Pita Arreola

Pita Arreola

Online & Digital Curator - Communications & PR SpecialistLondon, United Kingdom
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Pita Arreola

Pita Arreola

Online & Digital Curator - Communications & PR SpecialistLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Independent curator based in London, with international experience in PR, communications, arts management and event planning, within institutions including Phillips Auction House and Museo Jumex. Co-founder and co-curator of Off Site Project, an online non-commercial gallery space established in January 2017. It currently runs three parallel programs: a main exhibition page, downloadable bi-monthly micro-ZIP-exhibitions and an embedded quaterly Google Maps Residency Program.
Projects
  • Our Way[s] of Life
    Our Way[s] of LifeThis exhibition was set against a Europe-wide backdrop of resurgent populist sentiment the artists featured explore the weight of post-memory through introspective investigations into the intimate and familial. Through tactile actions such as queering, performance, stitching, preparing food, the artists go further than to memorialise, provoking and appropriating the materiality of the past into the present. The project was made in collaboration with the ACF London, Central Saint Martins and th
  • Accessing the archive
    Accessing the archiveDesigned and developed a concept for an exhibition at the Museum Window Gallery based on archive material from Southbank Centre. The project is intended to explore and investigate issues relating to the process and politics of archiving, and the interpretation and presentation of archive material. Curatorial team: Adriana Arreola Barroso, Elliott Burns, Jake Charles Rees, Yonca Keremog?lu, Ema E. Marinova, Paloma Richi, Louise Toft, Yiyang Wu, Han Xia and Yusi Xiong.
  • CoR Exchange
    CoR ExchangeCo-collaborated for two months with seven MA Culture, Criticism and Curation students to design and develop an exhibition and its events program for Cultures of Resilience, a two year project from across UAL colleges headed by UAL Chair Ezio Manzini and Head of Central Saint Martins, Jeremy Till. Curation and exhibition design by Central Saint Martins MA Culture, Criticism and Curation: Adriana Arreola Barroso, Elliott Burns, Jake Charles Rees, Beike Li, Louise Toft,? Antonina Wechsler, Yusi Xiong and Peilin Zhang.
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Work history
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    Co- Founder & Co-CuratorOff Site Project
    London, United KingdomFreelance
    Off Site Project, an online non-commercial gallery founded in 2017. Through three parallel programmes: a main homepage exhibition, bi-monthly downloadable ZIP shows and a quarterly Google Maps Residency, the gallery features emerging and established artists addressing sociopolitical issues such as neocolonialism, AI and the interchange between the IRL and the URL. To date, the gallery has exhibited over 120 international digital practitioners, including LaTurbo Avedon, Petra Cortright, Shamus Clisset, Joey Holder, JODI, Tiare Ribeaux and Molly Soda, and established relationships with Modern Art Oxford, Modern Forms, the Photographers Gallery, Somerset House Studios and the UCL Multimedia Anthropology Lab. • Research and liaise with artists. • Manage enquires, reach out to artists and compose the yearly program. • Assist each participant artist with artwork and exhibition production. • Develop exhibition curatorial concept, layout and promotional materials for digital communications. • Research, catalogue and archive all exhibition materials. • Develop and execute social media strategies. • Establish and maintain a good relationship with cultural organisations.
    University of The Arts London (UAL) logo
    University of The Arts London (UAL) logo
    Assistant Curator for Origins Creative Arts Festival 2019University of The Arts London (UAL)
     - London, United KingdomFreelance
    • Oversaw the creation and production of all the exhibition graphic materials, such as vinyls, posters, publication, flyers, stickers, invitations and artwork captions. • Created weekly reports. • Planned and managed the exhibition budget. • Liaised with general inquires and suppliers. • Liaised with artists and tutors, prior, during and post the show. • Researched on production. • Managed artwork shipping to and from the venue, including artwork status reports. • Supported and directed the installation of the artwork. • Supported in the installation of graphic materials across the venue, including vinyls, posters, signals. • Coordinated logistics prior and during the event.
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Skills
  • Events
  • Marketing PR
  • Visual Arts
  • Art Direction
  • Fine Art
  • Exhibition
  • Design
  • Creative
  • Project Management
  • Excel
  • Indesign
  • Office
  • Photoshop
  • Word
  • Abobe Illustrator
  • Editorial Design
  • Digital Arts
  • Curatorial
  • Social Media Management
  • Communications
Education
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    MA Culture Criticism and CurationCentral Saint Martins
     - London, United Kingdom
    Sotheby's Institute of Art logo
    Sotheby's Institute of Art logo
    Diploma Contemporary Art in New YorkSotheby's Institute of Art
     - New York, United States
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Awards
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    Best Campaign of the YearLatin American Excellence Awards
    Non-Governmental Organisations & Associations