Dr. V.E. Mandrij (they/them) is a writer and an art historian who studied and worked in Switzerland, Italy (KNIR, NIKI), Belgium (Museum Mayer van den Bergh), the Netherlands (Utrecht University, Vossius Center Amsterdam), and Germany (University of Konstanz). They co-edited Insects and Colors between Art and Natural History (2025) with Giulia Simonini.