education
M.A. Culture, Criticism and Curation, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London, 2021, Dissertation: ‘The Curatorial as Monument: After Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta’
M.Arch (Architectural Design), University of Malta, 2018, Dissertation: ‘True Thick and Thin: Conversations on Trauma’, Best Architectural Dissertation, Premju Galizja, Kamra tal-Periti (Malta Chamber of Architects)
B.Sc (Built Environment Studies), University of Malta, 2016, Vice President & Public Relations Officer at Kunsill Studenti Universitarji; Creative Director at TEDx University of Malta
Dip. (Design Foundation Studies), University of Malta, 2013, Vice President at Society of Architecture and Civil Engineering Students
experience
Creative Director within the office of the Archbishop’s Delegate for Culture in Malta, since September 2023
Head of Advisory Board, Valletta Contemporary, since January 2023
Casual Design Tutor, Faculty for the Built Environment, University of Malta, since October 2022
Foreigners Everywhere, Designing for Encounter, October 2023
Designing for Entropy: Resisting the Future Proof, October 2022
Curator and Architect (freelance), since 2017
'Poetics of An Archive’ by Mariana Hahn, Franco-German Pavilion, Malta Biennale, Valletta, Malta, 2024, Curator
‘We Started a Fire’ by Kane Cali, Curator (upcoming)
‘Remove Self’ by Marlon Tabone, Valletta Contemporary, Curator (upcoming)
‘Ngħaddu ż-Żmien’ by Ed Dingli and Diogo Patarra, Malta Society of Arts, Curator (upcoming)
‘Frank u Jien’, 2024, Curator
‘Through the Eye of the Needle’ by Stefan Spiteri, Malta Society of Arts, 2024, Curator
‘Versus’ by Paul Scerri, Inquisitor’s Palace, Birgu, 2023, Curator
‘Decadence, Now’ by City of Art, Malta Society of Arts, Valletta, 2023, Curator
‘A New Gothic’ by Ġulja Holland, Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, 2023, Curator
‘Crux’ by Tina Mifsud, 2023, Curator
‘Experiments in Entropy’ at Valletta Contemporary, 2022, Curator
‘The Rainforest’, Tina Mifsud, Valletta, 2022, Curator
‘Stories of Home’, 2022, Curator
‘Made To Expire: Disrupting the System’ by MA CCC and Institute of Digital Fashion, London, 2021, Co-Curator at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
‘Barra! - Agency for Public Resistance at the Parliament of Malta’, Parliament Buildings Conference, 2021, Researcher, Co-author with Michael Zerafa; a paper presented at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
‘Point of You’, Tina Mifsud, 2020, Curator
‘Plajja:Playa’, Tina Mifsud, 2019, Curator
‘Antiporta: A Fading Negotiation’, Time Space Existence, Venice Biennale, 2018, Curator for Chris Briffa Architects
‘The Vocabulary of Maltese Style’, 2017, Exhibition and Catalogue Designer for HE Marlene Mizzi MEP, EUMT2017, S&D Group
Lecturer, IDEA Academy, 2023
Fashion Event Management, MA. Business of Fashion
Architect and Researcher, Forward Architects, April 2022 - July 2023
Co-founder, bloc, since 2017
Overseeing client communication and the curation of the brand story, as well as contributing to product, concept and furniture design
Architect and Researcher, Nidum, 2017 - 2021
Contributing to the narrative design for the Gozo Museum, with Studio Adrien Gardere, Heritage Malta and Ministry of Gozo, and research for ‘Chalet in Action’, Public Architecture: Future for Europe Exhibition, with transparadiso, at the Schusev Museum of Architecture. Providing concept development, research, content writing and editing for competition entries, strategy documents and project presentations.
Communications and PR, Designer, LUKE AZZOPARDI, (freelance) since 2016
Set Designer and Event Curator for LUKE AZZOPARDI fashion showcases ‘Tree of Life’, ‘Nocturnal Artefacts’. ‘On the Opera’s Ruins’ and ‘On the Museum’s Ruins’. Contributing to the brand story, preparing written content and executing editorial concepts. Working closely with the creative director on various briefs
Set Artist, Production Designer and Stylist, (freelance) since 2018
Għonnella: Deconstructing the Garment by Luke Azzopardi, 2022, Set Designer
Ochre, Zfindays by ZfinMalta, 2022, Production Designer, Curator
2044 by Ziguzajg festival, 2021, Production Designer with Mike Zerafa and Nick Theuma
‘O’ by Teatru Malta and Teatru Manoel, 2021, Production Designer with Mike Zerafa and Nick Theuma
Viva Verdi, Gaulitana Festival, Gozo, 2021, Set Stylist
La Boheme (Final Act), Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Malta, 2021, Set Artist
Dido & Aeneas, Manoel Theatre, Malta, 2021, Set Designer
L-Interrogazzjoni, Teatru Malta, 2020, Production Designer
Tosca, Aurora Opera Theatre, Gozo, 2018, Set Designer
Set Design and Creative Direction for photoshoots and music videos by Aidan, Alexandra Alden, Ceci & Kriss, The New Victorians, Luke Azzopardi, Camilleri Paris Mode, The MVMT, The Unit, The Sunday Circle, PINK, and PLACES.
Creative and Visual Merchandiser, Camilleri Paris Mode, 2016 - 2019