Art from 2015 to 2025. In 2026, she was honored by the Cologne Cultural Council as Cultural Manager of the Year 2025.
