Jacopo Crivelli Visconti

Born in Naples, Italy, in 1973, Jacopo Crivelli Visconti is an independent critic and curator based in São Paulo. He holds a PhD in Architecture from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and is the author of Novas derivas (WMF Martins Fontes, São Paulo, Brazil, 2014; Ediciones Metales Pesados, Santiago, Chile, 2016). As a member of the Fundação Bienal de São Paulo team from 2001 to 2009, he curated the official Brazilian Pavilion at the 52nd Biennale di Venezia in 2007.

His recent curatorial projects include Untimely, Again, the Pavilion of the Republic of Cyprus at the 58th Biennale di Venezia, Italy (2019); Brasile – Il coltello nella carne, PAC – Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy (2018); Matriz do tempo real, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (2018); Memories of Underdevelopment, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, USA (2017); Héctor Zamora – Dinâmica não linear, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo (2016); Sean Scully, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil (2015); and Ir para volver, the 12th Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador (2014).

He regularly contributes to publications on contemporary art, architecture, and design, writes essays for exhibition catalogues, and has authored numerous artist monographs.