About me
Silvia Sgualdini is a contemporary art curator interested in the legacy of conceptual strategies and the performative in art. Her curatorial work is concerned with artistic practices whose approach combines a complex articulation of ideas with a refined aesthetic sensibility. She lives and works in London.
Following her studies in Architecture at I.U.A.V. Venice and Photography at London University of the Arts, Silvia Sgualdini obtained an MA in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art in London in 2006. She worked internationally for organisations such as the Venice Biennale, Tate Modern, KW Berlin and Kunstraum Kreuzberg before joining Lisson Gallery in 2007. For Lisson Gallery, alongside solo exhibitions with gallery artists, she co-curated Perplexed in Public (2008), a program of interventions in the public sphere featuring artists Allora&Calzadilla, Lara Favaretto, Claire Fontaine, Sharon Haynes and Santiago Sierra. Curatorial projects include An Echo Button (2011), developed as part of Performa11 for Times Square and Zabludowicz Collection with British artists Ed Atkins, James Richards and Haroon Mirza. She completed a curatorial residency at Townhouse, Cairo in 2012 which resulted in The Magic of the State, an exhibition and editorial project developed in collaboration with Lisson Galley and the not-for-profit space Beirut in Cairo in Spring 2013.
Work history
Director
• Develop the gallery’s vision and remit in conjunction with the gallery owner. Consolidate relationship with existing artists, securing new artists representation, marketing and online presence, strategic sales development and art fairs.
• Planning the gallery programme, organising, presenting and marketing exhibitions and off site projects
• Curating group exhibitions and special projects
• Senior artist liaison for 8 gallery artists and line manager for artist liaisons
• Assessment and selection of artworks, securing new inventory
• New artists research and studio visits
• Represent the gallery in an ambassadorial role at key art market events, promote exhibitions and works by individual artists
• Participate in designated art fairs. Promoting and selling works, to private clients and institutions.
• Develop clients lists and growing the clients database.
• General administration, budgeting and finance.
Associate Director
-
• Senior artist liaison for 8 gallery artists
• Creative planning, implementation and co-ordination of exhibition programme across galleries in London and Milan, offsite projects and public platforms
• Initiate, curate and project manage group exhibitions and special projects, on and off site
• Responsible for developing strategic approach to raise Lisson artists profile in museums and foundations through exhibition opportunities and collection acquisitions
• Sales of artworks to museums and foundations
• Engender and nurture relationships with key museum professionals, foundations and independent curators
• Recognise international curatorial hot spots and initiate opportunities for artists, create fruitful institutional and partner networks
• Represent the gallery in an ambassadorial role at key art market events
• New artists research
• Participate in designated art fairs
• Line manager for junior artist liaisons and exhibitions assistant
• Plan and chair department meetings and monitor follow up actions
• Co-ordinate team travel and holidays
+ Show more
Skills
- Events
- Visual Arts
- Art Direction
- Fine Art
- Exhibition
- Creative
- Project Management
- Event Organisation
- Event Planning
- Public Exhibitions