Basak Malone

Basak Malone is a New York-based curator.

Born in Eastern Anatolia, the curator specializes in the representation of both emerging and established artists on an international scale.A former psychologist and filmmaker, she successfully combines her Eastern background with a Western setting that is strongly influenced by the thoughts of Georges Bataille and Gilles Deleuze.

Utilizing her experience, Malone has choreographed and organized dozens of global exhibitions and events that explore everything from the intersection of abstraction and figuration to the significance of high and low art. Her projects focus on artists who project an entirely different perspective within the cultural sphere of the art world. Malone has recently become the creative director of [http://www.worldartmedia.com World Art Media] , a dynamic public relations agency and cultural organization that works with artists, dealers, writers, curators, collectors, galleries and museums.

After a period spent as an arts research specialist, she then began to develop various intercontinental projects where her thematic, conceptual and formal approaches were all fully employed. Some of her exhibitions include, "Continue to Descend" featuring Jeff Koons, "Hotel" featuring British artist [http://www.artwhitney.com Whitney McVeigh] , "Lure" featuring Jane McAdam Freud, solo exhibition project with Turkish artist Bedri Baykam. Malone has spearheaded many unique cultural projects, for example, the first [http://www.eoaf.eu European Outsider Art Fair] in Vienna where she organized the selection of the [http://www.broadwaygallerynyc.com Broadway Gallery's] artists. She has also curated many shows internationally in China, including [http://www.nyartsbeijing.cn/pfwebplus/Exhibitions/lipDetailShow.aspx?Id=29 "Prelude"] and [http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280397&Itemid=30"Ludus."]