Issue 7

Mare Spanoudaki is a researcher and curator who works in broad arenas that relate to social movements, identity politics, folk and popular culture, institutional critique, communality, archive management, and exhibition studies. Her education includes a BA in Communication, Media and Culture from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, an MA in Cultural Policy and Management from City (University of London) and an MRes in Exhibition Studies from Central Saint Martins (University for the Arts London). She is actively involved with the production and organization of cultural events, and has curated community projects and contemporary art exhibitions in Greece, the UK, and Germany, both online and offline. She has been a fellow of the Start – Create Cultural Change program (2017–2018) and is an awardee of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Artist Fellowship Program (2019 – 2020). Since 2017, she is co-founder of the two-person female synergy This is not a feminist project. Currently, she is a member of Mophradat, an organization that creates opportunities for artists from the Arab World. She is an amateur photographer and dj, and a collector of archival material and vinyls.