Doha
Dr. Alfredo Cramerotti is a cultural entrepreneur working at the crossroads of modern and contemporary art, media and technology. He is the director of Media Majlis Museum (mm:museum) at Northwestern Qatar, where he explores the convergence of these fields in shaping contemporary narratives. Cramerotti also serves as president of the International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art (IKT); chair of digital strategies for the International Association of Art Critics (AICA); and as an advisor to institutions such as the British Council Visual Arts Acquisition Committee; the UK Government Art Collection; and the Italian Ministry of Culture for the Italian Council Program.
Cramerotti’s curatorial projects include co-leading global initiatives such as Noor Riyadh, Art Dubai Digital, The Lumen Prize and Maxxi-Bvlgari Prize (all 2024). He has also co-curated four national and collateral pavilions at the Venice Biennale, including Malaysia (2022); Mauritius (2015); Maldives (2013); and Wales (2013). His past major exhibitions have spanned from Sean Scully at the Hong Kong Arts Centre (2018) to Shezad Dawood at ISMAR/Querini Stampalia Venice (2017), and biennials like Sequences VII, Iceland (2015) and Manifesta 8, Spain (2010), as well as more than 100 institutional exhibitions directly curated as director of Mostyn contemporary art museum, UK (2011-23) and as senior curator at Derby QUAD, UK (2008-11).
With more than 200 published texts, Cramerotti has extensively explored the intersection of art, media, and technology and the impact of globalization on contemporary culture. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Critical Photography book series (Intellect Books) and the author of five books, including The Possibility of an Image (forth. 2025), Curating the Image (2020) and Aesthetic Journalism (2009).