Livia Dubon is a London-Florence based art writer and independent curator. Her curatorial practice, interweaves artist commissions, research and participatory practices encouraging innovative ideas and interdisciplinary dialogue between creative individuals. Her recent research focuses on the relationship between concepts of national identity, collective memory, and representation. She is particularly interested in how contemporary artists’ practices decolonize institutions and which processes foster a decolonization of knowledge. Exhibition she curated are “Negotiating Amensia” (Murate PAC, 28 Nov – 09 Dec 2015) and “The Impossible Black Tulip” (Murate PAC 3 May-3Jun.2018).

Livia successfully completed three Masters Degrees; in Museums and Gallery Studies (Newcastle, UK, 2009), in International Management of the Arts (Genoa, Italy, 2005), and in Art History (Parma, Italy, 2004). She is Ph.D. candidate at Kingston University London with the title “Italian Blackness: Decolonising the former Museum of the Colonies“. Livia writes for Artkernel, Artribune, and Kritica. She has also participated in international conferences as a guest speaker to disseminate her curatorial and research work such as LYNX Imaging The Past/Collecting The Future, 22-25 June 2016, Lucca (Italy) and Curatorial Challenges, The University of Copenhagen. 26-27 May 2016.