Rita Xavier

She is a PhD student in Cultural Studies at the University of Minho. She works at the Municipal Directorate of Culture and Heritage of the Porto City Council and is an independent curator.

She graduated in Philosophy ( Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, 2008) and has a Master’s degree in Artistic Studies ( Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, 2011).

She was the communication and programming advisor for Teatro Municipal do Porto and Festival DDD – Dance Days (2016-2020) and for Museu da Cidade and Feira do Livro do Porto (2020-21). She was the communication director of artistic structures such as Cumplicidades – Festival Internacional de Dança Contemporânea de Lisboa (EIRA, 2016) and Materiais Diversos (2016). She was an Invited Assistant Professor of Aesthetics and Contemporary Art and Culture at the ESE of Porto Polytechnic (2010-2014), where she was a member of the Núcleo de Estudos de Arte e Património (InEd), maintaining an occasional collaboration. She was an FCT research fellow at the Institute of Art History (FCSH/UNL) in the project Contemporary Art Documentation (2012) and the project unplace- A museum without a place (2014-2015). She was selected for the MAISCRÍTICA seminar (2012-13) and develops research and criticism of performing arts, publishing and collaborating with various art institutions.