Misal Adnan Yıldız is a curator, writer, and educator. He is currently the Director of Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden in Germany and a Member of the Board at The New Centre. Yıldız was the Director of Artspace NZ in Auckland (November 2014- June 2017). Previous to that he held the position of Artistic Director at Künstlerhaus Stuttgart in Germany (2011 – 2014). His curatorial approach is based on conversations with an interest in creating connections between studio processes, exhibition methodology and audience development. Currently, he is a PhD candidate at Hafencity Hamburg, and has been working on several exhibition and publication projects in Berlin.