Curriculum Vitae
Sofia Victorino
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Sofia Victorino
Citation names
- Victorino, Sofia
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 7811-322F-9150
Email addresses
- svictorino73@gmail.com (Personal)
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| French | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Elementary (A2) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
| Italian | Beginner (A1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Beginner (A1) | Advanced (C1) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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1998/09/07 - 1999/09/07
Concluded
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Contemporary Cultural Processes: Communication, Culture and Society (Master)
Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom
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Pass |
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1992/09/15 - 1997/07/15
Concluded
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Comunicação Social e Cultural (Licenciatura)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Faculdade de Ciências Humanas, Portugal
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Affiliation
Other Careers
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2000/01/05 - 2001/01/05 | Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) | Ministério da Cultura, Portugal |
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2011/07/04 - 2021/01/30 | Director of Education and Public Programmes | Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom |
| 2002/09/01 - 2011/06/01 | Head of Education and Public Programmes | Fundação de Serralves, Portugal |
| 1997/09 - 1998/09 | Programme Manager | European Commission, Brussels, Belgium |
Outputs
Publications
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| Book chapter |
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| Exhibition catalog |
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| Online resource |
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Artistic / Performance
| Curatorial / Museum exhibition |
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Activities
Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2019/07/06 - 2019/07/06 | Seminar: '(G)hosting:Michael Rakowitz'. Exploring concepts of history and narrative, cultural heritage and appropriation,
postcolonial displacements and the rehabilitation of archaeological sites in Iraq. Speakers included artist Michael Rakowitz,
Gareth Brereton, British Museum Curator and trustee of the The British Institute for the Study of Iraq, and Eleanor Robson,
UCL Professor of Ancient Middle Eastern History and Director of the Nahrein Network. (2019/07/06 - 2019/07/06)
Seminar
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Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom |
| 2019/06/20 - 2019/06/22 | Conference: 'The Rural Assembly: Contemporary Art and Spaces of Connection', co-organised with Jane Scarth and with partners
nationally and internationally. This conference looked at artists and creative practitioners who are challenging the assumptions
made about rural life and culture, providing a new vision grounded in everyday experience and a critique of the rural-urban
binary. Connecting the local to the global, it invited an international and transdisciplinary conversation on art and the
rural. (2019/06/20 - 2019/06/22)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom Aberystwyth University Institute of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, United Kingdom Manchester Metropolitan University Department of Art, United Kingdom Wysing Arts Centre, United Kingdom |
| 2017/12/03 - 2017/12/03 | Symposium: 'Time, Technology, Self', organised in association with Tamar Garb, Briony Fer and UCL’s Centre for the Study of
Contemporary Art, to coincide with William Kentridge's exhibition: "Thick Time" (Whitechapel Gallery, 21 September 2016–15
January 2017). The symposium addressed concepts of history and temporality, embodiment and subjectivity, technology and tactility.
Speakers included: Ian Christie, Briony Fer, Tamar Garb, Margaret Iversen, Ed Krcma, Michael Newman, Griselda Pollock and
Richard Taws. (2017/12/03 - 2017/12/03)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
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| 2016/10/22 - 2016/10/22 | Conference: 'Tracing an imperfect chronology', organised with the Barjeel Art Foundation. From the concept of an ‘Imperfect
Chronology’ to the debate on Modernism’s alternative histories and how they have shaped contemporary artistic practice in
the Arab world, this conference debated definitions of ‘Arab art’, considering its diasporic and multiple identities. Featuring
curators, academics and writers, Reem Fadda, Hannah Feldman, Omar Kholeif, Dina Ramadan, Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, among others. (2017/11/22 - 2017/11/22)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom |
| 2015/11/06 - 2015/11/07 | Conference: 'Artists' Moving Image Practice in Britain: From 1990 to today', organised with the Paul Mellon Centre. Lectures
and roundtables with artists, curators, film and art historians and critics. The conference mapped the recent history of this
dynamic strand of visual culture within a British context, through thematic discussions and close readings of selected works
and artists. Erika Balsom, George Barber, Iwona Blazwick, James Boaden, Maeve Connolly, Nina Danino, TJ Demos, among others.
(2015/11/06 - 2015/11/07)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom |
| 2015/03/13 - 2015/03/14 | Symposium: Abstract Art and Society', organised in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Art at UCL.
Charting a chronological path through abstraction, this symposium explored the concept’s beginnings in the work of Malevich,
its global dissemination through the technologies of photography and graphic design, its political implications and its unravelling
across multiple geographies. Speakers included artist Doug Ashford, Hassan Sharif, Lis Rhodes, Melanie Smith; curators Tanya
Barson, Adrienne Edwards, historian Sarah James. (2015/03/13 - 2015/03/14)
Symposium
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Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom |
| 2012/03/20 - 2012/03/20 | Conference: 'Art Schools: From Lahore to Dhaka and Beyond'. Artists, curators and researchers discussed the experience of
art schools in Pakistan and Bangladesh, making links with teaching in art schools in the UK. What challenges does a globalised
art world present for an art school? In what way do these histories overlap? The event expanded the debate on the future of
art schools considering multiple geographies. Featuring Shreela Ghosh, Sumbul Khan, Naazish Ataulla, Shahidul Alam, Susan
Collins and Aziz Sohail. (2012/03/20 - 2012/03/20)
Conference
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Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2020/01/22 - 2020/01/23 | Seminar: Malmö Konstmuseum. Focusing on education and curatorial practice, highlighting case studies from my professional
work, and responding to the exhibition that Malmö Konstmuseum's team had been developing for their new displays of the collection.
Seminar
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Art, Collaboration, Social Practice
Malmo Konstmuseum , Sweden
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| 2019/11/16 - 2019/11/17 | Roundtable discussion (moderator): Artist Mikhail Karikis discussed his work with activist and carer Kate Adams and writer
Salomé Voegelin, as part of the Film London Jarman Award Weekend. This followed the screening of Karikis 'I Hear You', commissioned
by the De La Warr Pavillion and Project Artworks, and developed with non-verbal people with complex needs and their carers.
Round table
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Film London Jarman Award Weekend
Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom
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| 2019/09/09 - 2019/09/15 | Seminar: 'microLAB ENTORNO A LA CURADURÍA EXPANDIDA.' The aim was to develop an understanding of the curatorial as a porous
practice with multiple ramifications. Three seminars took place across different venues in the city of Bogotá: Universidade
Tadeo Lozano, Museu de Arte de Bogota (MAMBO) and Museu Nacional de Bogota.
Seminar
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Entorno a la Curaduría Expandida
NC Arte, Colombia
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| 2019/07/15 - 2019/07/16 | Workshop: 'How to Curate with Communities', co-led with Renee Odjdja and Elinor Morgan. The session looked at how to create
and sustain meaningful collaborations with communities: exhibitions, residencies, commissions and events. It explored approaches
that enable spaces for access and insight into the institution, using both Whitechapel Gallery and MIMA (Middlesbrough Institute
of Modern Art) as case studies.
Workshop
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How to Curate with communities
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, United Kingdom
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| 2019/06/22 - 2019/06/22 | Roundtable (moderator): ‘Embedded Practice: Audience, Site, Exchange’. Part of 'The Rural Assembly : Contemporary Art and
Spaces of Connection.' Discussion around projects that have reimagined how art engages with rural areas where audiences are
not traditional viewers of contemporary art. Featured artists Heather Peak (Studio Morison), Richard Saxton (M12 Studio) and
Curator Fulya Erdemci.
Round table
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The Rural Assembly : Contemporary Art and Spaces of Connection
Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom
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| 2019/04/22 - 2019/04/24 | Roundtable discussion (participant): 'Arte en el espacio público: ¿medio de consenso o provocador de crisis?' Participants
in this debate included Aida Sánchez de Serdio (Professor, Artes y Humanidades UOC, Barcelona), Isaac Marrero (Professor,
Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London) and Toxic Lesbian (artista). This was part of the symposium IMAGINA MADRID:
Jornadas de pensamiento en torno al arte y la ciudad.
Symposium
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Entre la Celebración y el Conflicto - Jornadas de pensamiento en torno al arte y la ciudad.
Intermediae Matadero, Madrid, Spain
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| 2019/03/09 - 2019/03/09 | Panel discussion (moderator): ‘Africa is not a country, the Middle East is not a continent’. This event was part of the Symposium
'Create Dangerously' programmed during the Sharjah Biennial 14 and convened by curator Omar Kholeif, at the Sharjah Institute
for Theatrical Arts. Speakers included artists Otobong Nkanga, Akram Zaatari, curator Koyo Kouoh and scholar Hannah Feldman.
Conference
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Create Dangerously
Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates
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| 2019/02/15 - 2019/02/18 | Workshop: ‘Political Love: Questioning Contemporary Art’s Encounters with Communities’, co-developed with artist Mikhail Karikis.
This weelong workshop raised questions around the ethics and politics of socially engaged art, and discussed practical methodologies
from Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed, to Pauline Oliveros' Deep Listening. This was part of a wider programme with
a group of associate curators at Fondazione Sandretto, organised by The Institute of Things to Come.
Workshop
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Political Love: Questioning Contemporary Art’s Encounters with Communities
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Italy
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| 2018/08 - 2018/08 | Conference paper: 'Art, Collaboration and Social Practice', Omsk, Russia. Delivered as part of the NEMOSKVA: International
Curatorial Expedition and Symposium, across six cities in Siberia. This was a project of interregional cooperation in the
field of contemporary art organised by the National Center for Contemporary Art, Ministry of Culture, Russian Federation.
Symposium
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NEMOSKVA - Interregional cooperation in the field of contemporary art
Ministry of Culture, Russia
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| 2018/05/14 - 2018/05/15 | Conference paper: ‘Soul Manufacturing Corporation: The work of Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates. This was part of IMMER
#2 – International Meeting on Museum Education and Research organised by Faculdade de Belas Artes, Porto, and taking place
at Museu do Douro, Peso da Régua.
Conference
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Museum education and Research
Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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| 2016/04/13 - 2016/04/17 | Seminar: 'Collaboration: Art, Politics, Practice' at MASP, São Paulo, to coincide with their exhibition and conference titled
‘Playgrounds’. Drawing on a series of case studies from Whitechapel’s past and recent history, I discussed the intersections
between collaborative art practices and the politics of institutional programming, within and beyond the space of the Gallery.
Conference
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Playgrounds
MASP, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
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Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2016/01/01 - Current | Advisory Committee for the Documents of Contemporary Art series, co-published by Whitechapel Gallery and The MIT Press. Each
volume in the series addresses a particular theme, practice, or concern that is of central significance to contemporary visual
culture. The artists and writers included represent the diversity of perspectives, generations, and voices defining art today.
Member
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Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom |
| 2014/10/01 - Current | Advisory Committee for The William Townsend Memorial Lecture Series at the Slade School of Fine Art, London. This public lecture
series have been hosted by the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL since 1974. Speakers have included eminent art critics, art historians,
theorists and curators.
Member
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University College London Slade School of Fine Art, United Kingdom |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2012/10/10 - Current | MA Arts and Learning, Goldsmiths / Module: Spaces of Practice. This Module engages with the study of contemporary art in order to develop pedagogical and artistic knowledge. It is aimed at initiating and extending practical, critical and contextual understanding of contemporary practices and how these can be used to explore social and cultural issues. | Arts and Learning (Master) | Goldsmiths University of London Department of Educational Studies, United Kingdom |