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A curatorial office shaped by collaboration

Looking Forward operates as a distributed curatorial office built on collaboration, adaptability, and shared responsibility. Our structure is fluid: a small core team shapes the overall direction, while each project is developed through evolving constellations of artists, researchers, producers, and institutional partners.

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We work through open dialogue, co-design, and processes that adapt to each project’s context. Team members shift between roles depending on the needs of the work, ensuring flexibility and shared authorship.

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Carolina V. Lio Rodrigues

Founder and Executive Director

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Francesca Fantoni

Assistant Curator

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Sylvia Keck-Soler

Community Engagement

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Emily Daymond-King

Intern​

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Ben Donnelly

Organisation Secretary

Current Project Teams

2025 - 2027

Artist: Danilo Correale

Curator: Matteo Lucchetti

Art director: Luigi Stanga

Editorial manager: Carolina Lio

Publisher: Lenz Press​

Danilo Correale: Living Dead Times

Contributors:

Vasco Forconi

Katerina Gregos 

Amal Khalaf

Omar Kholeif 

Vincenzo Latronico

Maria Lind

Carolina Lio

Laura Raicovich

Xiaoyu Weng

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Project commissioned and produced by: Looking Forward

Partners:

Art in General (New York)

Fondazione Ermanno Casoli (Fabriano, Italy)

Italian Council Grant

Magazzino Italian Art Foundation (New York)

Museet for Samtidskunst (Roskilde, Denmark)

SOMA (Mexico City)

Current

Associate Artist Facilitators

Our Associate Artist Facilitators are artists who collaborate with us on facilitation, co-creation, and community-based engagement. Each facilitator brings a distinct perspective, and their role adapts to the needs and values of the context.

Feedforward Peers

Creative Wellbeing (2025)

Feedforward: Creative Wellbeing (2025)​

Greenwich Peninsula Design District (London)

Chaired by: Sylvia Keck and Carolina Lio 

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George Collum (Learning Curator, Camden Art Centre)

Julia Cort (Community Engagement Manager, Horniman Museum)

Paul Crook (Head of Communities & Learning, South London Gallery)

Vania Gonzalvez (Learning Curator, Barbican Centre) 

Erin Li (Curator of Public Programming, Delfina Foundation)

Richard Martin (Director of Participation, Whitechapel Gallery)

Seth Pimlott (Social Practice Curator, Chisenhale Gallery)

Rachel Routledge (Curator, Community and Engagement, Auto-Italia)

Alex Thorp (Education Curator, Serpentine Galleries)

Frances Williams (Health and Research Lead, Queer Circle)

Current

Past Collaborations

Past

Artists and Curators

 

Francis Almendárez

Monica Arreola

Ella Belenky
Greg Bunbury

Yamile Calderon

Helen Cammock

Camila Cañeque

Luigi Coppola

DAAR Decolonizing Architecture

Olga Margarita Dávila

Ali El Aziz
Ryan Gander

Daniel Godínez Nivon

Felipe García Salazar

Norma Iglesias Prieto

Michelle-Marie Letelier

Biel Llinàs

Laura Ní Fhlainhín

Fiamma Montezemolo

Yasmine Ostendorf

Joan Pallé

Keith Piper

Irma Sofia Poeter

Moira Ricci

Gro Sarauw

Marlene Solis

Joyce Treasure

Partners

 

ACAVA

Acción Cultural Española

City of Barcelona

Curating Contemporary Art Programme at Akbank Sanat (Istanbul)

Esch2022 – European Capital of Culture

Fondation Sommer (Luxembourg)

IBERO Universidad Iberoamericana
Instituto de Cultura de Baja California (Tijuana)

London Borough of Lewisham

London Royal Borough of Greenwich

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​MoSAF Museum of Slavery and Freedom

Museum of London Docklands

OnCurating Project Space (Zurich)

Œuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte (Luxembourg)

Paul Mellon Centre (London)

Sant Andreu Contemporani (Barcelona)

Sheffield Hallam University​

Tate Museums

University of Luxembourg

Yale University

Former Team Members

 

​David Cotterrell (2020-2022)

Arianna Guidi (2020-2021)
Katherina Matheson (2020-2022)
Giulia Menegale (2020-2022)
Burçak Yakici (2021-2023)

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