Cécile Bourne-Farrell is an exhibition curator working with public and private structures.
Since 2015, she has been a visiting curator in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London and at Arts Cabinet, London.
Her curatorial projects focus on decolonial practices, based on a curatorial ethos between artists, institutional structures and private infrastructures. Current projects include:
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‘Diffracted Self’, with Younes Baba-Ali, Lucile Bertrand, Cathryn Boch, Michèle Magema; 8th November – 12th December 2024, Irène Laub Gallery, Brussels.
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‘Seas, Lands and Bodies Crossed’, 28th April – 21st May 2023, La Traverse, Marseille, with Malala Andrialavidrazana, Francis Alÿs, Shivanjani Lal, Louisa Marajo, Tuli Mekondjo, Otobong Nkanga and Jean-Paul Thibeau.
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‘Antson’ny tontolo miaina / Interpeller le vivant’, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 20th May – 5th June 2023, with Malala Andrialavidrazana, Dadee Andrianaivoson, Cyrille Cornu, Fanjar, Felana Rajaonarivelo, Mickael Green, Nature Attitude, Miora Rajaonary, Richiany Ratovo and Mialy Rajohnson; a collaboration with Ihoby Rabarijohn, co-curator.
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A Dobradiça Biennale, Mação, Portugal, 6th July–11th August 2023 (https://adobradica.com/WHAT).
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Curator of visual materials for the project ‘Mapping Injury’, Principal Investigator Vivienne Jabri, funded by a UKRI Frontier Research Grant (Horizon Europe Guarantee), King’s College London (mappinginjury.org).