Isabella Indolfi is a curator for contemporary public art, living between Brooklyn, NY and her hometown Maranola, a medieval village on the Mediterranean coast between Roma and Napoli, Italy.

She has over 10 years of international experience in curating and producing exhibitions and public programs for no-profit organizations, museums, and esteemed institutions, such as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, The Hermitage State Museum Youth Educational Centre in Saint Petersburg (Russia), the MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (Italy), the Cafesijan Museum in Yerevan (Armenia), and the PS122 Gallery in New York (USA).

Recently awarded full MA scholarship at the › Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College in New York, Isabella’s curatorial research aims at fostering environmental and social justice, engaging in site-specific and community-oriented practices.

Her latest research project, › Leave The Community Alone, is focused on the ethics and politics of art residencies in small communities, and it stems from her experience on founding and directing the › Seminaria Sogninterra Biennial Festival of Environmental Art, which since 2011 has welcomed over 100 international artists in residency, to realize public art projects in Maranola, Italy.

With a background in Sociology and Cultural Studies from University La Sapienza in Italy, Isabella’s research often explores the impact of technology on art and society. Leveraging this expertise, she has co-curated international festivals such as › Cyfest — one of the biggest nomad media art festivals — and the › Media Art Festival at the MAXXI Museum in Rome, Italy.

Isabella has shared her work through lectures at institutions such as › Goldsmiths University of London and › Manchester Metropolitan University School of Art. Her research papers and critical texts have been published in various magazines, catalogs and academic journals, with some available on › academia.edu.