short biography
Adam Budak (b.1966, Krakow, Poland) is director of the Kestner Gesellschaft in Hanover since November 1, 2020. He was artistic director of the National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic and curator of the BIENNALE GHERDËINA VI, 2018 in Ortisei, South Tyrol, Italy; also curator of contemporary art at the Kunsthaus Graz at the Landesmuseum Joanneum; Co-curator of the Prague Biennale 1, 2003; Co-curator of the International Biennial of Contemporary Art Prague, 2005; and Curator of Architectures: Meta-structures of Humanity, Morphic Strategies of Exposure in the Polish Pavilion of the 9th Architecture Biennale in Venice, 2004. Adam Budak studied drama at the University of Jagiellonski in Krakow and Philosophy, art history and architecture at the Central European University in Prague.
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13. Mar 13. Mar[ɡəˈzɛlʃaft] Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
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12. Sep 22. May 2022Jongsuk Yoon | Gang Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
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11. Sep 26. DecTim Etchells | Let it come, Let it come: The time we can love Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
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18. Apr 08. AugJoseph Beuys / 100! Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
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18. Apr 08. AugMoyra Davey | My Saints Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
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18. Apr 08. AugSharon Lockhart | The Future Should Always Be Better Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
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18. Apr 08. AugSusan Hiller | Lost and Found Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
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18. Apr 08. AugCamille Henrot | Mother Tongue Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
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08. Aug 19. OctBIENNALE GHERDËINA VII Biennale Gherdeina, Ortisei / St. Ulrich
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15. Nov 16. Feb 2020Jitka Hanzlova - Silences National Gallery Prague
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11. May 24. Nov58. Venice Biennale 2019 Venice Biennale
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24. Jun 15. SepBIENNALE GHERDEINA VI "WRITING MOUNTAINS" Biennale Gherdeina, Ortisei / St. Ulrich
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07. Apr 03. JunSharon Lockhart. Movements and Variations Galleria Civica Modena / Fondazione Fotografia Modena
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16. Feb 06. Feb 2019KATHARINA GROSSE. WUNDERBILD National Gallery Prague
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22. Jul 11. Sep5th Biennale Gherdëina "From Here to Eternity" Biennale Gherdeina, Ortisei / St. Ulrich
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24. Jun 18. SepPoetry Passage#3: Silent Eternity National Gallery Prague
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06. Feb 31. AugAi Weiwei: Zodiac Heads National Gallery Prague
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26. Jul 21. SepPunctum. Bemerkungen zur Photographie Salzburger Kunstverein
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25. Apr 14. JunThe Sky is Blue in Some Other Way: A Diagram of a Possible Misreading Elba Benitez Gallery, Madrid
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01. Jun 24. Nov55. Venice Biennale 2013 - Country Pavilions Venice Biennale
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07. Feb 05. MayLibia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson. Asymmetry TENT Rotterdam
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23. Nov 21. DecThe Castle in the Air - Seance of Imagination. Zamek Culture Centre, Poznan
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07. Oct 08. Jan 2012BEYOND KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn °
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23. Sep 16. Octsteirischer herbst 2011: Zweite Welten steirischer herbst '
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10. Jun 30. Sep 2012Simon Starling & Superflex. e.g. Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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26. May 26. JunPassion of the Ornithologist. Topographies of Myth BWA Sokol Gallery, Nowy Sacz
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12. May 18. Juncurated by_vienna 2011: Adam Budak Kerstin Engholm Galerie
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10. Mar 22. AprFROM ONE WORD TO ONE WORD - a possible void BÄCKERSTRASSE 4, Wien
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12. Jun 12. SepHuman Condition Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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04. Jun 31. OctDer schaffende Mensch. Welten des Eigensinns Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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06. Feb 16. MayTatiana Trouvé: Il Grande Ritratto Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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05. Sep 04. OctANABASIS. RITUALS OF HOMECOMING Ludwik Grohman Villa, Lodz
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06. Jun 30. AugSaint-Nazaire Biennale 2009: Le Sang dun poète Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou / Nantes
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08. May 24. MayBREATHLESS Galerie Andreas Huber, Wien
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16. Sep 26. SepSurface of the World - Retrospective Michelangelo Antonioni Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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19. Jul 02. NovManifesta 7 Trentino-Alto Adige 2008 International Foundation Manifesta, Amsterdam
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06. Mar 26. OctThyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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02. Feb 18. MayPedro Cabrita Reis Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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22. Sep 13. Jan 2008Volksgarten. Die Politik der Zugehörigkeit Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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19. Mar 13. MayMANIPULATIONS U-jazdowski, Warsaw
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03. Feb 11. FebKenneth Anger: Eaux d’Artifice Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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03. Feb 13. MayCerith Wyn Evans Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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23. Sep 22. Octsteirischer herbst 2006: Protections steirischer herbst '
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23. Sep 22. OctProtections / steirischer herbst 06 Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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08. Jun 11. June-flux VIDEO RENTAL FILM FESTIVAL Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp
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04. Feb 07. MayMaria Lassnig / Liz Larner Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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05. Nov 04. Feb 2006Cerith Wyn Evans Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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14. Jun 11. SepIBCA Biennale Prague 2005 IBCA Biennale Prag
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04. Jun 11. SepChikaku - Time and Memory in Japan Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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14. Apr 01. Jule-flux VIDEO RENTAL The Moore Space
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06. Mar 16. MayJohn Baldessari Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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05. Mar 31. Auge-flux VIDEO RENTAL KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
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14. Aug 03. OctNowa Huta - Kunst aus polnischer Sicht Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster
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26. Jun 15. AugSHAKE Gdansk - Re: Location 6 Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk
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12. Mar 12. AprRe:Location 6: re(framed)locations, dis(covered)desires Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk
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11. Jul 07. Sepbewitched, bothered and bewildered Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk
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26. Jun 24. AugPrague Biennale 1 PRAGUE BIENNALE
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22. Mar 25. Maybewitched, bothered and bewildered Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich
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30. Nov 30. NovRe:Location 1-7 / Shake Re:Location