Dr C.L. (Corina) Apostol
Assistant Professor Social Practice in Contemporary Art and Culture
Faculty of Humanities
Algemene Cultuurwetenschappen
Visiting address
- Turfdraagsterpad 15
Postal address
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Postbus 94551
1090 GN Amsterdam
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About
Dr. Corina L. Apostol is an assistant professor of social practice in contemporary art and culture at the University of Amsterdam. She also serves as the associate producer of CULTUS by the artist Zach Blas, an immersive exploration of AI Gods, spirituality, and Silicon Valley’s techno-religion. She served as a curator and a member of the steering committee for “Beyond Matter” (2020–23), an international, practice-based research project taking cultural heritage and culture in development to the verge of virtual reality. In 2022, she curated the Estonian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale, presenting the project “Orchidelirium: An Appetite for Abundance” in the Dutch “Rietveld” Pavilion. She served as a curator at the Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia (2019–23) and was appointed as a guest lecturer at the Art Academy of Latvia (2021–23). In 2019, she curated the Shelter Festival “Cosmopolitics, Comradeship, and the Commons” at the Space for Free Arts in Helsinki. Dr. Apostol held the Mellon Fellowship at Creative Time (2017–19), where she co-edited the publication Making Another World Possible: 10 Creative Time Summits, 10 Global Issues, 100 Art Projects (Routledge, 2019) and co-curated the Creative Time Summit “On Archipelagoes and Other Imaginaries” in Miami. Dr. Apostol obtained her Ph.D. from Rutgers University, where she was the Dodge Curatorial Fellow at the Zimmerli Art Museum (2010–16). In 2022, she won the apexart 2022–23 exhibition competition in New York with the project “Flora Fantastic.” She is the coeditor of Oliver Ressler: Barricading the Ice Sheets (Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2023). She is currently coediting the volume Flora Fantastic: From Orchidelirium to Eco-Critical Art, which is set to be released in 2024 by Routledge.
Recent courses
Art and Performance Research Studies Thesis Seminar (12 EC)
Museums and the Mobility of Artefacts (6 EC)
Artistic Research Thesis Project/Thesis Seminar (6 EC)
Artivism in Action: Exploring Socially Engaged Art, Politics, and Culture (12 EC)
Curating Spaces of Memory: Contemporary Exhibitions Highlighting Under-Represented Histories (6 EC)
Doctoral students
Nick Thurston (University of Leeds) | Document Practices: Re-publishing at the Limits of Documentary Art
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Publications
2025
- Apostol, C. L. (in press). Herbs, Spices, and Botanical Illustrations. In D. Goldstein (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Food Studies (Oxford research encyclopedias). Oxford University Press.
2024
- Apostol, C. L. (2024). 25th Anniversary Reflections: Roundtable “Arts Publishing in Eastern Europe in Times of Crisis”. ArtMargins. https://artmargins.com/25th-anniversary-reflections-roundtable-arts-publishing-in-eastern-europe-in-times-of-crisis-artmargins-online-editors-2022/
Apostol, C. L. (2024). A Sea Change in Santander: The Praxis 2023 Study Program . e-flux. https://www.e-flux.com/education/features/598517/a-sea-change-in-santander-the-praxis-2023-study-program [details]- Apostol, C. L., & Thomas, T. (2024). Flora Fantastic: From Orchidelirium to Ecocritical Contemporary Art. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
2023
- Apostol, C. L. (2023). Chains of the Past, Ways of the Future: Art, Education, and Resilience in the Baltics Today. e-flux. https://www.e-flux.com/education/features/554010/chains-of-the-past-ways-of-the-future-art-education-and-resilience-in-the-baltics-today
- Apostol, C. L. (2023). Ghostly Unburyings and Romanticised Blooming Fields: Botanical Entanglements, Women’s Emancipation and Coloniality. Afterall, 55-56, 112-127. https://doi.org/10.1086/729136 [details]
- Apostol, C. L. (2023). Ravenous: Consumption as Political Act in Ksenia Yurkova's Writing. In Bite the Hand that Feeds You (pp. 74-79). PhotoIreland.
- Apostol, C. L. (2023). Spooky Action at a Distance: Tallinn Art Hall's Virtual Exhibitions and Engagement Platform. In L. Nolasco-Rózsás (Ed.), Beyond Matter, Within Space: Curatorial and Art Mediation Techniques on the Verge of Virtual Reality (pp. 326-330). Hatje Cantz.
- Apostol, C. L. (Ed.) (2023). Art and Extr/activism: Between the Movements and the Museum. Art Academy of Latvia.
- Apostol, C. L., & Nolasco-Rózsás, L. (2023). The Political Implications of Virtual Reality. In Beyond Matter, Within Space: Curatorial and Art Mediation Techniques on the Verge of Virtual Reality (pp. 303-311). Hatje Cantz.
- Apostol, C. L., & Nolasco-Rózsás, L. (2023). Virtual Veil: Unmasking the Politics of Immersion. In L. Nolasco-Rózsás (Ed.), Beyond Matter, Within Space: Curatorial and Art Mediation Techniques on the Verge of Virtual Reality (1 ed., pp. 301-303). Hatje Cantz.
- Apostol, C. L., & Nolasco-Rózsás, L. (Eds.) (2023). Immerse! (1 ed.) Hatje Cantz.
- Apostol, C. L., Babias, M., DeSoto, P., Salgado, G., & Topić, L. (Eds.) (2023). Oliver Ressler: Barricading the Ice Sheets. Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König.
- Apostol, C. L., Blas, Z., & Ancāns, K. (2023). Towards Computational Body Horror. In Beyond Matter, Within Space: Curatorial and Art Mediation Techniques on the Verge of Virtual Reality (pp. 481-487). Hatje Cantz.
2022
- Apostol, C. L. (2022). Already Altered and Ideal: Trans Lives and Fantasies in 1990s Russia. e-flux. https://www.e-flux.com/film/441691/several-ways-to-please-valya-the-room-of-vickie-and-zhenya/
- Apostol, C. L. (2022). How to Talk About “What Can’t We Just Create”? On Language as Paradox and Imaginary in the Works of Kristaps Ancāns. BLOK. https://blokmagazine.com/how-to-talk-about-what-cant-we-just-create-on-language-as-paradox-and-imaginary-in-the-works-of-kristaps-ancans/
- Apostol, C. L., & Ancāns, K. (2022). What Color Should the Moon Be? e-flux. https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/481114/classroom-what-color-should-the-moon-be/
- Apostol, C. L., Ancāns, K., & Tumbas, J. (2022). Entangled Roots in the Mutating Nature of the New East. ArtMargins. https://artmargins.com/entangled-roots/
2021
- Apostol, C. L. (2021). Drawing, Writing, Protesting and Becoming Accomplices in the Age of Endless Austerity and Online Organizing. In Transformatorium: Rena Rädle & Vladan Jeremić (pp. 29-49). Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina .
2020
- Apostol, C. L. (2020). Ado Vabbe: Wunderbar. Artforum international, 58(10). https://www.artforum.com/events/ado-vabbe-wunderbar-247380/
2019
- Apostol, C. L. (2019). Between Heaven and Earth: Himl un Erd (Yiddish Cosmos). ArtMargins. https://artmargins.com/between-heaven-and-earth-himl-un-erd-yiddish-cosmos/
- Apostol, C. L., & Thompson, N. (Eds.) (2019). Making Another World Possible: 10 Creative Time Summits, 10 Global Issues, 100 Art Projects. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
- Apostol, C. L., & Voinea, R. (2019). A Raw format for Developing Awareness of Our Connectedness with each Other. IDEA arts+society, (54), 75.
- Apostol, C. L., Radojević , L., & Jeremić, V. (2019). ArtLeaks. Kulturrisse : Zeitschrift für radikaldemokratische Kulturpolitik, 44-48.
- Apostol, C. L., Yurkova, K., & Vepreva, A. (2019). Taking Shelter: A Conversation between Corina L. Apostol, Anastasia Vepreva and Ksenia Yurkova. IDEA arts+society, (54), 64-75.
2017
- Apostol, C. L. (2017). After the Demise of Artistic Autonomy: Economics and Politics at Manifesta 10. In J. Warsza (Ed.), I Can’t Work Like This: A Reader on Recent Boycotts and Contemporary Art Sternberg Press.
2016
- Apostol, C. L., & Eșanu, O. (2016). Critical Machines - Art Periodicals Today: Conference Report and Q&A. In ART Margins (3 ed., Vol. 5, pp. 11–34). MIT Press.
2015
- Apostol, C. L. (2015). Art Workers between Precarity and Resistance: A Genealogy. In M. Henriksson, E. Krikortz, & A. Triisberg (Eds.), Art Workers: Material Conditions and Labour Struggles in Contemporary Art Practice (1 ed., pp. 103-119). Nordic-Baltic Art Workers’ Network for Fair Pay.
- Apostol, C. L. (2015). The art of making community: Lia perjovschi’s CAA/CAA (contemporary art archive/center for art analysis) and the knowledge museum. In Area Studies in the Global Age: Community, Place, Identity (pp. 178-194). Switchgrass Books, NIU Press.
2014
- Apostol, C. L. (2014). ArtLeaking. In F. Malzacher (Ed.), Truth Is Concrete: A Handbook for Artistic Strategies in Real Politics (pp. 205-207). Sternberg Press.
- Apostol, C. L., & Bryzgel, A. (2014). Reflections on Artistic Practice in Romania Then and Now. IDEA arts+society, (45), 92-106.
2013
- Apostol, C. L., Popa, A., & Flueraș, F. (2013). Unsorcery: Alina Popa and Florin Flueraș in a Dialogue with Corina L. Apostol. IDEA arts+society, (33), 80-91.
2011
- Apostol, C. L. (2011). The Politicized Women of Soviet Era Posters. IDEA arts+society, (39), 82-89.
2024
- Apostol, C. L. (Author). (2024). Amidst Silence: Drunk Daddy's Girl. Exhibition, Riga Art Space.
2022
- Apostol, C. L. (Author), & Ancāns, K. (Author). (2022). I came here to be alone – I also came here to be alone. Exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall. https://www.kunstihoone.ee/en/programme/post-contemporary/
- Apostol, C. L. (Author), & Thomas, T. (Author). (2022). Flora Fantastic: Eco-Critical Contemporary Botanical Art. Exhibition, apexart. https://apexart.org/apostol-thomas.php
- Apostol, C. L. (Ed.) (2022). Orchidelirium: An Appetite for Abundance. Estonian Ministry of Culture.
2019
- Apostol, C. L. (Author), Yurkova, K. (Producer), & Vepreva, A. (Producer). (2019). Cosmopolitics, Comradeship, and the Commons: Ecology in Action for a Shared Planet. Exhibition, The Academy of Fine Arts at the University of the Arts Helsinki. https://suojashelter.tilda.ws/vol2/2019
2013
- Apostol, C. L. (Author). (2013). Leningrad's Perestroika: Crosscurrents in Photography, Video, and Music. Exhibition, Zimmerli Art Museum. https://zimmerli.emuseum.com/exhibitions/99/leningrads-perestroika-crosscurrents-in-photography-video/objects
2010
- Apostol, C. L. (Author), McWilliam, N. (Author), Clark, A. (Author), Devos Devine, K. (Author), & Chen, R. (Author). (2010). Lines of Attack: Conflicts in Caricature . Exhibition, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. https://nasher.duke.edu/exhibitions/lines-attack-conflicts-caricature/
2024
- Apostol, C. L. (Author). (2024). Zach Blas: CULTUS. Exhibition, The Association of Visual Artists Vienna Secession .
2023
- Apostol, C. L. (Author), & Harbin, A. (Producer). (2023). Reverse Homesickness. Exhibition, das weisse haus. https://www.kultureninbewegung.org/en/single-view/reverse-homesickness
- Apostol, C. L. (Author), Norman, K. (Author), & Harbin, A. (Designer). (2023). Witness: Orchidelirium. Exhibition, Falstad Center. https://falstadsenteret.no/en/hva-skjer/exhibition/anne-karin-furunes-witness
- Apostol, C. L. (Author). (2023). Chasing the Devil to the Moon: Art Under Lunar Occupation Today. Exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall. https://www.kunstihoone.ee/en/programme/chasing-the-devil-to-the-moon/
- Apostol, C. L. (Producer). (2023). Zach Blas: CULTUS. Exhibition, arebyte gallery. https://www.arebyte.com/zach-blas
2022
- Apostol, C. L. (2022). Sink or Swim: Discovering New Strokes in Education at POST in Riga. e-flux. https://www.e-flux.com/education/features/457731/sink-or-swim-discovering-new-strokes-in-education-at-post-in-riga
- Apostol, C. L. (Author), & Ancāns, K. (Author). (2022). Polar Rainbow. Exhibition, Times Square Arts. http://arts.timessquarenyc.org/times-square-arts/projects/at-the-crossroads/polar-rainbow/
- Apostol, C. L. (Author), Ancāns, K. (Author), & Groys, B. (Author). (2022). Propaganda Now. Web publication or website, OCULA. https://ocula.com/magazine/conversations/kristaps-ancans-propaganda-of-our-time/
- Apostol, C. L. (Author). (2022). Oliver Ressler: Barricading the Ice Sheets. Exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall. https://www.kunstihoone.ee/en/programme/oliver-ressler-barricading-the-ice-sheets/
- Apostol, C. L. (Author). (2022). Orchidelirium: An Appetite for Abundance. Exhibition, The Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art . https://estonianpavilion.virtualexhibition.eu/
2021
- Apostol, C. L. (Author), & Ancāns, K. (Author). (2021). what can’t we just create. Exhibition, Mark Rothko Art Center. https://rothkomuseum.com/en/what-cant-we-just-create/
- Apostol, C. L. (Author), & Fiks, Y. (Author). (2021). Pas de Trois. Exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall. https://www.kunstihoone.ee/en/programme/yevgeniy-fiks-pas-de-trois
- Apostol, C. L. (Author). (2021). What Makes Another World Possible?. Exhibition, Tallinn Art Hall. https://www.kunstihoone.ee/en/programme/what-makes-another-world-possible/
2020
- Apostol, C. L. (Author). (2020). Two Russians in the Free World: Eros and Violence. Web publication or website, Microscrope Gallery. https://microscopegallery.com/tworussians/episode10.html
Media appearance
- Apostol, C. (15-10-2024). The tearful orchard [Web] Umbigo Magazine. Milk and Honey. https://umbigomagazine.com/en/blog/2024/10/15/o-lacrimoso-pomar/
- Apostol, C. & Nolasco-Rózsás, L. (01-07-2024). Corina L. Apostol and Lívia Nolasco-Rózsás, eds: Immerse [Web] Disego Journal of design culture _Aesthetic Histories of Design Culture. Art Hall Immersion. https://disegno.mome.hu/articles/Disegno_2024_1_07_Kicsiny.pdf
- Apostol, C. (24-10-2023). Zach Blas: ‘Cultus’ [Web] Time Out London. The ten best art exhibitions in London. https://www.timeout.com/london/art/zach-blas-cultus
- Apostol, C. (23-09-2023). Curator Corina Apostol comes to UvA [Radio] Radio Romania Cultural. Postcard from Amsterdam. https://www.radioromaniacultural.ro/sectiuni-articole/muzica-dans-arte/ilustrata-din-amsterdam-curatoarea-corina-apostol-vine-la-uva-id39913.html
- Apostol, C. (30-08-2023). Å være vitne [Web] Art Scene Trondheim. Å være vitne. https://artscene.no/2023/08/30/a-vaere-vitne/
- Apostol, C. (23-12-2022). Corina Apostol interviewed by Alexia Menikou [Web] Echo Gone Wrong. ‘Orchidelirium: An Appetite for Abundance’ at the Biennale Arte 2022. https://echogonewrong.com/orchidelirium-an-appetite-for-abundance-at-the-biennale-arte-2022/
- Apostol, C. (17-10-2022). Oliver Ressler [Print] Artforum. How can artists confront the climate crisis?. https://www.artforum.com/columns/how-can-artists-confront-the-climate-crisis-252186/
- Apostol, C. (28-09-2022). ‘Orchidelirium. An Appetite for Abundance’ the exhibition for the Estonian Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia will launch on Tallinn Art Hall’s critically acclaimed virtual exhibition platform. [Web] Echo Gone Wrong. The Estonian Pavilion launches as virtual exhibition. https://echogonewrong.com/the-estonian-pavilion-launches-as-virtual-exhibition/
- Apostol, C. & Bǎlan, B. (22-08-2022). Corina Apostol interviewed by Bogdan Bălan [Web] Revista Arta. Curators. https://revistaarta.ro/en/curators-8-corina-apostol/
- Apostol, C. & Ancāns, K. (21-07-2022). Notes on Kristaps Ancāns’s digital sculpture, Polar Rainbow, in Warsaw [Web] blok. Before and after the rainbow. https://blokmagazine.com/before-and-after-the-rainbow-notes-on-kristaps-ancanss-digital-sculpture-polar-rainbow-in-warsaw/
- Apostol, C. (01-06-2022). Polar Rainbow [Web] Observer. Pride Events in New York City. https://observer.com/list/pride-events-in-new-york-city/
- Apostol, C. (01-06-2022). Polar Rainbow [Web] Untapped New York. Public Art Augumented Reality Project Streches over Times Square for Pride Month. https://untappedcities.com/2022/06/01/polar-rainbow-public-art-times-square-pride/
- Apostol, C. (22-04-2022). Rare orchidee del colonialismo [Print] il manifesto. Rare orchidee del colonialismo. https://ilmanifesto.it/rare-orchidee-del-colonialismo
- Apostol, C. (18-04-2022). The Terrifying and Mundane Seduction of Orchids [Print] A Shade Colder. The Eyes of My Other. https://www.ashadecolder.com/the-terrifying-and-mundane-seduction-of-orchids
- Apostol, C. (29-03-2022). An Interview with Corina L. Apostol [Web] Berlin Art Link. Botanical Colonialism. https://www.berlinartlink.com/2022/03/29/interview-corina-apostol-curator-estonian-pavilion-venice-biennale-2022/
- Apostol, C. & Thomas, T. (09-12-2021). Eimi Tagore-Erwin, Clark Stoeckley, Marie Meyerding, Julia Hartmann, and Corina Apostol and Tashima Thomas will present their exhibitions during the organization’s 2022–23 season. [Web] Hyperallergic. apexart Announces Winners of Latest New York City Open Call. https://hyperallergic.com/698512/apexart-nyc-2022-2023-open-call-winners/
- Apostol, C. (22-10-2021). Corina L Apostol in conversation with Francisco Martinez [Web] arterritory. We Live in A Time of Historical Amnesia. https://arterritory.com/en/visual_arts/topical_qa/25822-we_live_in_a_time_of_historical_amnesia
- Apostol, C. (20-09-2021). What Makes Another World Possible? [Web] Art Papers. Review. https://www.artpapers.org/what-makes-another-world-possible/
- Apostol, C. (21-09-2020). Portraits of Flowers [Web] Museum of Modern Art. Asia | Art and Gender. https://post.moma.org/portraits-of-flowers/
- Apostol, C. (02-07-2016). ArtLeaks [Web] R-set. Tools for cultural workers. A Conversation with Corina L. Apostol. https://r-set.it/a-conversation-with-corina-l-apostol-artleaks/
- Apostol, C. (31-05-2013). A City’s Artistic Rebellion [Print] The New York Times. Arts | New Jersey. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/nyregion/leningrads-perestroika-at-zimmerli-art-museum-in-new-brunswick.html
- Apostol, C. (15-11-2011). Wo bitte bleibt mein Honorar? [Print] Die Zeit. ArtLeaks. https://www.zeit.de/2011/38/ArtLeaks
Talk / presentation
- Apostol, C. (speaker) (13-2-2024). Master of Visual Studies Proseminar, University of Toronto. https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/news/tue-oct-3-2023-all-day/announcing-2023-24-master-visual-studies-proseminar-series
- Apostol, C. (speaker) (9-2-2024). Immerse and Beyond: Redefining Artistic Space in the Digital Era, Mois Multi. https://moismulti.org/programmation/immerse-and-beyond-redefining-artistic-space-in-the-digital-era/
- Apostol, C. (speaker) (8-2-2024). Virtuality and the New Aesthetics of Presence: Immersive Technologies and the Evolution of Art, Université Laval. https://moismulti.org/programmation/virtuality-and-the-new-aesthetics-of-presence-immersive-technologies-and-the-evolution-of-art/
- Apostol, C. (speaker), Nagy, G. (speaker), Pribišová, L. (speaker) & Słodkowski, P. (speaker) (3-5-2022). Art Publishing in Eastern Europe in Times of Crisis, ARTMargins.
- Apostol, C. (speaker) & Yurkova, K. (speaker) (25-7-2021). Food as Structural Unit of Politics, Transmitter Of Memory, and Matter of Art, PhotoIreland. https://youtu.be/LKv4Z3VZxZQ?feature=shared
- Apostol, C. (speaker) (2-6-2021). Orchidelirium: An Appetite for Abundance, Museum of Modern Art. https://post.moma.org/transversal-orientations/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=transversal+orientations+l+moma+c-map
Others
- Apostol, C. (participant) (24-4-2025). Colloquium and Symposium: Social Practice: Art in Times of Destruction, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...). https://www.nica-institute.com/event-colloquium-and-symposium-social-practice-art-in-times-of-destruction/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=link…
- Apostol, C. (visiting researcher) (24-3-2025 - 31-3-2025). Galerie Rudolfinum (visiting an external institution).
- Apostol, C. (visiting researcher) (26-2-2025 - 3-3-2025). Delfina Foundation (visiting an external institution).
- Apostol, C. (participant) (23-2-2025). Begin Again, London. In collaboration with thinkers, artists and musicians, participants are invited to consider ‘How can we make sense of a world increasingly shaped by (…) (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
- Apostol, C. (organiser) (18-4-2024). The Art of AI, Florence (participating in a conference, workshop, ...). https://www.khi.fi.it/en/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/2024/04/the-art-of-ai.php
- Apostol, C. (participant) (13-2-2024). Master of Visual Studies Proseminar, Toronto (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
- Apostol, C. (organiser) & Tumbas, J. (organiser) (4-6-2019). Patriarchy Over & Out: Discourse Made Manifest, New York City (participating in a conference, workshop, ...). https://curatorsintl.org/events/12902-patriarchy-over-out-discourse-made-manifest-corina-apostol-and-jasmina-tumbas
- Apostol, C. (organiser) (1-11-2018 - 3-11-2018). Creative Time Summit, Miami (organising a conference, workshop, ...). https://creativetime.org/summit/miami-2018/
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Apostol, C. L. (2024). A Sea Change in Santander: The Praxis 2023 Study Program . e-flux.