independent
curator
My curatorial practice is deeply informed by radical imagination—a curatorial commitment to envisioning and facilitating alternative ways of thinking, creating, and existing.
My work is rooted in the Mediterranean, a region marked by its layered histories and ongoing migrations. Here, I see the frontier not as a place of division but as a laboratory of coexistence, proposing new political and social structure models. It invites a rethinking of borders, both physical and conceptual, as fertile grounds for utopian experiments.
The place where art projects take shape is essential for me.
I believe in the value of public spaces, I repudiate cultural heritage as a postcard to be sold to tourists, and I believe in the fundamental relationship that the community of citizens must have with its cultural heritage. Public space is to be investigated in the conflicting nature of the planning of underlying memories in the political contingencies that have traversed the EuroMediterranean geographic and social territory, marking and marching militarized borders and territories.
I believe in a curatorial practice that always continues beyond the pure exhibition dimension but actively works at engaging the public.
For this reason, my projects are always accompanied by a public program to unpack the artists' research and bring it closer to the public—In fact, I consistently devise, together with the artists a series of workshops, talks, lectures, and experiences that I like to target for different audiences:
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PROJECTS:
2024 - ongoing / Curator of The Spell of Monsters, solo show and pedagogical project with Camilla Alberti at MOKA- Hyundai Museum of Kids' Books & Art Seoul, Republic of Korea
2023 - ongoing / Curator of Una Boccata d'Arte - Emilia Romagna
2020 - ongoing / Curator of the artistic didactics collective between psychology and performance PSICO.LOBO
2020 - ongoing / Curator, part of IKT, International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art
2020 - ongoing / Curator, part of Art Workers Italia
2024 - ongoing / part of the British Art Network
2020 - ongoing / Contributor for Made in Mind Magazine, Acre Magazine, Ǒpěra, Exibart
WORKSHOP
2024 / Curator of the Art Workshop, The Spell of Monsters, with the artist Camilla Alberti, at MOKA - Hyundai Museum of Kids' Books & Art, Seoul
2024 / Curator of the Art Workshop, Sign of Care, on the occasion of Una Boccata d'Arte 2024 region Emilia-Romagna with the artist Sóley Ragnarsdóttir (children, age 4-8)
2024 / Curator of the Art Workshop, Rethinking Lampedusa / Rethinking Malta, by Leonardo Caffo, Roberta Esposito e Carlo Alberto Giardina, in collaboration with MADE Program and MCAST during Malta Biennale 2024
2024 / Curator of the Art Workshop, Saturday is Alright to Fight for Your Rights, by Art Workers Italia, during Malta Biennale 2024
2024 / Curator of the Art Workshop, Shape of Stories: Photography Zine Workshop, by Jenia Fridlyand and Imagethread, during the Malta Biennale 2024
2023 / Curator of the Art Therapy Workshop I Mangiamondo, on the occasion of the exhibition Ai Bisognosi di Meraviglia, by Camilla Alberti, at Alfabeto Bianco, Piacenza
DEBATES AND SCREENINGS
2024 / Public discussion, Collezione Antropocene, MUSE Museo delle Scienze of Trento
2024 / Public discussion, Trauma-informed art and therapeutic effect of art: What are the borders of art to heal and to help?, Yermilov-Center, Kharkiv, Ucraine
2024 / Public Lecture, Dispersed home, 分散的家, Heart Space, Beijing, China
2024 / Public Lecture, Mediterranean carte blanche, together with Emma Mattei (Malta Biennale); Elyse Tonna (Venice Biennale); Romina Delia (Arts Council Malta), during the Venice Biennale 2024, Art Explora, Venice
2024 / Public Lecture, Heritage Interpretation, organized by UNESCO, WHIPIC and Malta Biennale, together with Dr Sujeong Lee (WHIPIC); Haeree Shim (WHIPIC); Valentina Buzzi (Hankuk University); Emma Mattei (Malta Biennale), Muza Malta
2024 / Public Lecture, The Phenomenology of Islands, together with Michael Taussig and Franco La Cecla, organized by the Malta Biennale, Grand Salon Archeological Museum, Malta
2024 / Public Lecture, Biennalocene, together with Larnaca Biennale (Vassilis Vassiliades, Artistic Director) and Biennale Sur (Diana Wechsler, Artistic Director), during the Malta Biennale, Muza, Malta
AND PRESS COVERAGE
2024 / I Promise You the Sea Will Unite Us Again: An inaccurate review of the XI Busan Biennale, Published by NERO EDITIONS
2024 / Privilege is a very powerful tool, one we shouldn’t be afraid of”: A Talk With the Malta Biennale Curator Sofia Baldi Pighi, by Oleksii Havryliuk, Published by Artslookers
2024 / Malta Biennale, General Press Coverage, Download Here
2024 / Nights of Malta - The performances and parties of the inaugural maltabiennale.art, article by Agnieszka Gratzka, Published by Artforum
2024 / Is Malta the New Kassel?, by Emily Watlington, Published by Art in America
2024 / The First Malta Biennale Draws Visitors to a Surreal Fortress, by Angelica Villa, Published by Artnews
2024 / Inaugura la prima Biennale di Malta: a raccontarla è la sua direttrice Sofia Baldi Pighi, interview by Giulia Ronchi, Published by Exibart
2023 / Malta to host first art biennale in 2024, interview by Triya Ghosh, Published by India Outbound
EDUCATION:
2022 / MA in ESG and Sustainable Finance for the Arts, Bologna Business School
2018 - 2020 / MA in Visual Art and Curatorial Studies (Distinction 110 cum laude) NABA - Milan. Thesis: Plan B for Cultural Institutions - Museum Beyond Its Wall; Supervisor: Professor C. Altay
2019 / Internship: Assistant curator to Director Simone Verde at Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta in Parma
2014 - 2017 / BA in Communication and Art Didactics (Distinction 110 cum laude) Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Thesis: Il Sacro Come Antidoto al Sonno dello Spirito - La funzione liturgica dell'arte contemporanea; Supervisor: Professor G. Agosti
2013 / Summer School at Yale University, CT, USA. Academic Coaching Workshop: A; Academic Listening & Speaking: A-; Academic Reading & Writing: A; Critical & Creative Linking: A-