Julia Morandeira Arrizabalaga
Julia Morandeira Arrizabalaga is a researcher and curator in the fields of culture, art and education. She is Curator of the Post-Academic Program at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst. Besides this, she is ARCO Madrid's Opening section curator for the 2021-23 editions; and she is a mediator for the Concomitentes (Nouveaux Commanditaires/New Patrons) project. Morandeira was previously a COOP study tutor at the Dutch Art Institute, faculty of the post-master Collective Practices Research Course at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm and co-director of the escuelita department at the Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo—CA2M (2016-2021). Morandeira's practice is articulated in long-standing projects of curatorial research, which materialise in different formats, structures and gestures. Notable projects are Canibalia; Be careful with each other, so we can be dangerous together; Nothing is true, everything is alive; Social Choreographies or Night Studies. Furthermore, she curates, lectures and publishes extensively on the intersections of critical theory, cultural studies, artistic and educational practices, and has also acted as a consultant to diverse pedagogical and cultural structures and programs. She holds a degree in Humanities from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and an MA in Visual Cultures from Goldsmiths College.
Currently (2025) Julia Morandeira Arrizabalaga is director of Study at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid;
Julia@DAI:
HTDTWT seminar 2021-2022: The Nocturnal
COOP study group 2020-2021: CHUSMA 2.0: A Coalition of Gossips
COOP study group 2019-2020: CHUSMA: a dirty editorial.