PhD in Philosophy from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
Master's Degree of Arts from New York University (NYU).
Bachelor of Liberal Arts from Harvard University Extension School.
Certificate in Design from Eina.
Teaching and research
Her research focuses on creativity as a relational, situated and distributed process, resulting not so much from the manipulation of decontextualised representations, but from the action of an organism in/with its performative environment and the way it attends to and relates to it.
Professional experience
Director of Eina Obra, an initiative of the Eina Foundation aimed at promoting the transition towards socially and ecologically sustainable practices through design and art.
She has led several business initiatives in the art and design sectors. Among her roles, she has been for seven years executive director of CIMAM, a global network of museums and professionals dedicated to modern and contemporary art.
She participates in support roles for various institutions. She has been a trustee of the Fundació Tàpies since 2023, a member of the Taller de la Fundació MACBA since 2004 and sat on the Board of Trustees of the Fundación Museo Reina Sofía between 2016 and 2017.
Participa en roles de apoyo a diversas instituciones. Es patrona de la Fundació Tàpies desde 2023, miembro del Taller de la Fundació MACBA desde 2004 y ocupó un lugar en el Patronato de la Fundación Museo Reina Sofía entre 2016 y 2017.
Publications
Cortada, Pilar, Martina Manyà, Ana Vivero, Giorgia Filippelli, and Olivia Álvarez. Diario de campo, Tornen les Esquelles. Barcelona: Nova Era Publications S.L., 2023.
Awards
III Annamae & Allan R. Crite Award awarded on the basis of academic achievement and dedication to learning and the arts.