Contemporary Art Manager, Producer & Advisor

Carolina Pelletier Fontes was born in Lisbon, where she continues to live and work. Her professional practice is primarily focused on exhibition production, collection and archive management, the development of curatorial projects, research, and text production.

Carolina’s experience in the art world thus far has involved close collaboration with a diverse range of settings, including artists, museums, galleries and collections. As a freelancer, she writes articles on contemporary art and occasionally curates and produces exhibitions. Her practice is mainly focused on emerging artists, independent non-profit projects, transnationality and geography’s visual culture. Carolina is continuously interested in implementing multidisciplinary proposals, by bringing meaning to art objects and concepts through contextual and critical approaches.

She is currently the Collection Manager for FAS - Forward Art Stories, a contemporary art collection focused on celebrating the diverse narratives and artistic expressions of the African continent and its diaspora.

CV:

2024 - Guest speaker for World Art Foundations Global Summit 2024: Navigating the Nexus of Culture and Global Forces at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

2023 - Selection jury FLAD Drawing Award 2023, Lisbon, Portugal

2022 - International Internship Program, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy

2020 - MA Curating and Collections, University of the Arts London, London, UK

2019 - Postgraduate Diploma Contemporary Art and Curation, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

2016 - Bachelor of Fine Arts - Sculpture, Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal