Marjan Brandsma is theory tutor Contemporary Art and Design at the Graphic Design department and at the Individual Study Track (IST) of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK).
Marjan Brandsma (1962, Haarlem, The Netherlands) studied Art History at Leiden University. After attaining her 1st grade doctoral teaching qualification, she started teaching theory at the KABK at the Fine Arts and Graphic Design departments in 1996.
As project coordinator she was connected to the Centre for Fine Arts (Centrum Beeldende Kunst) in Rotterdam and atelier LEK (Licht En Kleur) in Rotterdam. She has worked for Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden and the Kunsthal in Rotterdam.