Rafal Niemojewski
Accredited Expert @European Commission
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WORK HISTORY
Accredited Expert @European Commission
Brussels, BE
Quality Expert and Grant Assessor at the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)- Grant applications assessment, including large-scale transnational cooperations, European networks and platforms, cultural heritage reactivation, projects reflecting the concept of the role of culture in the EU\'s external relations, and/or contributing to the social integration of migrants and refugees- Audit of the assessment reports, with particular attention to resubmissions, threshold and sensitive projects.Grant Assessor at Research Executive Agency (REA).
EDUCATION
Royal College of Art
PhD, Curating Contemporary Art
Université Paris-Sorbonne
MA cum laude, Histoire de l’Art
Université Paris-Sorbonne
DESS, Art Contemporain : Connaissance et Pratique
SKILLS
ABOUT RAFAL NIEMOJEWSKI
Dr Rafal Niemojewski is a cultural producer and scholar of contemporary art and its institutions. He graduated in History of Art and Curatorial Studies from La Sorbonne and earned his doctorate from the Royal College of Art for his thesis on the proliferation of the contemporary biennial. Niemojewski has worked in the capacities of Assistant and Associate Professor at Central Saint Martins, Sotheby’s Institute, Royal Institute of Art (Stockholm), and MA Programme Director at Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. His writings appeared in numerous journals and books, including The Manifesta Decade (MIT Press, 2006), Biennial Reader (Hatje Cantz, 2010) and The New Curator (Laurence King, 2016). His latest book Biennials: The Exhibitions We Love to Hate (Lund Humphries, 2021) examines essentially contested concepts within the epistemology of contemporary biennials.Outside academia, he has led projects for dOCUMENTA(13), Venice Biennale, Manifesta, Serpentine Galleries, Bergen Kunsthall, and worked as programs curator at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre.In 2014, he was appointed as Expert at the Education, Culture, and Audiovisual Executive Agency (EACEA) at the European Commission, and in 2016 became Director of the Biennial Foundation, a non-profit organization providing advocacy and thought leadership for the international arts community. Outside the United States and Europe, Niemojewski has been actively participating in shaping cultural policies in the Middle East. He served as chairman of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation Advisory Committee and senior advisor at the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture and is currently working with the Royal Commission for Riyadh City. He participated in several panels and juries, most recently at Qatar Creates / Doha Design.Specialties: Public Programs and Live Art Production, Art Festivals and Biennales, Curating, Research and Thought Leadership for the Art Industry, History of Exhibitions and Institutions of Art, Curatorial Studies, Fundraising, Assessment and Management of Grants, Digital Curation, Consulting Services
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