Adam Budak is currently curator for contemporary art at the Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz. He studied Theatrology as well as Philosophy and History of Art and Architecture in Krakow, Prague and Colchester (Essex). He is also a guest curator for Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art in Gdansk and has been exhibition curator for contemporary art, linked for some years to the Bunkier Sztuki/Bunker of Art Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow. Recently he co-established a postgraduate studies programme in curatorial practice and theory at the Art History Institute of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He is also a guest lecturer at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts - Flanders in Antwerp and at the Schauspiel Institut of the Kunstuniversität in Graz.

Mr. Budak is the author of many articles and critical texts for art magazines, catalogues and anthologies (most recently for the catalogue of a solo show of Fabrice Hyber at the Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France). He also edited an anthology of texts on contemporary architecture, What is Architecture? (Krakow, 2002).

Dirk Snauwaert is the artistic director at Wiels. He was formerly co-director of IAC Villeurbanne where he was responsible for curating and developing the FRAC Rhône-Alpes collection. He directed Kunstverein Munich from 1996 to 2001. From 1989 to 1995, he was curator of contemporary art at the Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, where he organized and coordinated some hundred thematic, monographic and group exhibitions.

Snauwaert participates in conferences and publishes regularly on art and visual culture. He is a member of Adviescommissie Beeldende Kunst for the Flemish Community of Belgium. He also sits on the advisory committe of l'Action Française d'Action Artistique » (l'AFAA), and a number of other juries and advisory committees such as the DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogram, The Edvard Munch Prize in Oslo, BDI Prize and the Artist Pension Trust in Berlin.

Bénédicte Ramade is an art historian, the topic of both her BA and MA being Gordon Matta-Clark and his legacy. She also prepared a Ph.D. dealing with ecological issues raised by American contemporary art. Since 1999, she has been an associate editor with the monthly French art magazine L’œil, and she also wrote articles about contemporary art for the Canadian magazine Parachute. For three years, she created, edited and produced a weekly program dedicated to the French art scene on national radio France Culture.

Since 2005, Ramade has been a freelance curator. Her next project will take place at the Villa Arson art centre, Nice, in summer 2008. All these activities have provided her with an extended knowledge of the French art scene. It should also be noted that she has been entrusted with the task of granting art fellowships to young artists on behalf of the French Foreign Ministry’s culture department. Although the emphasis of her work has mostly been on landscape, the environment and nature; as well as the art of display; she maintains a broader interest in the study of all art forms.