Guta Moura Guedes

Guta Moura Guedes is a Portuguese curator, cultural strategist, and thought leader whose work has profoundly shaped the international landscape of design, architecture, and contemporary culture over the past three decades. She is Chairwoman of Experimenta, the Lisbon-based cultural association she co-founded in 1998, and co-creator of the Lisbon design biennale, experimentadesign (1999–2017). Under her direction, Portugal’s pioneering design biennale became a global reference, bringing together leading voices in design, architecture, and critical thought, and presenting groundbreaking exhibitions in Lisbon, Amsterdam, Milan, London, and beyond. She is co-founder and Artistic Director of Terrafoundation (2023), a collaborative platform exploring the intersection of culture, climate action, and social engagement, based in Portugal’s Comporta region, where she continues to push the boundaries of interdisciplinary cultural practice.

She served as Director of the Fundação Casa da Música and as a Member of the Executive Board of the Fundação Centro Cultural de Belém, one of Portugal’s most important cultural institutions, to which she was appointed by the Portuguese Government. Among other roles, she served on the Board of the first World Design Capital; as Commissioner of the Portuguese Design Year; as a member of the International Think Tank for the Scottish event Six Cities Design Festival; and on the Editorial Committee of Utrecht Manifest Design 2007 in the Netherlands.

Her curatorial projects - from Flexibility: Design in a Fast-Changing Society in Turin to Common Sense at Glass House in São Paulo, Still Motion at Triennale di Milano, and Set in Stone at Design Museum in London - reflect her ability to articulate contemporary narratives through design and architecture, engaging with broader societal issues such as sustainability, cultural heritage, gender perspectives, and urban transformation.