Ruth Noack, born 1964, art historian; two children. Studied art history, audio-visual media and feminist theories in the USA, UK, Germany and Austria.
From 1990, regular work as a lecturer and writer in the German-speaking countries. From 1992, exhibition organiser. From 1994, art critic for springerin, Camera Austria, Texte zur Kunst and others. From 2000, full-time teaching work (film theory) at Vienna University, the University of Applied Arts, Vienna. From 2001, research project on the “Construction of Childhood”. 2002-2003 president of AICA (Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art) Austria. Exhibitions (selected): Things we don’t understand, Generali Foundation, Vienna 2000 (with Roger M. Buergel); Organisational Form, Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana 2002/3, Galerie der Hochschule fuer Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, and Kunstraum der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 2003 (with Roger M. Buergel); The Government, Kunstraum der Universitaet Lüneburg, MACBA/Barcelona, Miami Art Central, Secession/Vienna, Witte de With/Rotterdam, 2003-2005 (with Roger M. Buergel).