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Astria Suparak has curated international exhibitions, screenings and events at The Kitchen, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Eyebeam, Anthology Film Archives, P.S.1, FotoFest Biennial, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Participant Inc., Yale University and The Liverpool Biennial, in addition to numerous alternative spaces. In the last ten years, she has presented close to 300 shows in 10 countries. Suparak was the director of the media series at Pratt Institute from 1997 to 2000 and of Syracuse University's Warehouse Gallery from 2006-2007. She is currently the director of Carnegie Mellon University's Miller Gallery.

Suparak’s drawings have been published in feminist journal LTTR, photo essay book I NY, British art magazine Black Diamond, and Graffiti Women: Street Art from Five Continents. Her writing has appeared in NY Arts, The Independent, and Heeb, and in the upcoming anthologies Live Cinema: A Contemporary Reader, and A Microcinema Primer: A Brief History of Small Cinemas. She has advised various art organizations and served on juries, boards, and panels, including Creative Capital, ReNew Media, IMPAKT, the Aurora Picture Show, and the New York Underground Film Festival. Her curatorial work is included in the collections of institutions including Massachusetts College of Art, FACT Centre, and University of California, San Diego.