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Martin is a curator and researcher of contemporary art, working on the intersections between art, language and globalisation. Martin recently completed his Ph.D. in Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths (University of London), titled “The Artist as Translator”. His recent travelling exhibition, “The Translator’s Voice”, explored language identity in the global present and was awarded the FRAC Lorraine/MARCO Vigo/SFKM Førde Award for Young Curators.

Previously, Martin studied Modern and Contemporary Art History and Curatorial Studies at the University of Bern (Switzerland), and Visual and Critical Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as Fulbright Scholar. Between 2009 and 2011 he worked as the Assistant Curator at PROGR Centre for Cultural Production, Bern, and as the Curator and Director of Stadtgalerie, Bern.

Residency Profile

NCAD MA Art in the Contemporary World / IMMA Fellowship, 2016

Martin Waldmeier was a fellow in 2016 for the NCAD MA Art in the Contemporary World / IMMA Fellowship.

As part of his residency at IMMA, Martin taught an elective module in the “Art in the Contemporary World” programme at the National Academy of Art and Design. Taking the idea of “Lingua Franca” – also known as bridge language, common language or vehicular language – as a starting point, his module explored how contemporary art connects with global publics, and what role language plays in this process. Is it important for artists to write and speak about their work? Who are they addressing? Is art a form of language, and if so, how universal can it be? How could we speak and write differently?

MA/ MFA Art in the Contemporary World, NCAD in collaboration with IMMA, host a research and teaching residency which is open to writers, artists, curators, educators and other practitioners who have published writings in the field of contemporary art. The selected candidate is provided with a residential space at the Irish Museum of Modern Art and is expected to deliver presentations on their own research interests in the context of the Art in the Contemporary World’s Master’s programme, as well as lead a number of seminars and conversations relating to the research residency’s theme.