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Eleonora Castagna

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Born in Este, Italy, in 1989, Eleonora Castagna obtained her bachelor degree in Modern Italian Art, Humanities and Literature from Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna. She received an MFA in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies from NABA in Milan, spending six months at ITU in Istanbul as an exchange student. Her field of research includes public art and the politics of commons. Her MFA thesis focused on the role of social virtual platforms for the recent revolutionary movements in Turkey. Independent curator (for La Medusa -cultural center- and for Biagiotti Progetto Arte -gallery-), free lance journalist of contemporary art (for Toylet Mag, Diorama, Droste Effect and Alfabeta2), critic and cultural communication consultant, she took part in dOCUMENTA(13) as a Student Artist Assistant for the project AND…AND…AND with Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri. At RU (Court Street 360, Brooklyn), she worked with the Special Projects curator Ayelet Danielle Aldouby. She also worked at The Still House Group (in Red Hook, Brooklyn) as an Administrative Assistant. She was selected for attending the 25th session of the curatorial training program at the École du Magasin in Grenoble. She worked at ChertLüdde gallery in Berlin as Gallery Manager. She is currently working as Curator and Communication Manager for Ramdom association. She is part of [AWI] - Art Workers Italia, an autonomous and non-partisan organisation created with the aim of giving a voice to workers operating in the field of contemporary art in Italy. Originally formed in March 2020 in response to the crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic, today [AWI] is an association that collaborates with experts in the legal, tax and administrative sectors, universities, policy-makers and cultural institutions to build legal, fiscal and political tools to protect art workers. [AWI] works towards the recognition of the professions of contemporary art workers, the regulation of employment relationships, the redistribution of resources, and the reform of the entire sector, operating with a local and transnational perspective.