Camilla Palestra - FHEA
Curatorial Associate
Camilla's 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. She held teaching positions at London College of Fashion, and Central Saint Martins (UAL), at the University for the Creative Arts, and Goldsmiths University of London. Camilla received a MA Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Arts London and is currently a doctoral researcher in the Advanced Practices program in the Visual Culture Department at Goldsmiths, University of London. In 2021, Camilla was awarded the Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, in recognition of her commitment and achievements in learning and teaching through her curatorial practice.
Current Projects
Publications
Palestra, C. (2023) “When Traces Become Stories”, in Lucy Orta. Traces: Stories of Migration, London: UAL
Palestra, C. (2023) “Notes from the Amazon”, in LabVerde 2022 Catalogue, Manaus: LabVerde
Palestra, C. and Ganahl, R. (2018) “Quasi-Marxism, Sustainability Fairy Tales and ÜBER Fashion: Camilla Palestra in Conversation with Rainer Ganahl”, in Comme des Marxists, London: Fashion Space Gallery
Curated Exhibitions and Events
Decolonising Fashion and Textile (working title), Barbican Library, UK (2024)
Art for the Environment. Artists from AER International Residency Programme, GroundWork Gallery, UK (2024)
AER Conversations, UAL (2024)
Lucy Orta. Traces: Stories of Migration, The Nunnery Gallery Bow Arts, UK (2023)
Speculative Ecologies, LABVERDE, Brazil (2022)
AER Conversations, UAL (2021)
Fashion Now/Fashion Futures 2030, Arbeit Studios Leyton Green, UK (2019)
Comme des Marxists, Rainer Ganahl, Fashion Space Gallery, UK (2018)
Art for the Environment, The Nunnery Gallery Bow Arts, UK (2018)