Markus Waitschacher is an art mediator, curator, and cultural anthropologist based in Graz, Austria. He works in a host of contexts, most of them site-specific and site-sensitive. The main object of inquiry in his curatorial practice is the magnificent lure of the local, its curiosities and legends, its human and non-human relationships and the entanglements and interconnections of all this to and with a larger historical context.

The larger projects he has curated include shows at Kunstverein Kärnten, bazament gallery, Centro de Desarollo de las Artes Visuales, viennacontemporary, Le Cube – independent art room, haaaauch-quer, Kunstverein < rotor >, Art Sonje Center, and ZETA Galeria, among others.

At present, Markus works as an art educator at the Universalmuseum Joanneum. He co-edits the annual publication covering the art collection of the municipality Graz, where he engages artists in rethinking new and alternative forms of presenting collections. Since 2021, Markus has been serving as the main curator for visual arts at Forum Stadtpark (Graz).

Foto: Alfred Lenz