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Joshua Decter is an American writer, curator, art historian, theorist, educator and editor. He is known for his critical writings on contemporary art and culture, as well as his curatorial projects that explore the social and political dimensions of artistic practice and exhibition making.

Early life and education
Decter was born in New York City in 1962. He graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Art History and English Literature in 1984, and from Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College with an MA in Curatorial Studies in 1995.

Career
Decter has written extensively on contemporary art and culture for various publications, including ‘’Artforum‘’, ‘’ArtReview‘’, ‘’Mousse‘’, ‘’Texte zur Kunst‘’, ‘’Afterall‘’ and ‘’Frieze‘’. He has also authored and edited several books, such as ‘‘Art is a Problem: Selected Criticism, Essays, Interviews and Curatorial Projects (1986-2012)’’ (2014), ‘‘Exhibition as Social Intervention: Culture in Action 1993’’ (2014), and ‘‘The Situational Drive: Complexities of Public Sphere Engagement’’ (2007).

Decter has curated exhibitions at various museums, arts organizations and galleries around the world, such as P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA PS1), The Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), The Kunsthalle Vienna, The Santa Monica Museum of Art, Apex Art, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, and Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. Some of his notable exhibitions include ‘‘a/drift’’ (1996), ‘‘Transmute’’ (1999), ‘‘Tele [visions]’’ (2001), ‘‘Dark Places’’ (2006), and ‘‘inSite_05: Interventions’’ (2005).

Decter has also taught at several academic institutions, such as The School of Visual Arts in New York, Cooper Union, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, New York University, UCLA, Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Bennington College, and Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. From 2007 to 2011, he was the Director of the Master of Public Art Studies Program at the University of Southern California’s Roski School of Fine Arts in Los Angeles, where he founded a new graduate program, MA Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere.

Awards and recognition
Decter has received various awards and grants for his work, such as the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant (2010), the Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant (2008), the Getty Research Institute Scholar-in-Residence Fellowship (2006-2007), the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Grant (2006), and the Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowship (1999-2000).

Personal life
Decter lives and works in New York City.