About me
Silvana Lagos is a curator and writer based in London. She has wide multidisciplinary experience in the field of Museums and Public Art as a Project Coordinator, Curator, and Educator, with delivered projects in Europe, the United States, Latin America, China, and the Middle East. Her focal point of specialisation is contemporary interdisciplinary processes and their economic, societal or political systems, especially, focused on sound and decolonization. With a fundamental interest in the structure and formulation of systems - how these systems coexist, communicate and the spaces created in between. These range from the language used within the scope and intersection between art and publics. She is also concerned with the hidden histories that are silenced from public collective memory, this too looking at the formulation of information systems, and investigating hidden data within that. As a curator Silvana has worked with the development of the art programme for Norberg Festival as well as with the collective A(by)P in London, curating shows at Somerset House as well as co-curated Silver Sehnsucht as a b-side exhibition during Frieze, 2017, and most recently a show at Revolver Galleria, Lima Peru, 2020. She is on the board of Amalgama, a cultural program and digital platform devoted to exhibiting, promoting and publishing the work of women artists from Latin America, Spain & Portugal. Her recent public program: Trama saw conversations between Rosana Antoli, and Marti Manen, Director of Index, Paola Torrez Núñez de Prado, with Dr. Giuliana Borea and Cecilia Vicuña and Camila Marambio, curator and Director of the nomadic research program Ensayos. As studio director for renowned artist Carsten Höller worked on a variety of notable international projects, exhibitions, and public commissions, such as Fondazione Prada, Miami Prada Double Club, Sunday at Museo Tamayo, Mexico, and Method at Galleria Continua Beijing, and the simultaneous co-running exhibitions at Copenhagen Contemporary and KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark, Luma Foundation Arles and Qatar Museums.
Projects
- Carsten Höller. Stockholm, Sweden. – Studio Director and Project ManagerDuring my time as Studio Director for Carsten Höller Studio I worked closely with the development of the studio, creating systems for all matters concerning administrative, legal and production. The position requires being the main point of contact for all matters concerning the studio, be-tween the studio, institutions and production. I have contributed with grant applications, commission dossiers, as well as presenting and representing Carsten Höller in commission presentations and meetings. W
- Noor Light Festival - Lead Production Manager and Artist LiaisonThe biggest city-wide light festival in the world. 82 artworks across 40 sites in the city of Riyadh. Following and delivering Noor Light Festival in Riyadh 2022. Working closely with international Blue chip artists to deliver light-based artworks. Liaising with the client, Royal Commission of Riyadh City, and FOM, alongside Curators, artist studios, and production on public artwork commissions across the city of Riyadh. 82 public artworks were delivered throughout the festival breaking several
Work history
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Founder and WriterLoop Magazine
Stockholm, SwedenFreelance
Loop Magazine. – Founder and Writer
(2016 - Current)
Loop Magazine is an initiative spawned from the most recent political questions that are currently arising and facing those within the creative industry and beyond. Each issue is centered around an academic text on a particular current topic. The inaugural issue featured Chantal Mouffe, Nina Power, Lotte Andersen, and Jina Khayer.
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Cultural Programing and co-curatorApproved by Pablo
London, United KingdomFreelance
Group Exhibition. Approved (by) Pablo, Somerset House, London, UK. Futurismo Ancestral, Mapping the City and Venturing Beyond: Utopia. – Cultural Programing and co-curator
(2014 - on going collaboration)
Approved by Pablo is a new model for the gallery world that harnesses the energy and excitement of the ephemeral exhibition moment and that makes ar t and ideas accessible to all.A(by)P aims to present ar t as a multisensor y and all-encompassing experi- ence in which everyone can participate.A(by)P gives artists the opportunity to curate an entire event rather than solely exhibit- ing their work.Having worked on 3 editions of exhibitions,FuturismoAncestral,Mapping the City andVenturing Beyond:Utopia.
Curated by Dr Rafael Schacter.
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Education
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M.F.A Masters Fine Art Konstfack - University College of Arts, Crafts and Design
Stockholm, Sweden
MFA Art in the Public Realm
Bachelor of Arts (BA) University of The Arts London (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom