RITA MARCANGELO
Curatore Collezione Permanente Fondazione Cominelli
1965 Nasce a Londra (UK). 1988 Laurea BA Hons. Degree, Thames Valley University, Londra. Dal 1997 Direttrice della galleria Alternatives, galleria dedicata al gioiello di ricerca. Nel 2004 è co-fondatrice dell’AGC Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo. Dal 2004-2010 è Presidente dell’AGC. Curatrice di mostre e relatore in istituzioni nazionali ed internazionali, dal 2012 Membro della giuria per i Premi Fondazione Cominelli e curatrice della collezione permanente Fondazione Cominelli, Cisano di San Felice d/B (BS). 2013/14 co-curatrice del workshop “Weekend con il Gioiello”, analisi critica del gioiello contemporaneo con Benjamin Lignel e Manuel Vilhena. 2016 presentazione del catalogo Collezione Permanente Cominelli al Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia. Si dedica inoltre alla stesura di testi critici nell’ambito della gioielleria contemporanea.
RITA MARCANGELO
Curator of the permanent collection at Cominelli Foundation
Rita Marcangelo was born in London (UK) in 1965. She obtained her BA Hons. Degree at Thames Valley University, London, in 1988. She has been Director of the gallery Alternatives specialising in contemporary jewellery since 1997. She co-founded the AGC Association for Contemporary Jewellery in 2004 and was Chairman of the association until 2010. She has been curator of numerous exhibitions and speaker in national and international institutions, since 2012 she has been the Member of the jury for the Cominelli Foundation Award and since 2012 she has been nominated curator of the Cominelli Foundation permanent collection with its headquarters in Cisano di San Felice del Benaco on Lake Garda. In 2013/14 she was the co-curator of the workshop “Weekend with Jewellery”, a critical analysis of contemporary jewellery, respectively with Benjamin Lignel and Manuel Vilhena. In 2016, she gave a conference to present the catalogue of the Cominelli Foundation permanent collection at the Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia. She also writes critical essays in the field of contemporary jewellery.