Caterina Avataneo is an independent curator whose practice emphasises creative confabulation and methodologies of intimate exchange. In 2019 she founded KISS: a series of shows experimenting with collaborative formats. On the same year, after having been involved in a research group around the topic of "evil", she gradually developed an interest for the aesthetics of the dark in contemporary art practice; the role of darkness, destruction, negativity, transgression and evil (intended more in its original etymology of exceeding limits); Gothic recurrence and its temporal and historical implications. She is curator at Cripta747 (Turin), and she co-curates the Digital Fellowships of Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters - the first long-term, contemporary art programme established by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii.
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She has been editorial coordinator for CURA. 2023 -2025; curator of the VII Edition of the Club GAMeC Prize (Bergamo) in 2022; and curatorial consultant for the New Entries section for emerging galleries at Artissima (Turin) in 2022 and 2023. In 2019 she was Assistant Curator of Sun & Sea (Marina), the Lithuanian Pavilion for the 58th Venice Biennale - winner of the Golden Lion. From 2018-2021 she worked as Associate Curator at Arcade Gallery (London & Brussels) and as Assistant Curator on assigned projects at Serpentine Gallery (London).
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Her curatorial projects have appeared in institutions and galleries including: Factory International (Manchester); Kunstraum, Austrian Cultural Forum, Zabludowicz Collection, White Crypt, Open Space, and Gossamer Fog (all London); HAUS, and Pina (Vienna); Britta Rettberg (Munich); Almanac Inn (Turin); DEMO Moving Image (online); SixtyEight Art Institute (Copenhagen); Mare Karina (Venice); La Tolerie (Clermont-Ferrand). She has been invited as Curator in Residence at a number of international institutions, including: NEON (Athens); Danish Arts Foundation (Copenhagen); Salzburger Kunstverein (Salzburg); RUPERT (Vilnius); 40mcube (Rennes) and FRAME (Helsinki).
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She has been commissioned to write texts for catalogues and exhibitions at Kunstverein Freiburg; GAM (Turin), Austrian Cultural Forum (London), Azkuna Zentroa (Bilbao), among others, and her texts appeared in Vogue Italia, CURA., Flash Art, Nero, ATP Diary and PW-Magazine.
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She holds an MA in Architecture from Politecnico of Turin (2014) and an MA in Curating from London Metropolitan University and Whitechapel Gallery (2017).
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She was awarded the 2017 NEON Curatorial Award by The Neon Foundation and Whitechapel Gallery.
ARTISTS SHE WORKED WITH:
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Helene Appel
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Pietro Agostoni
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Ed Atkins
Sophia Al-Maria
Salvatore Arancio
Miriam Austin
Anna Barham
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Alvaro Barrington
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Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė
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Tosh Basco
Chiara Camoni
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Jeremiah Day
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Caterina De Nicola
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Diego Delas
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Olivia Douglass
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Anna Engelhardt
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Lara Favaretto
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Cao Fei
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Formafantasma
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Keira Fox
Anna Franceschini
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Lee Fraser
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Ryan Gander
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Vaiva GrainytÄ—
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Heith
Julius Heinemann
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Deborah-Joyce Holman
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Irati Inoriza
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Liliane Lijn
Invernomuto
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Karrabing Film Collective
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Barbara Kapusta
Lina LapelytÄ—
Rebecca Lennon
Eleonora Luccarini
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Jonas Mekas
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Miao Ying
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Jota Mombaça
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Shana Moulton
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MRZB
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Hannah Neckel
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Jim C. Nedd
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Rolf Nowotny
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Paul Pfeiffer
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Rory Pilgrim
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Ruth Proctor
Giuliana Rosso
Rose Salane
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Barbara Sanchez-Kane
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Leonor Serrano Rivas
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Marianna Simnett
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Anastasia Sosunova
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P Staff
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Alan Stefanato
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Slavs and Tatars
Jenna Sutela
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Emilia Tapprest
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Sissel Tolaas
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Visio
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Zoe Williams
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