Boris Kostadinov

Boris Kostadinov is a curator and art critic. He is the director of Scope BLN in Berlin. His projects explore the interaction of art with political and geopolitical realities, economics, social processes and theories: economy of art, art as a social or activist gesture, art as a political platform, gender art issues. The second guideline of his work is art & technology. Such projects are defined by artistic practices that moderate relationships between elite science, future forecasts and social consciousness. Kostadinov has curated projects for Ortstermin 21 - Kunstfestival by Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin; Mitte Media Festival, Berlin; DNA Gallery, Berlin; The European biennial of contemporary art Manifesta 11, Zurich, Switzerland; Notgalerie, Vienna; Projektraum LS43, Berlin; Radiator Gallery, New York, USA; Leo Kuelbs Collection, New York, USA; IG Bildende Kunst Gallery, Vienna; viennacontemporary International Art Fair, Vienna; Parallel Art Fair, Vienna; Sturm & Schober Gallery, Vienna; Ernst Hilger Gallery, Vienna; Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria; National Art Gallery, Sofia; FLUCA – Austrian Cultural Pavilion – Plovdiv, Bulgaria - 2019 European Capital of Culture; Center for Contemporary Art, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Haus Wittgenstein, Vienna; LOOP Fair, Barcelona, Spain; Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia. Kostadinov is a member of the Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin. He was a member of the advisory board of the Visible Award 2015 – Tate Liverpool, UK and for many years he is a member of the jury of apexart, New York. He has served as Director for FLUCA – Austrian Cultural Pavilion and the International Video art Festival, Videoarchaeology.