New Curator appointed at the Mostyn.
22nd May 2012
Mostyn Press Release
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Mostyn | Wales is delighted to announce that Adam Carr has been appointed Visual Arts Programme Curator.
Adam Carr (Born 1981, Chester, UK) is an internationally recognised curator and writer. He has organised numerous exhibitions for museums, institutions and galleries across the globe, including those in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, United States, Lithuania, Mexico and the UK. In 2010, he was a guest curator for Castello di Rivoli, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rivoli, Turin, Italy. In 2005 he was a guest curator for Institute of Contemporary Arts, London and in 2006 to 2007 he was an adjunct curator for Kadist Art Foundation in Paris. In 2007, he became a visiting professor at Oslo Academy of the Arts, Norway.
He has worked with a broad range of internationally established artists such as Robert Barry, Nina Beier, Daniel Buren, Claire Fontaine, Ryan Gander, Jens Haaning, Jonathan Monk, Tris Vonna-Michell and Lawrence Weiner, among others. He has also worked with a number of emerging artists including Simon Fujiwara, Alek O., Dan Rees and Hannah Rickards.
In addition to his work as a curator, he is highly active writer having written for numerous exhibition catalogues, artist monographs and art publications worldwide. He is a regular contributing writer for Cura., Flash Art, Mousse and Spike Art Quarterly.
"It's a great pleasure to join Mostyn" stated Carr, "having visited since a child, it has played a strong influence in the formation of my work as a Curator. I look forward to contributing to Mostyn's vision at an exciting time in its evolution, with the recent expansion and redevelopment, and with the appointment of Alfredo Camerotti as its new Director."
Mae Mostyn | Cymru yn falch o gyhoeddi fod Adam Carr wedi ei apwyntio yn Guradur y Rhaglen Gelf Weledol.
Mae gan Adam Carr (g. Caer, 1981) broffil rhyngwladol fel curadur ac awdur. Mae wedi trefnu nifer o arddangosfeydd i amgueddfeydd, sefydliadau ac orielau ar draws y byd, gan gynnwys rhai yn Awstria, Gwlâd Belg, Ffrainc, Yr Almaen, Unol Daleithiau America, Lithuania, Mecsico, ac yn y DU. Yn 2010 roedd yn guradur gwâdd i Amgueddfa Gelf Gyfoes, Castello di Rivoli, Turin yr Eidal. Yn 2005 roedd yn guradur gwâdd i’r Institute for Contemporary Arts Llundain, ac o 2006 i 2007 yn guradur ychwanegol i Sefydliad Celf Kadist ym Mharis. Yn 2007 daeth yn athro gwâdd i’r Academi Gelf yn Oslo, Norwy.
Mae wedi gweithio gyda ystod eang o artistiaid rhyngwladol o fri megis Robert Barry, Daniel Buren, Claire Fontaine, Ryan Gander, Jens Haaning, Jonathan Monk, Tris Vonna-Michell a Lawrence Weiner, ymysg eraill. Mae hefyd wedi gweithio gyda nifer o artistiaid sy’n dod i’r amlwg yn cynnwys Simon Fujiwara, Alek O., Dan Rees a Hannah Rickards.
Yn ogystal â’i waith fel cruadur, mae’n awdur toreithiol wedi ysgrifennu nifer o gatalogau arddangosfeydd, monograffau artistiaid a chyhoeddiadau celf yn fyd-eang, Mae’n gyfrannwr erthyglau cyson i Cura., Flash Art, Mousse a Spike Art Quarterly.
“Mae’n bleser mawr ymuno gyda Mostyn” meddai Carr, “wedi bod yn ymweld ers yn blentyn, mae wedi cael dylanwad cryf ar fy ngwaith fel Curadur. Rwy’n edrych ymlaen i gyfrannu i weledigaeth Mostyn yn yr amser cyffrous yma yn ei esblygiad, gyda’r ehangiad ac ailddatblygiad diweddar, a gyda apwyntiad Alfredo Cramerotti yn Gyfarwyddwr newydd.”
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