MATELLI, Federica

Professional experience

Researcher, teacher and curator. She holds a doctorate in Society and Culture (speciality: Theory and History of Contemporary Art) from the University of Barcelona. Master's Degree in Curating and Cultural Practices in Art and New Media by ESDI and Ramón Llull University, organised by MECAD, Media Centre of Art and Design and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy from the University of Pisa (Italy). She is also a professor of "Modern Thought and Artistic Practices" at the BAU Fine Arts Degree. College of Arts and Design Barcelona. She is part of the research team of the R&D project Visuality and Geoaesthetics in the Era of the Ecosocial Crisis. Analytical Approaches (VIGEO) of the AGI research group. Art, Globalisation and Interculturality (UB), and the GREDITS work team. Research Group in Design and Social Transformation (BAU). From an interdisciplinary approach, her research proposes the study of artistic practice in connection with other disciplines such as philosophy, sociology and cultural studies. Her doctoral thesis has resulted in 10 publications in seven years and three exhibition projects. She has participated in numerous national and international congresses. She has carried out research for public and private art bodies and has published essays, scientific and critical articles. She has also disseminated her research internationally through curatorship. She is the author of the publication entitled Ciutat. El futur no té data, which contains the results of the project of the same name carried out in ESPAI 2 of the Sala Muncunill during 2021 and published by Terrassa Arts Visuals. Her book has won one of the prestigious ADG Laus Graphic Design and Visual Communication Awards and the ADC*E Europe International Design and Advertising Award. Recently, her curatorial project 7642. Siempre estaré para ti was selected among the 146 submitted to the next edition of Temporals (2025-2026), the travelling contemporary art programme organised by Barcelona City Council (ICUB. Barcelona Institute of Culture).