Born in Warsaw (1943), Krzysztof Wodiczko emigrated twice, from Poland to Canada and from Canada to the US. He now shares his time between New York and Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he is the Director of A.C.T., the Center of Art, Culture, and Technology at M.I.T. Head of the Interrogative Design group at M.I.T., Krzysztof Wodiczko has developed a series of public intervention instruments, such as Homeless Vehicle (1988-89), Alien Staff (1992), Porte-Parole (1994), AEgis (2000) and Dis-armor (1999-2000). Since 1980, Krzysztof Wodiczko has also created over 70 projections of politically charged images on monuments and public buildings, including projections at The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1989), City Hall Tower, Krakow (1996), Bunker Hill Monument, Boston (1998), A-Bomb Dome, Hiroshima (1999) and El Centro Cultural de Tijuana, Tijuana (2001).

Mr. Wodiczko and architect Julian Bonder are currently developing a major public monument commemorating the abolition of slavery in Nantes, France. Mr. Wodiczko is also working on a Public Projection for the city of Barcelona with the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona. He is also developing a similar projection for St. Louis, Missouri, where Mr. Wodiczko will animate the Old Courthouse, one of the city's most historic buildings.


The Visiting Artist/Art Historian Series is made possible by the Carmen Morton Christensen Art Fund Endowment.