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Photo courtesy: White Space Gallery/Anya Stonelake, 2014
AREAS OF WORK _

_ Business Strategy
_ Audiences Development (internal and external communication)
_ Art and Educational Projects and Cultural Strategy
_ Web Design, Catalogues and Editorial Projects
_ Creation and Organisation of Cultural Visits and Circuits
_ Contemporary Art Collections Management
_ Curatorial Practice and Art Programmes Management.​


Synecdoches (Mara Castilho, Emanuel de Sousa, Kirsty Stockdale), NR Projects, Hackney, London, June 15h - 30th 2017 [Curator]
9th MidTerm Conference of the RN-Sociology of the Arts - Arts and Creativity : Working on Identity and Difference, University of Porto - Faculty of Arts and Humanities, September 8th to 10th 2016 [Public Presentation]
Meet The Future: Tech Conference (first interactive event technology conference for buyers and organisers), Central Hall Westminster, June 9th 2015 [Head of Images]
School of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Westminster, London (England), 2014 - 2015 [Visiting Critic]
• Since July 2014, VASA Europe [Vice-President]
School of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Westminster, London (England), 2013 - 2014 [Visiting Critic]
VASA Journal on Images and Culture | VJIC Issue #4: Photography on the Internet - the new Hegemony, September 2013 [Co-Editor]
VASA Online Exhibitions Programme 2013 - 2015, VASA Project, June 2013 - September 2015 [Head Curator : Programme]
Trienal in Alentejo, Alentejo (Portugal), from 2013 to 2015 [Artists Research and Festival (Programme) Development]
School of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Westminster, London (England), 2012 - 2013 [Visiting Critic]
• Since 2012 VASA Journal on Images and Culture | VJIC [Associate Editor : Visual Cultures]
Witness 2: Photographs: Krakow: Gerald Howson and Bogdan Frymorgen, VASA Project, October 15th 2012 - January 14th 2013 [Co-curator]
The Mews Project, London (England), February 2012 - January 2013 [Deputy Director : Administration, Finances & Operations]
Viewfinder Open Salon 2012, Greenwich Picturehouse, Greenwich (London, England), January 6th - 29th 2012 [Curator]
Viewfinder Photography Gallery, London, June 2011 - February 2012 [Programme Manager : Programme, Finance & Operations]
Sara Maia, Pavilhão Branco, Museu da Cidade, Lisbon (Portugal) September 30th - October 31st 2010 [Co-curator]
Trienal do Vale do Tejo - Casa Cadaval, Casa-Museu dos Patudos, Casal Branco, DFJ Vinhos, Falua, Quinta da Alorna, and Vale d’Algares, Ribatejo (Portugal); [Galería Oliva Arauna] [Caroline Pagès Gallery] [Galeria 111] [Fundación RAC], September 18th - October 10th 2010 [Director & Co-Founder : Programme, Finance & Operations, Marketing & Development]
e-vai | visual arts information [online informative platform], July 2007 - June 2008 [Editor-in-Chief & Co-Founder : Programme, Finance & Operations, Marketing & Development]
• Since 2006 Ars Magazine, Art Notes, artecapital.net, Artes & Leilões, Camera Austria International, Lapiz, RTP [Molduras - Antena 2], Diário de Notícias & Jornal de Notícias [Notícias Sábado], The Art Newspaper, VASA Project [Art Criticality and Market Analysis]
MA Cultural Studies Programme Students Representative, Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College University of London, 2005 - 2006
BA Arts Management Course Committee, Business School, London Metropolitan University, 2002 - 2005
Centro de Estudos de Fotografia, Coimbra (Portugal), 1998 - 2000 [Lecturer : History of Photography, Aesthetics]
Encontros de Fotografia de Coimbra [CAV - Centro de Artes Visuais], 1997 - 2001 [Exhibitions and Festival Manager : Operations]
A Escola da Noite - Grupo de Teatro, Bernardo de Santareno, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Câmara Municipal de Salvaterra de Magos, Encena, Expo'98 - Lisbon World Exhibition, Grupo de Animação Teatral de Salvaterra de Magos, Teatro Académico de Gil Vicente, 1992 - 1999 [Scenery and Lighting Designer : Design, Technical Operations (P/T)]


EDUCATION _

The University of Manchester, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, Professional Doctorate in Arts and Cultural Management 2014-2020
Goldsmiths College University of London, Centre for Cultural Studies, MA in Cultural Studies 2005-2006
+ MA Cultural Studies Programme Students Representative
London Metropolitan University, Business School, BA (Hons.) in Arts Management and Events Management 2002-2005
+ BA Arts Management Course Committee

ar.co centro de arte & comunicação visual Photography 1995-1997
ar.co centro de arte & comunicação visual Drawing 1994

AWARDS AND GRANTS _

Bolsa de Especialização e Valorização Profissional no Estrangeiro Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Serviço de Belas Artes 2005-2006
Profissional-Cultural Internship The Ministry of Culture of Portugal, 1999-2000

MEMBERSHIPS _

International Board Member of the Administrative Council A.I.C.A. - International (International Association of Art Critics) 2015-Present
International Member A.I.C.A. - Portugal (International Association of Art Critics) since 2012
Press/Colaborador Especializado CO 381 C.C.P.J. (Comissão da Carteira Profissional de Jornalistas) 2008-2012