ARTocracy (eBook)

Nuno Sacramento was born in Maputo, Mozambique and grew up in Portugal, where he studied Theology and Fine Art/Sculpture. The simultaneous pursuit of Religious and Artistic studies proved mutually exclusive,leading him to decide for one over the other. He moved to Amsterdam for the DeAppel's Curatorial Training Programme and then to Dundee to do a PhD on the subject of Shadow Curating, a practice advancing platforms for the agonistic dialogue between curators. Nuno's professional life has been spent between the UK, the Netherlands and Portugal. He was involved in the curation of art projects throughout Europe, published art texts, and taught the subject Shadow Curating on the Masters of Museum Studies, at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, where he developed post-doctoral research. NunoSacramento is currently the Director of the Scottish Sculpture Workshop, an international residency programme in Lumsden, Scotland. Claudia Zeiske is a freelance curator and cultural activist. Originally from Germany, she studied Economics and Social Anthropology in Berlin and London. Since coming to Scotland in 1995, she has collaborated with many smaller and larger organisations across Scotland and further afield. She is cofounder and Director of Deveron Arts and set up the acclaimed Artists at Glenfiddich programme in rural Speyside.Claudia developed a unique curatorial interest based on a balanced approach between artistic criticality and community involvement through developing projects with artists from across the globe. Today she is concentrating on the development of the international residency programme of Deveron Arts-the town is the venue in the town of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.