Contemporary Art Manager, Producer & Curator

Carolina Pelletier Fontes (1995, Lisbon) is a cultural manager, producer and curator. She holds an MA in Curating and Collections from Chelsea College of Arts (London), and has been dedicated to exhibition production, project management, and cultural mediation, particularly in fostering dialogue between Africa and Europe through contemporary art. She is currently developing projects for FAS – Forward Art Stories, including international exhibitions and artist residency programs. Her previous experience includes positions at The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice and Galeria Filomena Soares in Lisbon. She has produced exhibitions in collaboration with institutions such as Galerias Municipais de Lisboa and Hangar – Centre for Artistic Research, and has published articles on the online platform Contemporânea.

CV:

2024 - Guest speaker for World Art Foundations Global Summit 2024: Navigating the Nexus of Culture and Global Forces at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

2023 - Selection jury FLAD Drawing Award 2023, Lisbon, Portugal

2022 - International Internship Program, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy

2020 - MA Curating and Collections, University of the Arts London, London, UK

2019 - Postgraduate Diploma Contemporary Art and Curation, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

2016 - Bachelor of Fine Arts - Sculpture, Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal