Auronda Scalera
Industry Expert
Auronda Scalera is an artistic director, curator and lecturer. With Dr. Alfredo Cramerotti she forms a curatorial duo at the forefront of contemporary art and emerging technologies, with a track record of shaping major international exhibitions, festivals, and institutional strategies. Together, they curate and advise for large-scale events and cultural programs across the globe, working with governments, museums, biennials, festivals and private foundations. Their portfolio includes roles with the world’s largest festival dedicated to light and technology-based art, Noor Riyadh 2024, Art Dubai Digital 2024, the Lumen Prize x Sotheby’s anniversary, the Maxxi–Bvlgari Prize for Digital Art and major exhibitions for the Venice Art Biennale, Hong Kong Arts Centre and Chateau La Coste, among others. As Directors of Multiplicity Art in Digital, and founders of Web to Verse, they champion research, diversity, and critical discourse around digital art from its mid-20th century origins to the present. Alfredo also directs mm:museum of art, media and technologies at Northwestern University in Qatar. Recognised as thought leaders in the field, they have been invited speakers at the AI House and 100 Women for Davos during the World Economic Forum, the UK House of Lords, House of Beautiful Business, and prominent cultural summits in Riyadh, Paris, Doha, London, Miami, New York and Dubai. Their advisory roles span the British Council, Italian Ministry of Culture, UK Government Art Collection, and academic institutions including IESA Paris and Kingston University in London. Their curatorial work has been featured by Forbes, The Art Newspaper, L’Officiel, FT and in documentaries by SkyTV and CNBC.
