Van Teeseling currently is the head of innovation and communication at the Mondriaan Fund, the public fund for visual art and cultural heritage in the Netherlands. In this role he set up pilot projects around innovative financing, public art commissions, fair practice and policy. ‘His inspired skills and vast network make Van Teeseling the perfect director to boost both contemporary art exhibition Sonsbeek and fashion platform State of Fashion on a local, national and international level’, says Eiso Alberda van Ekenstein, chairman of the foundation.