Ami Barak

Ami Barak is an independent curator and art critic. He is behind several hundred projects and exhibitions in France and abroad, and regularly collaborates with publications devoted to contemporary art, for which he writes articles and essays.

In recent years, he has been artistic director of a number of major events, including: Art Encounters Biennale in Timisoara, of which he was interim artistic director; Le Salon de Montrouge, which he directed for five consecutive editions (61st to 65th, from 2016 to 2020); Ex-East - Past and Recent Histories of the Romanian Avant-Garde, at Espace Niemeyer (Paris, 2019) ; La Brique - Cărămida, at Kunsthalle Mulhouse (2019); Role Playing - Rewriting Mythologies, at Daegu Photo Biennale (South Korea, 2018); La Vie mode d'emploi, at Art Encounters Biennale (Timisoara, 2017); De quoi l'image est-elle le nom?at Momenta | Biennale de l'image (Montreal, 2017); Taryn Simon - Rear Views, Star Forming Nebula and Foreign Propaganda Bureau, at Jeu de Paume (Paris, 2015); Stuttering - Melik Ohanian, at CRAC de Sète (2014).