Pere IV, 345 08020 Barcelona

May 17th

Alba Folgado

 

Independent curator and winner of the SAC International Curatorial Residency Program 2022. Her practice addresses socio-political issues with a focus on critical and counter-hegemonic perspectives of protest. One of her latest projects, My Friend is Here (curated with Carlota Mir), explores and problematises the legacy of long-standing feminist collective practices such as self-awareness groups. Alba has worked with international institutions such as Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Konstfrämjandet in Sweden, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo in Madrid and Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Recent curatorial projects include collaborations with Konsthall C in Stockholm, Meetfactory in Prague, CentroCentro in Madrid, Gasworks in London, Uppsala Konstmuseum, hablarenarte in Madrid, JA.CA in Belo Horizonte and Meno Parkas in Kaunas. She holds an MA in curating from the Royal College of Arts in London, a BA in Fine Arts from UCM (Madrid) and has participated in the curatorial research programme CuratorLab at Konstfack University in Stockholm. Between 2016 and 2017 she received a grant from the Botín Foundation for curatorial studies and is currently a member of the board of Visual and Performance Arts in Uppsala (Sweden).

 

 

May 17th

Pere IV, 345 08020 Barcelona