Urban artist and curator, he began his career as an artist in 2009 closely linked to the associative and neighborhood movements of the area. He is co-founder of the Contorno Urbano foundation and manages the organization’s cultural projects.

Last update: 16th November, 2020

Denise Araouzou is an interdependent curator, researcher and writer. Currently, she is a junior curator of Mediterranea 19: School of Waters (BJCEM) while at Ki-Culture she is coordinating an upcoming exhibition on the climate crisis. Her research-based practice interweaves architectural theory, urban studies, social sciences, contemporary art practices and environmental studies. She is learning to cultivate and promote ecological sustainability in curatorial and art practices. She has an MA in History of Art from the University of Glasgow.

Last update: April 22nd, 2021

Maria Solé Bravo is an architect by the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona. She has worked in Spain, Belgium, and the USA combining at times her architecture practice with some transdisciplinary projects. She is an associate at BIG, Bjarke Ingels Group and has recently relocated from NY to Barcelona to open BIG´s new office in Catalonia. She has been a guest teacher and lecturer at Harvard and Columbia Universities in the US and IaaC and Elisava in Spain among others.

Last update: November, 2019

Milan/Berlin/Baku-based curator and museum specialist experienced working with leading cultural institutions in Europe and USA on cultural diplomacy, education and exhibition projects (V&A Museum, UK; GWU Textile Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA; Islamic Art Museum of Berlin, Germany; Pinacoteca di Brera, Italy; National Academy of Sciences, Italy; UNESCO, Goethe Institut, etc.). Founder of Ta(r)dino 6 Art Platform that promotes contemporary art from Azerbaijan and beyond. With a gallery in the historic old city of Icheri Sheher, and a vintage flat near the urban core of Baku’s downtown, the platform fills in the niche in providing art professionals the opportunity to explore their ideas in depth. Programs to date include commissioned site-specific artworks, artist talks, professional coaching and workshops by local and international artists and curators to help grow Baku’s emerging art community and to support the discourse on Azerbaijani contemporary art.

Last update: November 11th, 2019

Maša Cvetko is a graduate architect and co-founder of prostoRož association (2004). As part of prostoRož, she has participated in more than fifty projects and lectured and led workshops in many European countries (Poland, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo and Macedonia). She has performed as an “Artist in Residence” in Leipzig (DE), New York (USA), The Hague (NL), Berlin (DE) and Montescaglios (IT). In 2014, she received a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture of Slovenia and was nominated for the architectural Plečnik’s Award. She has knowledge in the field of urbanism, scenography, industrial and graphic design, event organization and artistic and interdisciplinary approach to planning public space. She has extensive experience in the field of mediation between the local community and representatives of municipalities and other decision-makers, where she successfully “translates” different wishes and opinions of both parties into a common language that allows cooperation and finding common solutions.

Last update: 16th November, 2020

Dr. Petra Pferdmenges explores the role of the architect in the co-production of the city in Brussels through practice, research and teaching. In 2010, she founded the agency Alive Architecture in Brussels after having worked for 5 years in the internationally recognized agencies of Édouard François in Paris, France (2003-2004) and Josep Llinas in Barcelona, ​​Spain (2006-2008). Together with the Alive Architecture team she extends the discipline of the design of built space towards the co-production of lived space. Thus, each project generates a public space that is appreciated and appropriated by its users.

Last update: 16th November, 2020