Camilla Palestra

Associate Curator

As Associate Curator, Camilla works on exhibitions, artists residencies, art and design commissions, including Rainer Ganahl’s solo exhibition for the Fashion Space Gallery, and the ongoing AER Art for the Environment International Residency Programme. Her curatorial interests lie in multidisciplinary and collaborative artistic practices that reflect on aspects of our contemporary society, in connection to the socio-political environment and its diversity. Camilla holds an MA in Curating Contemporary Art from the RCA and is a member of the International Association for Visual Culture.

Current Projects 

• Art for the Environment Residency Programme (AER)

• Antarctica World Passport

Exhibitions 

• Rainer Ganahl: Comme des Marxists, Fashion Space Gallery, London (5 October 2018 – 12 January 2019)

• Art for the Environment, The Nunnery Gallery Bow Arts, London (26 January – 18 March 2018)

• Voice for Change. UAL Showroom, London (12 January – 29 March 2015)

Publications

• Quasi-Marxism, Sustainability Fairy Tales and ÜBER Fashion: Camilla Palestra in Conversation with Rainer Ganahl, in Comme des Marxists, London: Fashion Space Gallery, 2018

• Mapping the Invisible. EU-Roma Gypsies, Lucy Orta (Ed.), London: Black Dog, 2010