Kim Kraczon is a conservator of modern materials and contemporary art specializing in sustainable practices in the art sector. Kraczon is the Director of Materials at Ki Culture, lead in the Gallery Climate Coalition’s Packaging and Materials Research Committee, and one of the founding members of the Gallery Climate Coalition Berlin branch.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in the Conservation of Modern Materials and Technical Cultural Heritage from the University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft) Berlin and is currently pursuing her Master’s in the Conservation of Contemporary Art at the University of Amsterdam with a focus on plastics, time-based media, and sustainable materials in contemporary art.
Her previous professional experience includes resident conservator at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, where she developed sustainable strategies for production and packing materials, and working with museums and independent conservators in Germany.