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Judit joined DJCAD as a Lecturer and Baxter Fellow in Curatorial Practice (Art & Design) in 2020 and now works as the Director of the new MFA Curatorial Practice (Art&Design) Programme at DJCAD, which she wrote and developed, with partners including the V&A Dundee, and the University of Dundee Museum and Archives.
With a background in Art History (ELTE, Budapest, 2002), Arts Management (Dartington College of Arts, University of Plymouth, 2005) and a practice-led and AHRC-funded collaborative Doctoral Award in curatorial practice (Aberystwyth University, 2017) Judit has experience as a curator, creative producer, part-time academic, researcher, writer, and editor independently and in a variety of roles in artist-led organisations (Artpool, Budapest; East Street Arts, Leeds; WAVEparticle, Glasgow) and Higher Education Institutions (MA Curating Award lead, Dartington College of Arts; Fine Art Lecturer and Creative Fellow, York St John University; Associate Tutor then Lecturer, MLitt Curatorial Practice at The Glasgow School of Art).
Judit's primary interest is exploring and making visible the histories and practices of post-1970s countercultural art practices developed through artist-to-artist networks. Her other interests include curatorial education, practice-as-research in curating, and creating sustainable frameworks in the arts through HEI-industry partnership work.
Since joining DJCAD, Judit has worked as Principal Investigator on two RSE-funded international research projects, as the Project Lead and Curator of the DJCAD Research EXPO, and as Creative Economies Knowledge Exchange Hub Lead at the Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities on behalf of University of Dundee.
Before joining DJCAD, Judit worked as a freelance curator on No such permanence, only becoming (Festival of Ephemeral Art, Sokołowsko, Poland, 2019), Left Performance Histories (NGbK, Berlin 2018), Silent Explosion: Ivor Davies and Destruction in Art at the National Museum Wales, Cardiff (2015) and as the creative producer of The Happenstance, Scotland’s Collateral Event at the 16th Architectural Biennial, Venice.
Judit’s research writings have been published by Routledge, Palgrave MacMillan, Taylor&Francis, Brill, Trancript Verlag, Occassional Papers and Apparatus Journal.
Judit currently serves as a Trustee of the Alasdair Gray Archive, Glasgow and Generator Projects Dundee, and as member of the Council for Higher Education in Art & Design (CHEAD) Research Innovation and Knowledge Exchange (RIKE) Alliance.
Research interests
- Archives in contemporary art practice
- Curating/performance
- Performance art and documentation
- Curating histories, practices and legacies of post-1970s counterculture
- Practice as research in curating
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Exhibiting the Ivor Davies Archive of Destruction in Art: an exploration of curating historical performance art in the Museum, Aberystwyth University
1 Oct 2013 → 30 Sept 2017
Award Date: 13 Apr 2018
Master of Arts, The Problems and Opportunities of Extending the Life of Performance Art through Archiving and Curating Civil Twilight, University of Plymouth
2004 → 2005
Award Date: 12 Oct 2005
Bachelor of Arts, Eotvos Lorand University
1997 → 2002
Award Date: 1 Jun 2002
External positions
Trustee
23 Apr 2023 → …
Trustee
1 Dec 2022 → …
Creative Economies Knowledge Exchange Hub Lead, Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities
Jun 2022 → Sept 2024
External Examiner, University of Southampton
1 Sept 2021 → 31 Dec 2025
Research Alliance Member, Council for Higher Education in Art and Design (CHEAD)
1 Nov 2020 → …
Advisory Board Member
31 Mar 2020 → 1 Jan 2024
Keywords
- NX Arts in general
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The Open-Source Artists Archives Network. The Attic Archive As Case Study - Joint with The Glasgow School of Art
Bodor, J. (Investigator)
1/12/23 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
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What Is A Living Archive? Curating The Unruly Archives Of Contemporary Art
Bodor, J. (Investigator)
31/01/21 → 30/01/22
Project: Research
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DJCAD Research EXPO 2024
Bodor, J. (Curator), 31 Mar 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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DJCAD Research EXPO 2024
Bodor, J. (Curator), 2 Mar 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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DJCAD Research EXPO 2024: Clown I and Clown II, Paintings, L5 Galleries Matthew Building, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee
Roberts, A. (Artist) & Bodor, J. (Curator), 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
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Garden As Canvas: A curatorial manual based on the University of Dundee Botanic Gardens
Stopper, K. (Lead / Corresponding author), Frediani, K. & Bodor, J., 2024, University of Dundee. 35 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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History/Reality: An Attic Archive Installation, Solo Exhibition, DJCAD, Dundee
Bodor, J. (Curator), 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
Prizes
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Outstanding Contribution to the Research Community
Bodor, J. (Recipient), 26 Jun 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Curating The Digital Attic Research Network Meeting #2: Workshop on Open-Source Infrastructures for Artist Archives
Bodor, J. (Organiser) & Hunter, R. (Organiser)
25 Oct 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Other event
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Curating the Digital Attic Archive: A case Study For Open-Source Approaches to Artists' Archives.
Bodor, J. (Invited speaker)
24 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Council for Higher Education in Art and Design (CHEAD) (External organisation)
Bodor, J. (Member)
2024 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of council
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Curating The Digital Attic Archive Research Network Meeting #1: History/Reality [workshop]
Bodor, J. (Organiser), Brown, C. (Host), Dickson, M. (Contributor), Strang, K. (Contributor), Home, S. (Contributor), Halasi, D. (Participant), Romano, D. (Participant), Jarron, M. (Participant) & Lockhart, A. (Participant)
4 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Research Network Meeting #1: Curating The Digital Attic Archive
Bodor, J. (Organiser) & Hunter, R. (Organiser)
3 Apr 2024 → 6 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Press/Media
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Left Performance Histories. Recollecting Artistic Practices in Eastern Europe
16/05/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Agnieszka Roguski on "Left Performance Histories" in the new society for fine arts, Berlin
1/06/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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‘Left Performance Histories: A Kelet Europai Mult Jelene'
21/03/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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