Adam Budak lives in Graz and Krakow, and is currently curator for contemporary art at the Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz, Austria. He studied theatre studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and history and philosophy of art and architecture at the Central European University in Prague. He has recently co-established the postgraduate studies programme in curatorial practice and theory at the Art History Institute of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Adam Budak has curated “Architectures: Metastructures of Humanity, Morphic Strategies of Exposure”, exhibition in the Polish Pavilion of the 9th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, 2004. He worked with acclaimed artists such as Louise Bourgeois, John Baldessari, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Cerith Wyn Evans and Monika Sosnowska, and has curated a large number of international exhibitions. Recent projects include “Protections. This Is Not an Exhibition”, “Volksgarten. Politics of Belonging” and "Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Collection as Aleph". Adam Budak is the co-curator of MANIFESTA 7 ("Principle Hope"), Trentino Alto Adige, Summer 2008.

 

 

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