Originally from Italy, Raffaella Matrone is a curator, writer, and researcher in contemporary art.

Currently based between London and Berlin, she specialises in supporting emerging and established artists, aiming to develop their careers through bespoke management services, curating exhibitions, and writing critical texts for their work, whether independently or through collaborations with cultural platforms.

As an independent curator, her research focuses on the sense of belonging and identity, exploring the meaning of ‘place’ as a physical and abstract entity that is informed by the relations between people, culture, language, and tradition. This interest is currently expanding into the Italian Diaspora and cultures of the South of Italy, including but not limited to traditions and folklore, such as superstition and magic, as well as the mundane rituals of the everyday.

Interested in bridging cultures and fostering international dialogue, she has curated recent exhibitions including The Space Between at the Former Library Hivzi Suleimani (Pristina, Kosovo, 2026); A ESPERA FERTIL (The Fertile Wait) at Branca Health Centre (Branca, Portugal, 2026); and Rupture/Circle at Residency Unlimited (New York City, USA, 2024). Her international projects and exhibitions also extend to the UK, Austria, Germany, and Costa Rica.

Since 2016, Raffaella has also developed a deep interest in Central and Eastern European art ecosystems. This long-term research has been driven by an ongoing collaboration with NOMAD - The Croatian Office for Contemporary Art. Through this partnership, she has cultivated relationships with local artists and assisted projects at the French Pavilion in Zagreb and the National Gallery of Macedonia in Skopje.

Alongside these regional focuses, she supports the work of individual artists internationally.
Between 2018 and 2021, she also collaborated with Arts Territory (UK/PL) on numerous projects, including the co-production of JEMP 2019: Mechanical at the Swiss Church in London.

Raffaella holds an MA in Curating & Collections from Chelsea College of Arts (University of the Arts London, 2018) and a BA in Economics and Management for the Arts and Cultural Activities from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2017). She was also part of the first Goldsmiths’ Summer School in Curating the Contemporary at the British School at Rome (2016).

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