The founder and owner of the gallery, Annelien Kers (1983), graduated from VU (Vrije Universiteit) in Amsterdam with a masters degree in Art History and a bachelor degree in Cultural Economics & Entrepreneurship from Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam.
Annelien was the initiator of several pop-up gallery initiatives from 2010 before she founded Kersgallery in 2013.
She was the organizer of ‘Ongekend’ Young Masters @ Auction from 2009 until 2013.
And also Annelien was the energetic artistic coördinator of De Vishal in Haarlem from 2015 until 2017.