Magali Avezou

Magali Avezou is a Curator, Arts Manager, and Tutor at Central Saint Martins (CSM), part of the University of the Arts London (UAL), where she teaches the Introduction to Contemporary Photography Short Course alongside visual arts and artists' books curriculum. She founded the independent curatorial platform Archipelago Projects to showcase contemporary photographic works and critical visual discourse.

Her educational foundation includes a Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in Photography from CSM and a Master of Arts from the London College of Photography, preceded by formal studies in arts management and professional experience in cinema and book industries across France and Spain.

Avezou's research centers on the "culture of images" and contemporary visual culture through a critically reflective lens. Her interdisciplinary practice deliberately bridges:

• Photography as a pivotal tool for analyzing modern visual culture
• Emotional frameworks in contemporary society
• Cross-media integration of video, textile, and digital platforms
• Artist book curation as critical commentary
• Challenging conventional art exhibition spaces
• Dialogues between photography and broader artistic disciplines

Her Manifesta 2018 Palermo exhibition "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" exemplifies this approach, examining evolving emotional interrelationships through multimedia installations. Avezou champions photography's transformation from marginalized medium to central cultural analytical tool, emphasizing its necessity in conversation with other art forms to decode contemporary visual landscapes.

Through Archipelago Projects, she cultivates experimental collaborations that disrupt traditional art presentation models while maintaining rigorous academic engagement with visual theory and practice.