TEXTSYNOPSISBIOGRAPHY

Daniel Kurjakovic



BIOBIBLIOGRAPHY
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Zurich/ *Bosnia 1970

Freelance curator, art critic, historian and writer
Teaching at HGKZ - Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst (University of Art & Design), Zurich, regularly since 2000
Previously, Assistant Curator at the new Kunstmuseum (Museum of Art), Lucerne
Publisher at & co-founder (1995) of MEMORY/CAGE EDITIONS contemporary art and literature

CURATORIAL WORK
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2002
"Frenetic Interferences - A presentation of MEMORY/CAGE EDITIONS", co-curated with Adrian Notz, special contributions by Julian Opie, Nedko Solakov, Chris Bünter, Heinrich Lüber and Voice Crack (Norbert Möslang & Andy Guhl), New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, May 15 - 28, 2002 (exhib. cat.)

2001
"A World within a Space" (with Georges Adéagbo, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Ilja and Emilia Kabakov, Claude Lévêque, Nedko Solakov, Nari Ward), Kunsthalle Zürich, Aug. 25 - Oct. 21, 2001 (exhib. cat.)
"Sam Durant: Consciousness Raising Analysis...", Kunsthof Zürich, May 25 - June 30, 2025

2000
"Mixing Memory and Desire", opening exhibition at the new Museum of Art, Lucerne, June 20 - Sept. 24, 2000. (exhib. cat.)
"Reality Hacking: Peter Regli", Event on the Lake Zurich, Summer 2000
"Michelangelo Pistoletto: Fractals", concept for a project realized in the new Museum of Art, Lucerne, Oct. 13 - Dec. 3, 2000

1999
"Other Rooms, Other Voices", audio-work made by 15 international artists (Vito Acconci, Dara Birnbaum, Silvie Defraoui, Iris Gallarotti, Jos Näpflin, Julian Opie, Vittorio Santoro, Lawrence Weiner, and many others), Swiss National Radio Broadcast Channel 2, Jan. 4 - 22, 1999 (publication)

ART CRITICS
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Since 1992, working for national and international media: Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich; ARTIS, Bern; Flash Art International, Milan; Forum International, Brussels; Théâtre Public, Paris & Zurich; Journal of the Philosophy of Art, London; PARKETT, Zurich; Journal of Contemporary Art, New York

1996-2000, regular art criticism for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ)

(June 2002)