Aglaia Konrad is a photography-based artist whose work has focused mainly on metropolitan urban space. She was an advising researcher at the Jan Van Eyck Academy in Maastricht and now teaches at the Hogeschool Sint-Lukas in Brussels. Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions in Siegen, Antwerp, Geneva, Graz, Cologne and New York, among other cities, as well as in international group shows such as ‘Documenta X’ (1997), ‘Cities on the Move’ (1998–1999) and ‘Talking Cities’ (2006). Her work has been documented in several exhibitions catalogues and monographic publications such as Elasticity (2002) and Iconocity (2005). For her latest book Desert Cities (2008) she received the Infinity Award for the Best Photo Book 2009 from the International Center for Photography, New York. [last updated in 2010]