Alessandra Saviotti

Alessandra Saviotti is an Amsterdam-based curator, educator and researcher. Her work focuses on socially engaged art, collaborative practices, and art education. She completed her PhD at Liverpool John Moores University – School of Art and Design, where her research examined how Arte Útil can function as an educational methodology to foster institutional change through curriculum-making. Since 2014, Saviotti has collaborated with the Asociación de Arte Útil, contributing to the development of the Arte Útil Archive and expanding its usership through curatorial and educational projects. Her practice explores how art can operate as a tool for social change by positioning audiences as active co-producers. Saviotti has developed curatorial projects, educational programmes and public initiatives internationally for museums, universities, biennials and cultural organisations. Notable collaborations include documenta 15 through the Instituto de Artivismo Hannah Arendt (INSTAR), the Museum of Arte Útil at the Van Abbemuseum, and the Depot of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. She lectures and facilitates workshops internationally; recent invitations include Harvard University and the Southern Centre for Digital Transformation at the University of Naples Federico II. She currently serves as Curatorial Advisor for UNIDEE – Residency Programmes at Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, she is an associate of Art Workers Italia – AWI, and she writes ‘Mi sono fatta prendere’, a newsletter on sport, movement and contemporary visual arts.