Carina Kurta
*1984 in Fürstenfeld (AT), lives since 2012 in Marseille.
Studied European Studies, Art History and Museology at the University of Passau, the École du Louvre in Paris and the University of Heidelberg.
She was a member in the team of the organization of the Cultural Capital Linz 2009 and Istanbul 2010.
Self-employed since 2013 with CaP.CULT, her specialization in the European Capital of Culture is urban planning and its interstitial spaces, architecture and cultural heritage. In Marseille, she mainly organizes professional trips with architects, universities and engineering firms in France (Marseille, Bordeaux, Lyon, Paris, Montpellier) and European Capitals of Culture. In December 2023, the German-language architectural guide to Marseille and the metropolitan region, https://www.capcult.org/architekturführer-marseille
In her second project, Carina Kurta is the director of the "Ceija Stojka International Association", where she collaborates in an international team for the scientific reappraisal and communication of the work of the Austrian artist, Roma and contemporary witness Ceija Stojka. In this context, she works as a curator and publishes texts on the artist's personal diaries.
Carina Kurta (* 1984 in Fürstenfeld (A), Marseille)
Studied European Studies, art history and museology at the École du Louvre in Paris and the University of Heidelberg. Specializing in architecture and heritage, she worked in various European Capital of Culture projects - Linz 2009 and Istanbul 2010. Since 2012 in Marseille alive, she dealt extensively with the European Capital of Culture Marseille-Provence 2013 - Urban Development, architecture and the associated change in cultural capitals. In addition to her work at CaP.CULT Carina Kurta regularly participates in international, intercultural youth exchange programs on current issues around the Mediterranean.