Image by Amanda Archibald
curatorial statement
In my curatorial practice, I examine and challenge where modalities of support, currency, material, space, research, essence and time intersect on the spectrum of art creation to art presentation/viewership. My curatorial practice is one of constant (re) weaving and prioritizes generative (conscious connection, placemaking, and preserving essence) over transactional (immediacy, commodification and consumption) energies. I primarily partner with women and non-binary artists, working across various media: from intimate items to public artworks.
curatorial biography
Marta Staudinger is a curator, arts organizer and artist living and exhibiting between Washington DC, Italy and Spain. She holds a master’s degree in Contemporary Art and Curatorial Studies from the Universidad de Ramon Lull (Barcelona, Spain) and a triple undergraduate degree in Art History, Sociology and Communications from George Mason University (Fairfax, VA). She has worked in multiple fine art capacities to include prominent art historical institutions such as the National Bargello Museum in Florence, Italy; the Antoni Tàpies Foundation in Barcelona, Spain; the Art Museum of the Americas and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
Her work focuses on building generative avenues for artists and advocating for the labor and essence artists contribute to society via artwork sales, exhibitions, public art, space creating, and programming. In 2015, Marta created Latela Curatorial: a full-service art advisory studio based in Washington DC that specializes in weaving together conceptual fine art projects and artist support via a holistic approach to art collecting and placemaking. In early 2020, at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Marta initiated the GLB Memorial Fund for the Arts which provides financial support to woman-identifying artists and curators who reside in Washington DC, Maryland or Virginia to further advance women-led contemporary art initiatives. The same year, she also launched the See Support Collect Initiative, which is an intersectional placemaking and gap-filling initiative that focuses on collectorship of art by women and non-binary artists. In 2021, Marta opened the Silva Gallery in partnership with Eastbanc, to provide additional exhibition opportunities and curated promotion to artists based in the Greater Washington DC area.
Marta’s curatorial projects have been featured in the Washington Post, Washingtonian, DC Modern Luxury, East City Art and BmoreArt. She is a recipient of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship Grant, the Honfleur Women in Arts Program Curator Grant, and a Curatorial Participant of DE.a.RE (Deconstruct and Rebuild) by BJCEM (Biennale des Jeunes Créateurs de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée) and co-funded by the European Union.