Curator
London
Carolina Lio Rodrigues is a London-based curator and director of Looking Forward Art Projects C.I.C., working across contemporary art, ecology and socially engaged practice. Since 2022, she has curated and produced Slow Disasters, Andrew Merritt’s long-term project exploring artistic responses to environmental change, and since 2020 she has been a co-curator of Visible, an international platform for socially engaged art developed by Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto.
Her projects, exhibitions, and public programmes have been presented at institutions including the University of Luxembourg; the Museum of London Docklands; EAC Montevideo; the Hong Kong Arts Centre; and Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in Venice, among others. She has been a Guest Researcher at MACBA Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, an Associate Researcher at Sheffield Hallam University, and a curator in residence at Fire Station in Dublin, the Goethe Institute in Sofia, and USF Bergen. She has consulted for institutions including the Guangdong Museum of Art in Guangzhou and the Baja California Cultural Institute in Tijuana.
Her writing has appeared in publications by Springer Nature and Nero Editions, as well as in various academic journals. She holds an MA in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art, London, and completed CuratorLab, the post-master’s programme at Konstfack University in Stockholm.
Current work:
→ Founder and Director, Looking Forward Art Projects, London (2019–ongoing) – Link
→ Co-curator, Visible, Cittadellarte–Fondazione Pistoletto (2020–ongoing) – Link
→ Senior Lecturer and Unit Leader, Istituto Marangoni London (2020–ongoing)
→ Curator and Producer, Slow Disasters, UK/MX/ZA (2022–ongoing)
→ Co-Lead and Curator, AHRC/Future Observatory's Design Generator project Field Hospital (2026–2027)
remote residency
SAC International Curatorial Residency
Residency awarded by Sant Andreu Contemporani, Barcelona. A residency by City of Barcelona and Institut Ramon Llull in collaboration with Premi Miquel Casablancas.
2020
with Sprovieri, London
Sprovieri at Frieze London
Frieze London
Giorgio Andreotta Calò, Francesco Arena, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Jimmie Durham, and Jannis Kounellis
2018
with Sprovieri, London
Nan Goldin / Boris Mikhailov
Photo London, Somerset House, London
In the context of Photo London, Sprovieri presents works by Nan Goldin and Boris Mikhailov, two masters of intimacy and life on the margins.
2018
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with Sprovieri, London
Pedro Cabrita Reis, Jimmie Durham, Cildo Meireles
Sprovieri, London
Group show in collaboration with Galeria Luisa Strina, Sao Paulo.
2018
