Dominika Kluszczyk

Year of birth: 1980 Field: Management in culture, networking City: Aarhus

During her study visit to Aarhus, Dominika Kluszczyk focused on networking and learning about the local cultural and artistic environment, with particular emphasis on extending partnership relations between two initiatives with which she is associated in Wrocław: WRO Art Center and IP Group. A series of meetings with representatives of the local environment made up her two-week trip; Kluszczyk also had the opportunity to present the activities carried out by the WRO Art Center and the IP Group to a wider audience as part of a meeting organized by Aarhus Billedkunstcenter.

The study visit was organized with the support of the Danish Cultural Institute in Warsaw.

Dominika Kluszczyk studied Roman Philology and Philosophy and Social Communication at the University of Wrocław (Poland). She’s a manager and producer of media art projects and cultural events with a 9 years of experience in working with non-governmental organizations.  Since 2011, she collaborates with WRO Art Center and since 2009 she has been associated with IP Group collective. Project manager and producer of the WRO Media Art Biennale 2017 Draft Systems, 2015 Test Exposure and 2013 Pioneering Values. Coordinator of EU - funded projects such as EMAP (European Media Art Platform 2017 – 2021) and Artist Talk (2011-2013). She has managed several international exhibitions and cultural events organized by the WRO Art Center, including exhibitions such as "Beyond the Seven" (The Dom Słowa Polskiego Printing House, Warsaw, 2017), "Eco Expanded City" (a multi-faceted project as part of the program of the European Capital of Culture Wroclaw 2016), "Moths, crabs, fluids" (international exhibition prepared for the opening of the Koszyki Hall in Warsaw, 2016), "On The Silver Globe – Installations for the collection of WRO Media Art Biennale" (Kunsthal Aarhus, 2014). She’s a member of the WRO Biennale curatorial team and of the selection committee of the Competition for Best Media Arts Graduation Projects (Poland).  As an independent manager of interdisciplinary projects in the field of music, theater and video, together with the IP Group collective, since 2014 she leads the IP Studio - open lab for interdisciplinary art projects and experimental research located in Wrocław, Poland.  Since 2018 she’s a member of Artistic Council of the Lower Silesian Zachęta Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts.