About
Adam Vackar is a visual artist whose practice operates at the intersection of contemporary art, biology, and ecological thought. His work examines entanglements between human and non-human agencies, foregrounding invasive plant species, above all the Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), as both biological actors and cultural figures. Through this ongoing research, Vackar explores how categories such as “invasive” and “native” are produced, contested, and instrumentalized across scientific, political, and symbolic systems.
Working across installation, film, photography, and writing, Vackar develops research-driven projects that question dominant modes of ecological knowledge and anthropocentric worldviews. His practice combines scientific research, autotheory, and subjective narrative, opening speculative spaces for thinking about coexistence, adaptation, and ecological futures.
Cursus
Adam Vackar is currently a Fulbright Fellow and conducts research at the Synthetic Ecosystems Lab, Parsons School of Design. Concurrently, he is a participant in the New Museum’s NEW INC Y12 Creative Science Mentorship Program and a PhD candidate (Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology).
Vackar co-runs the interdisciplinary platform Transparent Eyeball oriented on visual art and biology, in collaboration with evolutionary biologist Dr. Jindřich Brejcha, assistant professor at Charles University, Prague.
Additionally, he collaborates with renown art historian and art critic Noemi Smolik on the platform Hope Recycling Station, which organizes conferences of international artists, thinkers, philosophers, and writers.
Vackar graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. His work has been presented internationally, including a solo booth at Art Basel (Statements), with subsequent reviews in Artforum, Flash Art, Art Viewer, and others. Additional presentations include S.M.A.K., Centre Pompidou, Palais de Tokyo, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Museum Morsbroich, the National Gallery Prague, City Gallery Prague, and multiple FRAC institutions in France.
He has participated in residencies at Delfina Foundation (London), Residency Unlimited (New York), Pavillon – Palais de Tokyo (Paris), and the Boghossian Foundation (Brussels).
Collections
His work is held in public collections including S.M.A.K. in Belgium, Museum Morsbroich in Germany, FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon in France, ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Prague City Gallery, GASK, Galerie Klatovy/Klenová, and others.
His works are also in private collections - Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Marc et Josée Gensollen Collection in Marseille, and Anetma in France; the Frédéric de Goldschmidt Collection in Brussels; the Time Capsule Collection in Zürich; and the Sanz Esquide & Cortell Collection in Barcelona, as well as other private collections in Switzerland, France, Germany, Belgium, Canada, Italy, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.