Guta Moura Guedes

Born in Portugal in 1965, Guta develops her profissional career with the main objective of reinforcing the importance of culture as a pillar of a sustainable and egalitarian society, as an indispensable factor for human development. She is a curator, strategic designer, and cultural leader with a career spanning over almost 30 years in design, architecture, art, music and creative strategy.

In 1998, she co-founded Experimenta, a pioneering cultural non-profit in Lisbon, and has served as its Chairwoman since 2000. As co-founder and Director of the Lisbon biennale experimentadesign (1999–2017), she played a pivotal role in shaping the design landscape both in Portugal and internationally. Deeply embedded in the international design community since the early ’90s, she has been a curator, creative director, strategist, and critical thinker, integrating high-profile international committees and juries. She develops and curates exhibition projects in design, art, music, architecture, while also working as a consultant, lecturer, and speaker in Portugal and abroad.

Beyond her curatorial work, she was Director of Fundação Casa da Música and was appointed Administrator of the Fundação Centro Cultural de Belém CCB by the Portuguese Government.

A polymath with a diverse academic background, she studied Piano, Biology, Cobol 74, Hotel Management, and Design - her impact on the global cultural landscape has been recognized through prestigious honors, including the “Ordre de Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres” and the “Cavalieri al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, da Ordine Della Stella D’Italia”.

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Guta is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Terrafoundation, the cultural platform she conceived and designed in 2021.

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