Newart Centre
New Art Centre, Reus (Newart Foundation)
The New Art Centre (NAC) in Reus is a 3,000 m² institution dedicated to the intersection of art, technology, and science. Run by the New Art Foundation, it features exhibitions, workshops, and labs supporting innovative, technology-based artistic practices.
Minor Atractions
Castle in the Air (2024) Christian Jankowski presented by SUPRAINFINIT. Photo: Isabella Tilli
London-based art fair that reimagines the gallery experience through immersive formats and cultural programming. Held at The Mandrake Hotel, the fair integrates exhibitions with performance, nightlife, and cross-disciplinary events. It positions itself as a more dynamic, community-driven alternative to traditional fairs, emphasizing accessibility, experimentation, and visibility for emerging galleries and artists.
Sade
Credits: CCCB
An exploration of the Marquis de Sade’s aesthetic, political, and philosophical legacy from the early 20th century to today. The exhibition traced how Sade’s controversial writings have echoed through avant-garde movements, literature, visual art, and mass culture - simultaneously evoked as emancipatory and transgressive.

Heat
Credits: Sadie Coles HQ
“HEAT: A cold world that’s why we hold heat” featured works by Emmanuel Awuni and Koyejo Oloko. Hosted in collaboration with Harlesden High Street, the show transformed Sadie Coles’ The Shop into a site of poetic resistance and warmth, interrogating how artists anchor intensity in a world in tension.

Los Pocitos
Credits:
For the 15th Havana Biennial, which adopted “Shared Horizons” as its theme, the organization Food of War staged its fourth Edible Graffiti project. The work was split into two parts: the first took place in the Los Pocitos neighborhood, developed in collaboration with the Abakuá fraternity and their creative citizenship group, Akokán.
More Knjiga
Credits: Time Out
As Project Manager for three editions of the Zrinjevac Park Literary Festival, I oversaw the transformation of Zagreb’s historic park into a vibrant tropical beach - complete with sun, sand, and over 500 books in Croatian and English for visitors to browse and read in the open air.
1:11
Credits: Metal Magazine
“Ana Sting: 1:11 – Inner Personalities”, was an intimate, immersive exhibition and live performance exploring identity, and healing. The show features eight self-portraits, each representing a distinct inner persona.
The Forbidden Journey
Credits: Rupert Earl
A retrospective exhibition at Saatchi Gallery addressing how conflict shapes food systems, scarcity, and survival. The show featured works by 19 contemporary artists across painting, sculpture, installation and performance - from depictions of Chernobyl to explorations of Amazonian lands - inviting visitors to confront food insecurity, access, and consumption in times of crisis.
Tim Walker
Credits: V&A Museum
“Tim Walker: Wonderful Things” was an immersive retrospective of Walker’s fantastical photography - combining images, films, set pieces and installations. Visitors explored ten new photographic series inspired by the V&A’s collections, entering surreal worlds where fashion, fantasy, storytelling and museum artefacts intertwine.
Unlux
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At the intersection of art, property development, and web 3.0, UN-LUX was created as a collaborative project for the creation of artistic events around disused spaces in London. With an ethos of bridging the gap between public and private.

Dior: Designer of Dreams
Credits: V&A Museum
The V&A’s most-attended exhibition to date, this retrospective delved into the designer’s enduring legacy and his profound influence on 20th-century British fashion, as well as the creative evolutions and design movements that followed in his wake.
Metamorfosis
Credits: CCCB
“Metamorfosis” was an exhibition that brought together the work of animation masters Ladislas Starewitch, Jan Švankmajer, and the Quay Brothers, exploring a century of European stop-motion artistry. Featuring puppets, photomontage, and handcrafted techniques, it traced a poetic history of animation through the 20th century, with a subsequent edition presented at La Casa Encendida in Madrid.

Distinció
Credits: Museu del Disseny
The exhibition was based on the fashion photography collection of the Museu del Disseny de Barcelona, featuring 464 photographs by 38 artists created between 1903 and 2016. It explored fashion photography as the leading medium for disseminating 20th-century style and as an essential component of the broader fashion system, encompassing editorial and commercial imagery alike.

Dara
Credits: English National Theatre
Set in Mughal India in 1659, this production depicted a brutal war of succession between two brothers with opposing visions for the empire’s future. Written by Shahid Nadeem and directed by Nadia Fall, the epic drama explored the conflict that helped shape modern-day India and Pakistan. It was performed at the Lyttelton Theatre.
Fuentes Angarita Collection
Credits: Marcelo Montealegre
The Fuentes Angarita Collection is a contemporary art collection focused on Latin American, feminist, and socially engaged practices, founded by Andreina Fuentes Angarita. It preserves and promotes artworks that explore identity, gender, and cultural dialogue across global contexts.

Art in Freedom
Credits: Jordi Colomer
ANUE (Asociación para las Naciones Unidas en España), hosts a collection of over 200 modern and contemporary artworks, with a heavy influence of catalan masters such as Tàpies, Jaume Plensa and Modest Cuixart.

Praznine
Credits: HNK (Croatian National Theatre)
Praznine (Emptiness), was an interdisciplinary project by Odeon Art in collaboration with HNK Zagreb and Školska knjiga. It united twelve young artists in an immersive performance that blends theatre, film, visual art, and music. Set in a nontraditional sound hall, the audience shares space with three women who navigate the pressures of modern society.
PROJECTS
I’m a freelance cultural manager and strategist working at the crossroads of art, society, and institutional change. Over the past decade, I’ve helped shape exhibitions, non-profit transformations, and international collaborations. I build partnerships, scale small teams, and turn artistic ideas into sustainable cultural projects.
EXPERIENCE
PAST WORK
TRAINING
EDUCATION
ARTS CONNECTION FOUNDATION
Senior Project Manager
2023 - current | Miami
SES12NAUS
Senior Project Manager
2025 - current | Ibiza
MINOR ATTRACTIONS FAIR
Project Liaison
2023 - current | London
ESTUDI FRANCESC PONS
Project Manager
2021 - current | Barcelona
HARLESDEN HIGH STREET
Project Manager & Sales Executive
2021 - current | London
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
Gallery Assistant
2019 - 2021 | London
FOOD OF WAR
Senior Project Manager
2016 - 2025 | London
CROATIAN NATIONAL THEATRE (HNK)
Project Manager
2019 - 2020 | Zagreb
LONDON AUCTIONS
Assistant Art Director
2017 - 2019 | London
ŠKOLSKA KNJIGA
Associate Producer
2017 - 2019 | Zagreb
THE SAMOSA MEDIA
Assistant to the Director (Internship)
2015 - 2016 | London
Selected clients from freelance work:
INSTITUTIONS/GALLERIES
Ambika P3
Arts Council England
CCCB
de Appel
Harlesden High Street
La Casa Encendida
Museo Caja de Burgos
Museu del Disseny
Pirelli HangarBicocca
Plataforma2
Proyecto Akokán
Recinte Modernista Sant Pau
Rich Mix
Saatchi Gallery
Somers Gallery
Victoria & Albert Museum
FOUNDATIONS
airWG
Arts Connection Foundation
Asociación para las Naciones Unidas en España
Feuerle Collection
Food of War Platform
Fuentes Angarita Collection
Hypha Studios
Newart Foundation
Nodos de Acción Cultural (NAC)
Proposition Studios
Ses12naus
BIENNALES
Berlinale
Bienal de Bogotá
Bienal de la Habana
Biennale di Venezia
Istanbul Biennial
FAIRS
ARCO
Art Antwerp
Art Basel
ArtBo
Art Marseille
Armory Show
Dallas Invitational
Frieze
Independent
Minor Attractions
NADA
Scope
SP-Arte
SWAB
Volta
Zona Maco
FESTIVALS
48h Neukölln
Ars Electronica
MMMad
Miami New Media Festival
General Studies of Contemporary Art
MoMA | 2023
Charting the Avant-Garde
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 2022
Antiquities Trafficking & Art Crime
University of Glasgow | 2021
Charting the Avant-Garde
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 2022
UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER
Contemporary Media Practice & Fine Art BA Hons
2015 - 2019 | London
RODRIGO VARGAS
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