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Marta Duarte
martaduarteprojects@gmail.com
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Marta Duarte is a London-based independent curator.
Her curatorial practice is grounded in community and support - values she believes to be essential in the arts, and increasingly urgent in today’s world. She focuses on themes of heritage. identity, and lived experience, forming a visual sociological study through art.
Marta is the co-founder of Despite Collective, a multidisciplinary group amplifying artists who sustain their practice despite the labour work necessary to “earn a living”. The collective’s ethos ‘Art that works, for the workers. Making art despite the odds.’ encapsulates her dedication to creating spaces for underrepresented artists, and the narratives that truly shape our cultural landscape.
Marta has independently curated ‘Subject Matters’, ‘Despite: Part 1’ and ‘Part 2’.
Her master’s thesis earned her a Distinction and explores Tate Modern’s performance art collection and how institutions display and contextualise the ephemeral for global audiences. She is passionate about this practice, and multidisciplinary approaches, as well as audience engagement and inclusion. Her most recent artwork Despike, a collaborative performative project, speaks to this commitment.
2026
Evidências
by Cíntia Ferreira
Casa da Dona Laura, Lisbon
20th-24th June
2025
Subject Matters
Comewell’s, London
7th-21st November
Despite: Part 2
Ethereal Maison Gallery, London
12th-17th July
Despite: Part 1
Ethereal Maison Gallery, London
14th-19th June
Revista Brotéria, vol. 203, n.º 2/3 (August/September 2026), “Cíntia Ferreira - Evidências” by Teresa Rasquilha
O Setubalense, “Curadora alcochetana brilha em Londres e reforça percurso internacional” by Tiago Jesus
Art Reading, “Subject Matters” by Dr Annabel Frearson
2025
Co-Founder/Curator/Project Coordinator
Despite Collective
2024
Assistant to the artist/curator Danielle Freakley
Venice Art Biennale, Seychelles Pavilion (Arsenale)
2023
Curatorial Assistant
Jo Spence: Fairytales and Photography
Centre for British Photography
MA Museums and Curating
Distinction dissertation on the display of Tate Modern’s performance art collection
Birkbeck, University of London
2022-2024
Post Graduate Art Markets and Collecting
FCSH, University NOVA of Lisbon
2021-2022
BA Arts and Humanities
FLUL, University of Lisbon
2018-2021
Evidências
by Cíntia Ferreira
Casa da Dona Laura, Lisbon
20th-24th June
2025
Subject Matters
Comewell’s, London
7th-21st November
Despite: Part 2
Ethereal Maison Gallery, London
12th-17th July
Despite: Part 1
Ethereal Maison Gallery, London
14th-19th June
Revista Brotéria, vol. 203, n.º 2/3 (August/September 2026), “Cíntia Ferreira - Evidências” by Teresa Rasquilha
O Setubalense, “Curadora alcochetana brilha em Londres e reforça percurso internacional” by Tiago Jesus
Art Reading, “Subject Matters” by Dr Annabel Frearson
2025
Co-Founder/Curator/Project Coordinator
Despite Collective
2024
Assistant to the artist/curator Danielle Freakley
Venice Art Biennale, Seychelles Pavilion (Arsenale)
2023
Curatorial Assistant
Jo Spence: Fairytales and Photography
Centre for British Photography
MA Museums and Curating
Distinction dissertation on the display of Tate Modern’s performance art collection
Birkbeck, University of London
2022-2024
Post Graduate Art Markets and Collecting
FCSH, University NOVA of Lisbon
2021-2022
BA Arts and Humanities
FLUL, University of Lisbon
2018-2021