Adam Vackar
Adam Vackar is a visual artist whose practice unfolds at the intersection of contemporary art, biology, and ecological thought. He investigates entanglements between human and more-than-human agencies, with a particular focus on invasive plant species, especially the Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum), approached as both a biological force and a cultural construct. Through long-term artistic research, Vackar actively examines how categories such as “invasive” and “native” are produced, contested, and mobilized across scientific discourse, political regulation, and symbolic economies.
Working across installation, film, photography, and writing, Vackar develops research-driven projects that challenge anthropocentric frameworks and dominant modes of ecological knowledge.
Vackar is currently a Fulbright Fellow conducting research at the Synthetic Ecosystems Lab at Parsons School of Design. He also participates in the New Museum’s NEW INC Y12 Incubator Creative Science Mentorship Program.
Adam Vackar holds an M.A. from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and is pursuing a PhD at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology. His work has been profiled in Artforum, Flash Art, Hyperallergic, and more. Vacker’s work has been exhibited internationally, including presentations at S.M.A.K., Centre Pompidou, Palais de Tokyo, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Museum Morsbroich, the National Gallery Prague, City Gallery Prague, solo presentation at Art Basel (Statements), multiple FRAC institutions in France, and other venues.
Public collections holding his work include S.M.A.K., Museum Morsbroich, FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, ETH Zürich, Prague City Gallery, GASK, and others, alongside major private collections in France, Switzerland, Canada, Czechia, and the United States.
Together with evolutionary biologist, Dr. Jindřich Brejcha (Charles University, Prague), Vackar co-runs the interdisciplinary platform Transparent Eyeball, which operates at the intersection of visual art and biology.