independent
curator
My curatorial practice is deeply informed by radical imagination—a curatorial commitment to envisioning and facilitating alternative ways of thinking, creating, and existing.
My work is rooted in the Mediterranean, a region marked by its layered histories and ongoing migrations. Here, I see the frontier not as a place of division but as a laboratory of coexistence, proposing new political and social structure models. It invites a rethinking of borders, both physical and conceptual, as fertile grounds for utopian experiments.
The place where art projects take shape is essential for me.
I believe in the value of public spaces, I repudiate cultural heritage as a postcard to be sold to tourists, and I believe in the fundamental relationship that the community of citizens must have with its cultural heritage. Public space is to be investigated in the conflicting nature of the planning of underlying memories in the political contingencies that have traversed the EuroMediterranean geographic and social territory, marking and marching militarized borders and territories.
I believe in a curatorial practice that always continues beyond the pure exhibition dimension but actively works at engaging the public.
For this reason, my projects are always accompanied by a public program to unpack the artists' research and bring it closer to the public—In fact, I consistently devise, together with the artists a series of workshops, talks, lectures, and experiences that I like to target for different audiences:
children,
This modality is essential to ensuring that the work of art is not only the ultimate goal of the creative process but also an activating device of social engagement practices. In this sense, curatorial practice intersects with pedagogy, as the creative process aims to raise awareness and foster critical thinking through the experience of the artwork.
curriculum
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ONGOING PROJECTS:
2024 - ongoing / Curator of The Spell of Monsters, solo show and pedagogical project with Camilla Alberti at MOKA- Hyundai Museum of Kids' Books & Art Seoul, Republic of Korea
2023 - ongoing / Curator of Una Boccata d'Arte - Emilia Romagna
INTERVIEWS AND PRESS COVERAGE:
2024 / I Promise You the Sea Will Unite Us Again: An inaccurate review of the XI Busan Biennale, Published by NERO EDITIONS
2024 / Privilege is a very powerful tool, one we shouldn’t be afraid of”: A Talk With the Malta Biennale Curator Sofia Baldi Pighi, by Oleksii Havryliuk, Published by Artslookers
2024 - Malta Biennale, General Press Coverage, Download Here
2024 / Nights of Malta - The performances and parties of the inaugural maltabiennale.art, article by Agnieszka Gratzka, Published by Artforum
2024 / Is Malta the New Kassel?, by Emily Watlington, Published by Art in America
2024 / The First Malta Biennale Draws Visitors to a Surreal Fortress, by Angelica Villa, Published by Artnews
2024 / Inaugura la prima Biennale di Malta: a raccontarla è la sua direttrice Sofia Baldi Pighi, interview by Giulia Ronchi, Published by Exibart
2023 / Malta to host first art biennale in 2024, interview by Triya Ghosh, Published by India Outbound