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Young Curators Residency Programme

Every year since 2007 Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo promotes the Young Curators Residency Programme Torino. The project aims to support emerging curatorial practice while spreading knowledge of the Italian art scene on an international level.

Young Curators Residency Programme 2025. Coordinated by Michele Bertolino

M.U.E. Deracinated Lands

M.U.E:  Deracinated Lands walks visitors across distant terrains marked by upheaval and loss, from the highlands of the Bolognese Apennines to the contested borderlands between Mexico and the United States, drawing parallels between seemingly disparate sites that share histories of forced displacement, environmental transformation, and contested memory. Through site-specific research, historical archives, and online sources, the artists explore how time, industrial development, and state policies leave lasting imprints on both the landscape and the collective consciousness.

In the first gallery, Byron Gago presents Guerrero Viejo VOL.2, an intervention on the space that unifies data, marks, and photography along with a video installation that deepens his ongoing investigation into Antigua Ciudad Guerrero, a border town in Mexico submerged following the construction of the Falcon Dam. This event becomes a lens to examine similar forced dislocations around the world. Through personal records, community collaboration, and found footage, Gago constructs an atlas of fragmented memories and structural violence. His work not only documents these dislocations but also raises questions about the forces and decisions that shape modern borders and their impact on human lives.
In a parallel exploration, Andrea Di Lorenzo presents One of a Thousand Ways, a series of photographs and sculptural works tracing the story of Lilium martagon L., a mountain lily once prevalent in the region and prominently featured in Proto-Romanesque stone carvings. The artist’s three-month field study led him to rediscover the flower in protected high mountain areas where it continues to bloom in quiet resilience. Photographed during its nocturnal pollination, a moment when its fragrance intensifies, this delicate flower becomes a metaphor for survival and continuity in the face of ecological and cultural erosion.

The exhibition’s central area functions as a shared archive of the artists’ research. Di Lorenzo offers two photographic prints as takeaways: one showing the ancient stone carving of the lily, the other capturing the landscape where the living flower was found. Gago, in turn, launches www.wwarchive.org, an open-access online archive collecting data, news, and analysis on global border conflicts. Both artists emphasize accessibility and public engagement, underscoring the role of art as a shared and democratic resource.

This exhibition is part of The Museum of Unfortunate Events (M.U.E), an ongoing collection of artist’s books using photography to archive human traces and forgotten landscapes—reflecting on historical, social, economic, and political shifts across time.

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Curators

Kittima Chareeprasit

Kittima Chareeprasit (Mahasarakham, Thailand, 1989) is a curator at MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum in Chiang Mai and MAIELIE in Khon Kaen, Thailand. Since 2016, she has co-founded Waiting You Curator Lab, an experimental curatorial workshop and artists’ book publishing house. Her interests lie in contemporary art and culture, with a focus on critical history, social, and political issues. She explores how art can be made accessible and widely distributed to the public, emphasizing its role as a process of collecting and preserving both personal and collective memory. Through her work, she collaborates with emerging and established artists, engaging with the cultural and historical contexts of Southeast Asia.
Her selected recent curatorial work includes MUE: Deracinated Land at Fondazione Sandretto re Rebaudengo, Guarene, Torino (2025) Art for Impact at Asia-Pacific ministerial conference on the Beijing 30 review, United Nation ROAP (2024) Dreamworld #dreammantra at MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum (2023) and Dreamday at Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok (2022) both solo exhibitions by Mit Jai-inn. Additionally, A Minor History by Apichatpong Weerasethakul at MAIELIE, Khon Kaen (2022), Watch and Chill: Streaming Art to Your Homes, a free subscription-based art streaming platform curated in collaboration with the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea, the Contemporary Art and Design Museum in Manila, and M+ West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong (2021), Solo exhibitions of Pinaree Sanpitak include House Calls at 100 Tonson Foundation, Bangkok (2020), and Breast Stupa Cookery: The World Turns Upside Down at Nova Contemporary, Bangkok (2020), Temporal Topography: MAIIAM’s New Acquisitions; from 2010 to Present at MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum (2019), and In Search of Other Times: Reminiscence of Things Collected at JWD Art Space in Bangkok (2019). Kittima also runs a publication series, The Museum of Unfortunate Events (2017-), an open-ended volume of artist books featuring works from Thai and international artists whose creations are related to personal and collective memories of society from different events. She received her MA in Curating and Collections from Chelsea College of Arts, London.

 

Coordinator

Michele Bertolino

Michele Bertolino (he/him) is a curator and researcher living between Turin and Rome. He currently collaborates with Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo as coordinator of the Young Curators Residency Program. He is editing the publication Porpora – a photographic book of Lina Pallotta’s work. He curated exhibitions in several institutions, among those: MAMbo, Bologna; Last Tango, Zurich; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino. In 2020 he was visiting lecturer in the LAB.ZONE PETROLIO, class led by Lili Reynaud-Dewar at HEAD Genève. Between 2019 and 2021 he worked as assistant curator of the 2020 Art Quadriennale FUORI, held at Palazzo delle Esposizioni. In 2018-2019 he was Junior Curator at The Institute of Things to Come with which he continued collaborating in 2020-2021 as curator of the research project “Guerrilla against the Uncessing Hostilities of the Livings”. In 2016 he founded with Bernardo Follini, Giulia Gregnanin and Sebastiano Pala, the curatorial collective Il Colorificio. His writings have been published in Nero Magazine, Flash Art and other magazines. In 2022 he published Albe e tramonti in Praiano*, written together with Giulia Crispiani. He graduated in philosophy of art at the University of Turin and in 2015-2016 he participated in CAMPO15, a course of curatorial studies and practices of the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation.

Artists

  • Andrea Di Lorenzo

    Andrea Di Lorenzo (b. 1994, Varese; lives and works in Bologna) focuses his research on the relationship between landscapes and human activity, while also exploring the connections between resource exploitation, biological processes, and iconographic elements. His work with materials and subjects aims to establish a dialogue with architecture, with sites of material extraction and transformation, and with their repercussions on ecosystems, socio-cultural structures, and agricultural processes. His practice unfolds through a modular corpus composed of interchangeable elements that adapt to exhibition spaces, ranging from large-scale site-specific installations to smaller sculptural and photographic works.
    He has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows, including BISCOTTO, curated by Brace Brace and Thomas Ba, supported by Frantoio Sociale, Spazio Contemporanea, Fondazione Clerici, Brescia (BS), 2023; Andirivieni, solo exhibition curated by Davide Ferri, Galleria Fuocherello, Volvera (TO), 2022; Gestus, Act I: Re-making the Body, curated by Laura Lamonea and Thomas Ba, Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi, Venice (VE), 2021; Un anno lungo un giorno, curated by Pier Luigi Tazzi, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato (PO), 2018.
    He has taken part in several artist residency programs, including Nuovo Forno del Pane – Outdoor Edition, promoted by Bologna Musei and MAMbo, curated by Lorenzo Balbi, Caterina Molteni, and Sabrina Samorì, 2024; and MADE IN, an initiative promoted by Artissima Fair and curated by Sonia Belfiore, 2023.

  • Byron Gago

    Byron Gago (b. 1994, Ecuador; lives and works between Switzerland and Italy) is a visual artist based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. His artistic practice focuses on exploring identity, cultural exchange, and the emotional dynamics of migration. Through his works, he investigates the complex layers of belonging, with particular attention to the themes of borders and diasporic experiences. His research also centers on the relationship between architecture and landscape, interpreting not only natural environments but also the traces of human activity and their impact on the surroundings.
    He has exhibited and collaborated with numerous international institutions, including Viafarini, Careof, Biennale Giovani Monza, Volumnia Space – Ducato Prize, and Panorama Venezia (Italy); Rassegna di arte pubblica Morcote, La Rada, and Maison Gaudard (Switzerland); Galerie Crèvecœur (France); SOMA Mexico and ERROR Space (Mexico); Fondation Thalie (Belgium); and LagosPhoto Festival (Nigeria).

Jury

Eva Fabbris

Art historian and critic, born in 1979, Eva Fabbris is currently the Director of the MADRE Museum in Naples. She holds a PhD in Humanities and has worked in the curatorial departments of Fondazione Prada, Milan (2016–23); Galleria Civica di Trento (2009); and Museion, Bolzano (2008–09). As an independent curator, she has organized exhibitions in Italian and European institutions, including the MADRE—where in 2021 she co-curated with Andrea Viliani Diego Marcon. The Parents’ Room—as well as Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan; Chiostri di Sant’Eustorgio, Milan; Triennale Milano; Fondazione Morra, Naples; Nouveau Musée National de Monaco; and Galerie de l’erg, Brussels. She teaches at NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan, and has been invited as a guest lecturer to deliver talks and conversations at institutions such as the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Daimler Foundation, Berlin; HEAD – Haute école d’art et de design, Geneva; KHiO – Oslo National Academy of the Arts; GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Turin; and numerous Italian universities. Fabbris has contributed to several contemporary art magazines, including Mousse Magazine, Cura, and Flash Art. She has also edited numerous artist monographs, among them Tomaso Binga. Euforia (Lenz, 2024), co-edited with Lilou Vidal and Stefania Zuliani—a volume accompanying the eponymous exhibition curated by Eva Fabbris with Daria Khan, currently on view at the MADRE.

Krist Gruijthuijsen

Curator and art critic Krist Gruijthuijsen has been the director of KW Institute for Contemporary Art from 2016 until 2024. At KW, he has curated exhibitions by Hanne Lippard, Ian Wilson, Adam Pendleton, Ronald Jones, Hiwa K, Willem de Rooij, Beatriz González, David Wojnarowicz, Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Hassan Sharif, Leonilson, and Peter Friedl, Michel Majerus, Martin Wong, Enrico David, Jimmy DeSana and Paul P.  among others, and has edited numerous publications.
Krist Gruijthuijsen is internationally well-connected and has many years of experience as curator and director of leading international institutions for contemporary art. Gruijthuijsen was artistic director of the Grazer Kunstverein from 2012 until 2016 and held the position of course director of the MA Fine Arts Department at the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam from 2011 until 2016. He is one of the co-founding directors of the Kunstverein in Amsterdam and has organized many exhibitions and projects over the past 15 years, including Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven, NL), Arnolfini (Bristol, GB), Project Arts Centre (Dublin), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (Salt Lake City, US), Institute of Modern Art (Brisbane, AU), Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (Gateshead, GB), Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (Vancouver, CA), with MoMA PS1 (New York), CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux (FR), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid), Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève (CH), Sharjah Art Foundation, Malmö Konsthall (SE) , and Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves (Porto, PT)

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