Caterina Avataneo is an independent curator based in Turin. She was awarded the 2017 NEON Curatorial Award by The Neon Foundation and Whitechapel Gallery and her curatorial projects have appeared in institutions, project spaces and galleries across Europe. From 2018-2021 she was Associate Curator at Arcade (London & Brussels) and Assistant Curator on assigned projects at Serpentine Gallery (London). In 2019 she was Assistant Curator of the Lithuanian Pavilion for the 58th Venice Biennale – winner of the Golden Lion – and since 2020 she is part of the board for the residency programme at Cripta747 (Turin). Currently she is part of curatorial team of Pompeii Commitments (Pompeii), working with Stella Bottai, Laura Mariano and Andrea Viliani.