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First Name

Raquel

Last Name

Guerra

Username

raquelg

Bio

Born in Porto, Portugal, in 1976.

Degree in History (UPT) and postgraduate studies in Museology and Curatorial Studies (FBAUP).Currently attending a PhD in Contemporary Art (Colégio das Artes, UC). Curator and researcher.
As a researcher, she participated in the projects Anamnese_ Digital Platform on Contemporary Art from/in Portugal between 1993 and 2003 (Ilídio Pinho Foundation, Porto) and IDAP S20_ Digital Interface of Portuguese Art of the 20th Century (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto).
Fellowship in 2011 from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for curatorial residency in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo) _Residência Capacete.
She lectured at the postgraduate degree in Photography and Contemporary Art at IPA, Lisbon.
She has been dedicated to the management of contemporary art collections: Marín.Gaspar Collection, Norlinda and José Lima Collection and Treger / Saint Silvestre Collection.
Director of the Oliva Creative Factory’s Art Museum, São João da Madeira, between 2014 and 2017. Director of the São João da Madeira Art Center between 2015 and 2017.
She writes regularly for catalogs and art publications.

 

Country of residence

Portugal