Giulia Casalini

Giulia Casalini (she/they) is a curator-artist and transfeminist community organiser based in London. Their PhD has analysed queer-trans-feminist live art from a transnational perspective, in an attempt to decentre the Euro-Anglo-American aesthetic canons and discourses. Their writing is based on embodied responses to the artists’ works and uses a ‘deep sensing’ method to understand the artists’ singular perspectives beyond the spoken word. As a curator, their methods have been reflecting upon the ethics of care and co-creation, with transnational, queer community-building at the core. Their practice spans from institutional to alternative spaces, with a focus on performance, audience participation and engagements across diverse communities, establishing collaborations across the globe.

She has been co-founder and artistic director of the non-profit arts organisation Arts Feminism Queer (aka CUNTemporary, 2012-2021), and the founder of its Italian branch Archivio Queer Italia (2014-2017). She sits on the advisory board of Mimosa House and is a Live Art Associate UK. Selected curatorial projects: Burned House Horizon (Mimosa House, London, 2025); Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi: Performance as Life (documentary, 2024); Diwata (British Council, Philippines, 2024); #WIP (Queer Art Projects, online, 2020); EcoFutures (multi-venue festival, London, 2019); Still Burning (Konsthalle, Varberg, 2019); Transitional States (touring, including Peltz Gallery, London and CCCB, Barcelona, 2017-18); Transformer (Richard Saltoun, London, 2014). She has published in peer-reviewed academic journals, art magazines, and more popular outlets.

IG: @queer___femme

Web: https://linktr.ee/queer_femme

London, UK