Marek Milde Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Brooklyn, NYC

Marek Milde is Brooklyn-based artist and curator, originally from Prague, Czech Republic, working with his wife Kristyna Milde in collaborative tandem. Their work takes a form of interactive installations, site interventions and DIY projects that investigate codes and mechanism of established cultural forms of domesticity and modern lifestyles and explores.

Greater New York City Area

Bohemian National Hall, Upper East Side, NYC, USA

• Czech Center New York is a cultural institute presenting cutting-edge events that feed into and complement the multicultural fabric of New York City.
• Liaised with over 700 artists yearly, achieving timely and effective execution of 120-160 events and projects such as exhibitions, screenings, festivals, theaters, and operas, in the areas of visual arts, design, and.
• Coordinated with external partners, institutions, and prominent venues such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), MAD Museum, New Museum, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and MOMI.
• Managed and executed the design and production of over 50 exhibitions.Key Accomplishments:
• Contributed significantly to the rebranding of the organization and expanded the creative direction.
• Promoted and developed an ambitious gallery program at the new institution venue.

Upper East Side, NYC, USA

• Annual celebration of the highly-attended Czech Independence Day in New York on the Upper East Side.
• Oversaw the festival’s production and timely schedule, as well as the streamlining technical execution, live music performances, workshops, and after party.
• Liaised with over 20 vendors, contracted services, and secured permits from the city and police department.Key Accomplishments:
• Attracted over 4,000 visitors in one day, and successfully streamlined the biggest Czech cultural event in NY.

• Leading national organization for presenters of the performing arts.
• Produced and facilitated all aspects of Czech Showcase at the annual APAP|NYC conference; the world's leading convention for the performing arts.
• Aided the festival in becoming a critical event by featuring the most prominent Czech and Slovak performing arts ensembles such as Czech National Theater, 420 People, Verte Dance, Alt@rt, Naive Theater Liberec.Key.
• Initiated and pioneered the participation of the Czech Showcases at APAP
• Strengthened and advanced careers of hundreds of performing artists.

New York, NY

• International festival showcasing notable European, genre-bending composers and performers.
• Created a welcoming festival design; carried out solid organization of the annual music and dance festival.
• Presented progressive, contemporary Czech and international musicians and composers such as Annie Gosfield, Ensemble Mise-en, and the Argento Chamber Ensemble that received repeated praise in The New York Times.Key.
• Curated and produced the complex and highly-attended musical workshop “Journey Through Sounds” in 2012.

New York, NY

• Annual showcase for frontier of international contemporary design in New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
• Accomplished the annual presentation of the Czech Design Showcase at the fair.
• Coordinated with all participants, as well as oversaw technical operations, production, and timely schedule.
• Administrated the international shipments, permits, registrations, and fees.Key Accomplishments:
• Produced the Czech Design Showcase, which was awarded the prestigious ICFF Editors Award in 2008.
• Achieved award-winning presentation of the most innovative designers such as Zdenek Lhotsky, Křehký Prague, and UP Závody

Chelsea, New York, NY

• Prominent gallery specializing in presenting premier international artists who incorporate glass in their art practice.
• Conceived the exhibition design and organized installation and de-installation of shows.
• Managed packing and shipping of extremely fragile artworks by building customized crates and packaging.
• Fulfilled routine gallery tasks such as painting, lighting, and storage maintenance.
• Participated in annual art fairs such as SOFA NY, and installed artworks in collector’s homes.