Sylwia Świsłocka-Karwot

Function: Director-manager Muzeum Współczesne Country: Poland Visiting period: 22 - 26 May Visiting year: 2022

She is responsible for general management, creating modern and contemporary art collection, strategic policy development and external contacts of the Museum. Until her appointment she was a supervisory authority of CEA under the Ministry of Culture and Heritage in Poland. She was also art director and curator at Sztuk dwie Foundation in Warsaw and HOS Gallery, which she also founded. Last years she was the President of The Lower Silesian Society of Fine Arts. She is still working at the Institute of Art History Wrocław University, where she graduated MA in History of Art and Ph.D. in Humanities.

She worked as curator, art critic, lecturer of history of art, art project officer.

She is the academy board member of The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design and presidential advisor for cultural matters in Wrocław Culture Council. She published books, articles and critic texts on contemporary art and phenomena of modern culture as an author and editor. Her research is focused on previous time of the 20th century, methodology of art history and maps the latest developments in the field of the visual arts and cultural heritage.