Île-de-France
Francesca Rozzi is a curator and co-founder of MINERVA, a cultural association dedicated to supporting and increasing the visibility of emerging women artists. Her curatorial research focuses on the narratives that shape our perception of the world and the forms of representation through which they are constructed. She is particularly interested in women’s experiences and histories, their place within historical and contemporary narratives, as well as the ecological and climate transformations reshaping our relationships with territories and the living world. She is also interested in questions of memory and transmission, and in the ways artistic practices can make individual or collective experiences visible, shift perspectives, and bring other narratives to the fore. Her practice is grounded in research, writing, and dialogue with artists. She develops exhibitions and public projects around specific questions, working with artists whose practices, backgrounds, and contexts of production differ widely. She places particular importance on supporting artists and on the ways curating can create connections, correspondences, or tensions between different voices. Within MINERVA, which she co-directs, she contributes to the development of the association’s artistic and curatorial programme and supports projects from their conception through to their realisation, in collaboration with artists, venues, and partners. She develops exhibitions and multidisciplinary projects focusing on emerging practices. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Institutions from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and a Master’s degree in Exhibition Curation from IESA Arts & Culture in Paris. She also completed a specialisation course in Art Business at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London.