Director of GOGBOT festival. Kees de Groot studied at AKI ArtEZ and the Rijksacademie of Amsterdam.

Kees de Groot is the founder and creative director of PLANETART since 1995, initiator and producer of GOGBOT festival since 2004 and TEC ART Rotterdam since 2014. This year he is the co-curator of FAKE ME HARD in AVL Mundo with Ine Gevers.