About me

I am an independent Creative Producer and Consultant specialized in Project Management, Events Programming and Curation with over 7 years experience producing innovative projects and managing and programming creative events. My interdisciplinary practice involves producing creative projects from small-scale art exhibitions to high-end events mainly in the Arts and Culture sectors. I specialize in: - Creative production and programming of events. - Curation of multidisciplinary art shows and web content. - Discovering and supporting emerging talent. - Budget management and contract negotiation. - Client liaison, tenant management, staff and suppliers coordination. - Creating infrastructures for the interface between startups and corporate organizations. - Strategic space usage and planning, office fit-out and interior conceptualization. In addition to the work I have been developing for different companies I have also created my own projects such as Cosmicmegabrain and XLWAVE.

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Projects

• The Sit Down AffairThe Sit Down Affair is more than just a dinner party; it's a refuge from noisy, impersonal pubs and clubs, encouraging good old fashioned conversation between mouthfuls of gorgeous food and giving people the room and the time to rekindle or spark new friendships.
• Fish Island Labs LaunchOpening of Fish Island Labs with HRH the Duke of York KG. The Barbican and The Trampery have joined forces to create Fish Island Labs, a unique new centre to kickstart the careers of a new generation of emerging talent whose work spans technology and the arts. Based in a Victorian warehouse by the River Lea, in the shadow of the Olympic stadium, Fish Island Labs is home to a diverse community of 50 emerging practitioners who are pushing creative boundaries and using new technologies.
• XLWAVEOnline moodboard that hunts the world online curating an ever-­?growing selection of imagery while providing source links back to the original.

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Work history

Founder, Producer and Co-curator
Jul 2007
Committed since the beginning to explore alternative ways of accessing the arts besides the structure of the exhibition, Cosmicmegabrain combines art, music and performance in one-night-only curated events with a strong emphasis on public participation. London based international art collective - promotes the fine arts in its diversity as a spectacle, exploring the dynamics of the interrelation between multi-­disciplinary arts and new ways of audience engagement. www.cosmicmegabrain.com
Creative Producer, Art Director and Co-curator
Aug 2014 - Jan 2015
International art collective Cosmicmegabrain and Lisbon based producer Ana Francisca Amaral have rejoined forces for the return of MANPOWER, the glorious art festival in Lisbon's Rua Poço dos Negros; Sprawled across an archetypal Lisbon street, a night of art, music and performance will inhabit once again its public spaces, shop windows and empty venues. www.manpowerfestival.com Art Direction & Curation - Sourcing artists, commissioning new work. Production - Project managing and event production. Sourcing Funding & Sponsorship. Budget management.

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Skills

• Fashion
• Events
• Visual Arts
• Art Direction

Education

Fashion Design Technology
Sep 2004 - May 2007
Experimental Fashion Design
Jul 2003 - Jul 2003

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