Gema Darbo is an art curator, a researcher and educator. Her practice emerges at the intersection of visual culture and curatorial knowledge. News! UNIDEE residency program. Cittadellartte-Fondazione Pistoletto. Biella, Italy. Exhibition text for La Voltereta: Vaca minando un bichito. Mar Reykjavik. Galería Rosa Santos, Madrid. Recent projects: Qualsevol Lloc/Anyplace at Centre d'Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona; La Voltereta (The Somersault): Preview+Q&A with Mar Reykjavik at Cineteca Madrid; (crear) Situacions: Art i pensament participatiu. Curatorial training program at Centre d'Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona; Readers e-flux: Support Bubble, compiled with curator Deniz Kirkali; Absent Audience: Practising Terminology. Talk and workshop with Sixtyeight Art Institute at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen; Interview Fabra i Coats, Barcelona; Curatorial residency granted in Barcelona & Madrid, Matadero Centre for Artists in Residence, LOOP, Fabra i Coats and Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica; Absent Audience Conference at Goldsmiths University of London; Interview [ANTI]MATERIA Cámara de Maravillas, México DF; Photobook Ruta 234, published by Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Madrid; Diffractions Without Organs at Nan Studios, London. Voice is Open Source at Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London; Tocar el Pueblo Sala Cuarto Espacio, Zaragoza. Previously: I coiniciated Widephoto, a non-profit collective curatorial platform focused on learning, exchange and debate about contemporary photography. Projects with WP include: Photobook Live at Centre Contemporary Culture of Barcelona; The Online Photobook Club at Foto Colectania, Barcelona; Babá Khumú Ta Tá at Wer-Haus Gallery, Barcelona; Geology of the Ineffable, Can Felipa Arts Visuals Open Call, Barcelona.

She holds an M.Res in Advanced Practices at Goldsmiths, University of London.
She holds an MA in Contemporary Photography; Practices and Philosophies at Central Saint Martins, London.
Contact: gemadarbo@gmail.com