Originally from Italy, Raffaella Matrone is a curator, writer and researcher for contemporary art.

Currently based in London, she specialises in supporting emerging and established artists, aiming to develop their careers through bespoke management services, curating exhibitions and writing of critical texts for their work, whether independently or through the collaboration with cultural platforms.

As an independent curator, her research focuses on the sense of belonging and identity, exploring the meaning of ‘place’ as a physical and abstract entity that is informed by a relation of people, culture, language and tradition. This interest is currently expanding on the Italian Diaspora and cultures of the South of Italy, including but not limited to traditions and folklore, such as superstition and magic.

Interested in bridging cultures and fostering international dialogue, she has curated exhibitions in the UK, Austria, Germany and Costa Rica, as well as supporting the work of individual artists, such as Derry Moore Photography’s archive in London and the practice of Venice-based artist Eva Chiara Trevisan.
Since 2016, Raffaella collaborates with NOMAD - The Croatian Office for Contemporary Art, through which she cultivated relationships with local artists and co-curated projects at the French Pavilion in Zagreb and National Gallery of Macedonia in Skopje. Between 2018 and 2021, she collaborated with Arts Territory (UK/PL) on many projects, including the co-production of JEMP 2019: Mechanical at the Swiss Church in London. 

Raffaella holds an MA in Curating & Collections from Chelsea College of Arts (University of the Arts London, 2018) and a BA in Economics and Managements for the Arts and Cultural Activities from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2017). She was also part of the first Goldsmiths’ Summer School in Curating the Contemporary at the British School in Rome (2016).

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