About
I’m an independent curator and writer based in Amsterdam. My practice encompasses exhibitions, research projects, writing, and educational work. All these sides come together in my desire to bring artists, places, and diverse groups of people into closer relation, while supporting artists’ visions and the worlds they imagine.
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I often work in relation to a specific context, developing new commissions or following shared research questions with artists over longer periods. My exhibitions and public programs have been hosted by institutions including Kunstinstituut Melly, SMBA Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, TENT Rotterdam, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Kunsthuis SYB, and UNIDEE–Cittadellarte.
Residencies form an important part of my practice. After working as curator of RedLight Art Amsterdam (2009) and Kunsthuis SYB (2010–2015), I curated the International Meeting of Residencies: Residencies as Learning Environments (Milan, 2015) and edited its publication. In 2020, I co-founded the Art Residency Research Collective (ARRC), which investigates how residencies evolve and adapt. In 2023, I co-edited the academic journal issue Between the Standing and the Inclined: Structures Supporting Change (Kunstlicht, Vol. 44, no. 4). My recent book, Configurations of Time: Imagining Other Temporalities in the Art Residency (Set Margins’, 2024), brings together long-term reflections on the temporalities and methods of residency practices.
Across my work, I return to themes of ecological belonging, collective learning, feminist imaginaries, and the poetics and politics of time. These themes inform how I curate, write, and create spaces for artistic and cultural exchange.
I was born in Benevento, Italy, and studied at the University of Siena before moving to Amsterdam to attend de Appel’s Curatorial Programme. I am a member of IKT — the International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art — and, since 2025, I have been a member of the Advisory Committee of the UNIDEE Residency Program at Fondazione Pistoletto.
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I’ve been working for 10+ years across different organizations and in collaborative settings. When I began, mental health, fair pay, inclusion, and diversity were not yet part of a shared vocabulary. And even today, naming them doesn’t always lead to real, structural change.
I work best when there is openness, awareness, and mutual respect. Clear communication about expectations and preferences (for example, regarding timing, working hours, or communication channels) is essential, as is active listening and figuring out together what works best for everyone. For this to happen, it helps when both sides are willing to adapt, be gentle, ask for feedback, and put in the effort to improve.
In art institutions, art academies, or residency programs, these are the conditions that make meaningful work possible, especially when it’s collaborative or involves different people coming together.
I like to do my part, even in small ways, to help something purposeful happen.
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Artists, cultural workers, institutions, and friends I’ve connected with through my work.
Photo by Balans LaB (2025)