Curriculum Vitae
Mariana Pestana
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Mariana Pestana
Citation names
- Pestana, Mariana
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- B41E-6ADF-FE5F
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - Arts - Architectural design
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| French | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| German | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2012/10/01 - 2019/05/28
Concluded
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Architectural Design (Doutoramento)
Major in Arquitectura; curadoria
University College London Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, United Kingdom
"Fictional World Enactments: Curating The Real and Other Fictions at Lisbon Architecture Triennial, 2013" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Awarded |
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2010
Concluded
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MA Creative Practices for Narrative Environments (Mestrado)
Central Saint Martins, United Kingdom
"Built Speculations: Fictive tools for architectural criticism" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Distinção |
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2007
Concluded
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Licenciatura em Arquitectura (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
"Expor Arquitectura em Português" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/01/01 - Current | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia, Portugal |
| 2021/01/01 - 2021/07/31 | Coordinating Researcher (Research) | Lusófona University Center for Other Worlds, Portugal |
| Universidade Lusófona, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/10/15 - Current | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
| 2019/09/09 - 2020/03/08 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal |
| 2016/10/01 - 2017/07/01 | Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher) | Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Netherlands |
| 2015/09/01 - 2016/07/01 | Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher) | Royal College of Art, United Kingdom |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010/09/01 - Current | Fundadora/ arquitecta e curadora | The Decorators , United Kingdom |
| 2018/08/19 - 2020/11/08 | Curadora Geral | Istanbul Design Biennial, Turkey |
| 2014/01/04 - 2018/01/11 | Curadora | Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom |
| 2012/09/01 - 2015/07/30 | Assistente Convidada - BA Interior and Spatial Design | Chelsea College of Arts, United Kingdom |
| 2012/01/02 - 2013/09/14 | Curadora da exposição "A Realidade e Outras Ficções", integrada no programa de "Close, Closer", 3ª edição da Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa. | Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa, Portugal |
| 2012/09/01 - 2013/07/30 | Assistente Convidada - BA Architecture | Central Saint Martins, United Kingdom |
| 2011/01/01 - 2012/09/01 | Editora Geral | Design Exchange Magazine, United Kingdom |
| 2011/12/01 - 2012/02/01 | Curadora da secção: "Copos de Coleção" na exposição CCC -Collecting Collections and Concepts/Uma viagem iconoclasta por coleções e coisas de assim. Curadoria geral: Paulo Mendes. | Guimarães Capital Europeia da Cultura, Portugal |
| 2011/01/01 - 2011/10/01 | Curadora da exposição 'The Auction Room' | London Design Festival , United Kingdom |
| 2008/10/13 - 2010/12/27 | Consultora e arquitecta freelancer | Lacoste International , France |
| 2009/06/01 - 2009/08/31 | Estágio integrado no Mestrado Creative Practices for Narrative Environments, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design | Architecture Foundation , United Kingdom |
| 2007/09/03 - 2008/09/01 | Estágio Profissional | Rui Mendes Arquitecto, Portugal |
| 2008/01/10 - 2008/07/30 | Arquitecta Assistente ao Design da Exposição "Flexibility: Design in Fast Changing Society", Torino World Design Capital 2008 | Pedro Gadanho Arquitecto, Portugal |
| 2006/09/01 - 2007/03/30 | Estágio Curricular | AAS-Gonzalez Haase, Germany |
Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Edited book |
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| Exhibition catalog |
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Artistic / Performance
| Artistic exhibition |
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| Curatorial / Museum exhibition |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2022/03 | More than Human Empathy | Circular Cultures: Waste Landscapes
Onassis (Atenas, Greece)
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| 2022/02 | More Than Human Empathy | MANE Alumni event
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (Londres)
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| 2022/02 | Empatia mais que humana: reações culturais à crise climática | Nuit Dés Idées
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisboa)
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| 2021/09 | Empathy as Decentering | Caring Assemblies
Bienal de Arquitectura de Veneza (Veneza, Italy)
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| 2021/05/17 | Bauhaus of the Seas | Basque New European Bauhaus Conference
Tabakalera (Bilbao, Spain)
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| 2021/05/05 | Bauhaus of the Seas | Conferência Cultura, Coesão e Impacto Social - Presidência Portuguesa do Conselho da União Europeia
Fundação Serralves (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2021/05 | Empathy Revisited: designs for more than one | Archipelago: Architectures for the Multiverse
HEAD (Geneve, Switzerland)
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| 2021/04/30 | More Than Human Empathy | Journée d’étude « Savoirs Sensibles : Esthétique et Anthropologie » Plateforme art, design et société
EnsadLab (Paris, France)
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| 2021/04 | Empathy Revisited: designs for more than one | GSAPP
Columbia University (New York, United States)
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| 2021/04 | Empathy Revisited: designs for more than one |
Kadir Has University (Istanbul, Turkey)
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| 2021/03 | Empathy Revisited: designs for more than one |
Royal College of Arts (London, United Kingdom)
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| 2021/03 | Empathy Revisited: designs for more than one | New Architectures of the Curatorial
Royal College of Arts (London, United Kingdom)
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| 2021/02 | Empathy Revisited: designs for more than one |
Syracuse University (United States)
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| 2021/01 | Portal Tables: connecting multiscalar communities |
Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University (Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom)
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| 2021 | Empathy Revisited: designs for more than one |
University of Bergen (Bergen, Norway)
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| 2020/11 | Designs for more than one: redefining place and community |
KHAUS (Istanbul, Turkey)
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| 2020/03 | The Kitchen at 5th Istanbul Design Biennial | Parabere Forum
(Istanbul, Turkey)
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| 2020/02 | Portal Tables | The State of the Art of Architecture
La Triennale (Milano, Italy)
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| 2020/02 | Focus Talks is Curatorial in Architecture | Creative Exchange: Future Architecture Platform
(Ljubljana, Slovenia)
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| 2019/11 | Eco Visionários | Mais Importante do que desenhar é afiar o lápis
Porta 33 (Porto Santo, Portugal)
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| 2019/03 | Fictional Enactments: a speculative approach to curating | Museum Engagement as Speculative Design Symposium
Camberwell College of Arts (London, United Kingdom)
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| 2019/03 | Stanley Picker Fellowship Introductory Lecture |
Kingston University (London, United Kingdom)
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| 2019/02 | Eco Visionaries | Art-Science and Anthropocene, H20 Summit
Centro Cultural San Martín (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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| 2019 | Eco Visionaries | Broken Natures
La Triennale di Milano (Milano, Italy)
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| 2019 | Do Curators Take Risks? How Exhibitions Are Programmed | Future Now Symposium
York St John University (York, United Kingdom)
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| 2018/09 | The Future Starts Here |
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (London, United Kingdom)
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| 2018/07 | The Future Starts Here |
Royal College of Arts (London, United Kingdom)
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| 2018/07 | The Future Starts Here |
Unstudio (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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| 2018/06 | Eco Visionaries | Broken Nature Symposium
La Triennale di Milano (Milano, Italy)
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| 2018/06 | When my robot learns to love | Has Technology Enhanced or Damaged our Experiences? The Arts perspective
One Question Conference (London, United Kingdom)
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| 2018/05 | The Future Starts Here | Exhibition Opening
V&A - Victoria and Albert Museum (London, United Kingdom)
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| 2018 | Engagement and Futurity |
Horniman Museum (London, United Kingdom)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/04/01 - 2021/06/05 | Comité de Organização da conferência Bauhaus do Mar. (2021/05/20 - 2021/05/20)
Conference
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Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/06 - 2020/06 | Design in Dialogue: Mariana Pestana | Design |
| 2018/09 - 2018/09 | Domesticity and Technology, Pillow Talk Conversations | Architecture |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 - 2021 | Director of MediaLab Madrid | |
| 2021 - 2021 | Conference Steering Committee | Porto Design Biennial, Portugal |
| 2020 - 2020 | Criatório | Câmara Municipal do Porto, Portugal |
| 2019 - 2019 | Aesthetica Art Prize | York St John University, United Kingdom |
| 2015 - 2015 | RIBA President’s Medals SOM Foundation Fellowship | Royal Institute of British Architects, United Kingdom |
| 2015 - 2015 | ARQUIN-FAD Awards | Associació Interdisciplinària de Disseny de l’Espai , Spain |
Distinctions
Other distinction
| 2012 | Menção Honrosa - Concurso Performance Architecture |
| 2012 | Pré-seleccionada - AHRC Doctoral Award
Arts and Humanities Research Council, United Kingdom
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| 2011 | Distinção - MA Creative Practices for Narrative Environments |
| 2011 | Concedida: Bolsa Ideias de Origem Portuguesa |
| 2011 | Concedida: Bolsa 'Ideas Fund Innovators' |
| 2011 | Concedido: Apoio à Internacionalização |
| 2010 | Nomeada - ECCA Best Enterprising Project
University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
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| 2009 | Concedida: Bolsa de Valorização Profissional no Estrangeiro
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
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