Curator
London
Carolina Lio is a contemporary art curator and researcher based in London. Her work develops exhibitions, public programmes and research projects at the intersection of contemporary art, social practice and cultural research. She holds a BA in Semiotics from Università di Bologna, an MA in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art, London, and is also a graduate of the CuratorLab programme at Konstfack University, 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)
→ Editor-in-Chief, Art Notes Journal (2025–ongoing) – Link
→ Curator, Slow Disasters, UK/MX/ZA (2022–ongoing)
→ Co-Lead and Curator, AHRC/Future Observatory's Design Generator project Field Hospital (2026–2027)
On Translation:
Antoni Muntadas and the Politics of Translation in Visual Arts (1995 - 2015)
Images related to the essay published in Studies in Visual Arts and Communication Journal Vol. 6(2), December 2019.
1. Camille Henrot, Coupé/Décalé, 2011, still from video, 35mm film transferred on Betanum, 5'20''.Courtesy the artist and Kamel Mennour, Paris.
3. Muntadas, On Translation: The Games, 1996, installation view at Atlanta College of Art Gallery. Courtesy the artist and Michela Rizzo Gallery, Venice.
5. Muntadas’s recurrent slogan in the On Translation projects.
2. Omer Fast, Godville, 2005, video installation. Courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York.
4. Muntadas, On Translation: Miedo/Jauf, 2007, stills from video, 53’54”. Courtesy the artist and Michela Rizzo Gallery, Venice.