Karin Eliza van Pinxteren (1967, ’s-Hertogenbosch) studied at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Breda. She makes ‘Short Poetry A’, installations, performances, video and writes contemplative texts as Nightporter. She was trained as a graphic designer and architectural designer. She struggles with the ethics involved in shaping other people’s questions and after her studies she starts developing free work based on reflection on her own questions. As artist in residence she worked in Vught, Kolderveen, Antwerp, Mas de Charrou, Chelva, and Prague. She has exhibited at Museum De Pont, Van Abbemuseum, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Stedelijk Museum Aalst, Museum De Beyerd and the Museum for Contemporary Art Chongqing. Her work is part of various private art collections and corporate collections, including Akzo Nobel Art Collection, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Museum van Bommel van Dam.