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Denise Araouzou (b. 1992) is an interdependent curator, researcher and writer. Currently, she is a junior curator of Mediterranea 19: School of Waters (BJCEM) while at Ki-Culture she is coordinating an upcoming exhibition on the climate crisis. Her research-based practice interweaves architectural theory, urban studies, social sciences, contemporary art, new media practices and environmental studies. She is learning to cultivate and promote ecological sustainability in curatorial and arts practices. She has an MA in History of Art from the University of Glasgow.

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Editor | The Paradox of Labour: A Reader on the Work of Adrian Melis 
(Barcelona: Offset Derra, 2021)
Resident | SeaPort: Mediterranean Basin Curatorial Project, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design x Beit-Ha’Gefen x Artis (March - June 2021)

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denise.araouzou@gmail.com
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STUDIES


MA History of Art, University of Glasgow, 2011 - 2015 

SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS


Junior Curator / Mediterranea 19:School of Waters, BJCEM, San Marino, 2021
Artistic Director & Curator / Veronika Gyòcsi Collection, Krems an der Donau, Austria, 2020 - ongoing
Founder & Curator / open form, Athens, 2017
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 The Sun Panics, The Island Club x Lemesos Int Doc Festival, Lemesos, 2019
I could have done that..., The Island Club, Lemesos, 2019
One Minute, One Hour, One Month…One Million years, The Island Club x Kerenidis Pepe Collection, Lemesos, 2019
 Sofronis Sofroniou: Magnetic Bible, The Island Club x Lemesos Int Doc Festival, Lemesos, 2018
Snow White was stopped at the Gates of Disneyland, The Island Club & Lemesos Int Doc Festival, Lemesos, 2018
Apostolos Georgiou: A Painting on Separation, The Island Club, Lemesos, 2018
Adrian Melis - Absolute Silence Does Not Exist, Fundación Cerezales Antonino y Cinia, León, 2017

ART MANAGEMENT & MEDIATION


Manager / The Island Club, Lemesos, Mar 2018 - Apr 2019
Education Team / Chorus Member / documenta 14, Athens, Apr - Jul 2017
 Gallery Assistant / Galerie Bastian, Berlin, 2015
 Gallery Intern / Tanya Leighton, Berlin, 2015

RESIDENCY PROGRAMS


EastCall: East Topics, Budapest, 2020
BAR project, Barcelona, 2019
A Natural Oasis? A Transnational Research Program BJCEM, 2018 - 2020
_Manifesta 12 (IT), UKYA (UK), Dance House Festival (CY)
Summer of Love: Schwarz Foundation, Samos, 2017
Future Climates: The School Of Redistribution, State of Concept, Athens, 2017

EVENTS & LECTURES


LOOP Barcelona: Curated Selection, Online, 2020
 Future Architecture Platform: Creative Exchange, MAO, Ljubljana, 2020
 This is not a tower, Cordova, Barcelona, 2019
LOOP Barcelona: Professional Meetings, Barcelona, 2019
 Acrophobia, Hangar.org, Barcelona, 2019
 Jiser Taula #08 x Radio Fabra i Coats, Barcelona, 2019
Winds Under Our Lips, HEAD Genève, Lefkosia, CY, 2019
Acrophobia, Nottingham Contemporary, 2018

TEXTS


Editor, The Paradox of Labour: A Reader on the Work of Adrian Melis
(Barcelona: Offset Derra, 2021)
 “But remember not all time is money” in María Alcaide: Guǎnlǐ de shǒu /The Managed Hand
(Barcelona: edita peron, 2019)


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