About - Charlotte Desaga

I work with artists, institutions and partners to develop cultural projects that connect contemporary art with people and places. I am interested in forms of collaboration that allow ideas to grow over time through exhibitions, residencies, editions and conversations.

For almost two decades, I have worked in galleries, cultural programmes and international collaborations. My practice brings together curatorial thinking, practical experience in production and programme development, and long standing relationships with artists, collectors, foundations and cultural institutions. I studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne and founded Galerie Desaga, where I first learned how closely artistic vision, hospitality, trust and entrepreneurial responsibility are connected.

Since 2015, I have been part of the art programme at Parley for the Oceans, initially as Collaboration Manager and, since 2019, as Artistic Director. There, I have developed and led projects with artists, galleries and institutional partners that connect contemporary art with environmental engagement. Alongside this work, I have collaborated with Office Reiner Opoku in Berlin as Senior Consultant since 2013, advising on exhibitions, curatorial projects and cultural programming. This collaboration included the co curation of the St. Moritz Art Masters festival. From 2013 to 2021, I was Artistic Director of the St. Moritz Art Academy, where I was responsible for its international programme and worked closely with artists, tutors and scholarship holders.

I also host Art Unquoted, a podcast about ideas in contemporary art, and occasionally publish reflections in the journal Art and the Planet.

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