curatorial statement
In my curatorial practice, I examine and challenge where modalities of support, currency, material, space, research, essence and time intersect on the spectrum of art creation to art presentation/viewership. My curatorial practice is one of constant (re) weaving and prioritizes generative (conscious connection, placemaking, and preserving essence) over transactional (immediacy, commodification and consumption) energies. I primarily partner with women and non-binary artists, working across various media: from intimate items to public artworks.
curatorial biography
Marta Staudinger is a curator, arts organizer and artist living and exhibiting between Washington DC, Italy and Spain. Marta’s academic career is as an art historian and curator; she holds a master’s degree in Curatorial Studies from the Universidad de Ramon Lull (Barcelona, Spain) and a triple undergraduate degree in Art History, Sociology and Communications from George Mason University (Fairfax, VA). She has worked in multiple fine art capacities to include prominent art historical institutions such as the National Bargello Museum in Florence, Italy; the Antoni Tàpies Foundation in Barcelona, Spain; the Art Museum of the Americas and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
Her work focuses on building generative avenues for artists and advocating for the labor and essence artists contribute to society. In 2015, Marta created Latela Curatorial: a full service art advisory studio based in Washington DC that specializes in weaving together art sourcing services and curatorial projects. Through intuitive arts leadership, LC’s core mission is to continuously question how “support” is defined in the artworld and advocate on behalf of the artist and arts workers. With an attitude to nurture with a matriarchal approach, LC creates generative (rather than solely transactional) opportunities for artists, collectors and communities alike.
In May 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Marta initiated the GLB Memorial Fund for the Arts which provides financial support to woman-identifying artists and curators who reside in Washington DC, Maryland or Virginia to further advance women-led contemporary art initiatives. In October 2020, Marta launched See Support Collect Initiative, which is an intersectional placemaking and gap-filling initiative that focuses on collectorship of art by women and non-binary artists.
In October 2022, Marta was awarded the Honfleur Women in Arts Program Curator Grant for 2023. She is currently working on a project that will conclude with an exhibition in 2024 at Honfleur Gallery in Washington DC.
Marta’s curatorial projects have been featured in the Washington Post, Washingtonian, DC Modern Luxury, East City Art and BmoreArt.