Fortunata Calabrò
PhD Student
Fortunata Calabrò is a researcher, curator, and cultural practitioner with a strong international trajectory across academic and artistic contexts. She is currently a PhD candidate in Society and Culture (History, Anthropology, Art, and Heritage) at the University of Barcelona, where her research focuses on visual crossings, identity politics, and transnational artistic practices between Latin America and the Arab world. Her academic background includes an MA in History of Art and a Graduate Certificate in History of Art and Architecture from Birkbeck College, University of London, as well as a degree in Mathematics from the University of Messina (IT), which provides an interdisciplinary foundation to her research.
She has developed extensive professional experience in international institutions and cultural projects. Her roles include serving as a mentor at the University of Westminster (UK) and conducting research at museums such as the Queens Museum (New York) and the Wallace Collection (UK). She has been a juror for the Apexart International Open Call (New York), a member of the Editorial Board of Artheorica Magazine (Mexico–US), and Director of Exhibitions at PINTA (London–New York) and Art Marbella (Spain). Her curatorial work has been presented in contexts such as the Bienal del Fin del Mundo (Argentina and Chile), the Bienal de las Fronteras (Mexico), Tate Modern, the V&A Museum, INIVA London, and P21 Gallery, among others, engaging with themes such as migration, memory, diaspora, visual ethics, and contemporary sociopolitical dynamics.
She has participated as a speaker at academic conferences across Europe and the Americas, including the University of Zurich, Centre Pompidou Málaga, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Stockholm University, University of Cádiz, and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo.
She is the author of Corporeal Aesthetics in the Work of Louise Bourgeois and has contributed chapters, catalogues, and scholarly essays on contemporary art, identity, and transnational practices. Her work combines critical research, curatorial practice, and comparative analysis across diverse cultural genealogies.