Marius Babias (born 1962 in Romania) studied literature and political science at the Free University in Berlin. In 1996 he won the Carl Einstein Prize for Art Criticism. 2001-2003 he has been artistic co-director at the Kokerei Zollverein | Zeitgenössische Kunst und Kritik in Essen. In 2005 he has been commissioner of the Romanian Pavillon at 51st Venice Biennale an has curated the exhibitions The New Europe, Generali Foundation, Viena, and Formats for Action, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin. In 2006 he has been co-curator of the Periferic 7 – International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Iaşi (Romania). He has edited Im Zentrum der Peripherie (1995), co-edited Die Kunst des Öffentlichen (1998), Arbeit Essen Angst (2001), Campus (2002), Handbuch Antirassismus (2002) and Critical Condition – Writings by Julie Ault, Martin Beck (2003). Babias is also the author of Herbstnacht (1990), Ich war dabei, als ...  (2001), Ware Subjektivität (2002), and Berlin. Die Spur der Revolte (2006). He lives in Berlin.