DOMENICO DE CHIRICO ITALY, INDEPENDENT CURATOR Domenico de Chirico is an independent curator from Italy. Born in Terlizzi, Bari, in 1983, he currently lives and works in Milan. He graduated with honors in Foreign Languages and Literatures from the University of Bari (UNIBA), with a final dissertation focusing on the Comparative History of Art in Eastern European Countries, specifically on Dan and Lia Perjovschi. From 2011 to 2015, he taught Visual Culture and Trend Research at the European Institute of Design (IED) in Milan. He collaborates with a number of international artists, galleries, institutions, art fairs, art prizes, and magazines worldwide. He has been artistic director at DAMA Fair, Turin, Italy (2016-2019). He was a resident at the ARC Bucharest Research Residency Program for Curators (2017), a visiting tutor at Goldsmiths, University of London (2018), a member of the Network Event for Young Curators at LISTE - Art Fair Basel, Switzerland (2018), a jury member for the ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE (2018), and a visiting professor at NICE – Course for Curators of Contemporary Art Exhibitions in Turin, at UMPRUM - Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, at NABA - Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, and at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna (ABABO). He was also a visiting curator at the Swiss Institute, Rome, Italy, and artistic director at ORTIGIA CONTEMPORANEA 2024 - Contemporary Art Festival, Syracuse, Sicily. He was a juror for the Premio Fondazione The Bank at ArtVerona 2024 and for We Art Open, Venice 2025. Ongoing projects and research include: SWAB Barcelona Contemporary Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain (committee member); MIA Photo Fair, Milan, Italy (member of the scientific board and curator of the 'Beyond Photography - Dialogue' section); Prisma Art Prize, Rome, Italy (curator); UNSEEN, Amsterdam (curator of the 'Unfold Encounters' section and member of the selection committee). Upcoming projects in various venues and cities, among which: Milan, Rome, Hong Kong, Mallorca, Caserta, Prague, Madrid, Paris, Genoa, Shanghai, Meiselberg, Amsterdam, Sofia, Berlin, Modica, Naples, and more.

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