Tirdad Zolghadr is a curator and writer. He currently teaches at the Berlin University of the Arts (Graduiertenschule UdK) and Bard College Berlin. Curatorial work includes biennial settings, long-term collective efforts, and a curatorship at KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2016–20). Published writing includes fiction and curatorial research such as REALTY: Beyond the Traditional Blueprints of Art & Gentrification (Hatje Cantz, 2022).
Tirdad Zolghadr reflects on his experience attending Vessel’s 2015 International Curatorial Workshop (ICW) in Bari, Italy.