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Trained as a musician, Alicia Ventura holds a PhD in Art History and a MA in Cultural Management from ESADE and the Pompeu Fabra University. She manages Arteria DKV Seguros Art Program and DKV Seguros Art Collection, and is also the Director of cuidArt, Art&Health project in Hospital Marina Salud in Dénia. She is board member of LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial. As part of these programs, Alicia has curated dozens of exhibitions in the last years: Paisajes: Naturaleza y artificio at Lonja in Zaragoza, Arquitectura Inadvertida at MACA in Alicante, Mira Bernabeu: Panorama de Bienes y Servicios at Dénia Hospital and ¿A qué huele una exposición? in LABoral.

As an independent curator, Alicia Ventura has developed more than 50 exhibitions and multiple projects. She has curated the exhibition of the 25th anniversary of La Fura dels Baus, launched Colección Olor Visual, and has organized monographic exhibitions of artists such as Angel Marcos and Marina Núñez, and the latest Analogías Musicales. Pablo Palazuelo and Dual-Es. Tàpies Frente a Tàpies. Alicia’s previous jobs include art gallery owner in Barcelona, the coordinator of Loop Video Art Fair in Barcelona for its first two editions and the Exhibitions Director of Forum Ciudad. Since 2004 she has owned a cultural management firm, Gestión Arte Ventura, which carries out different artistic projects at national and international level. She regularly gives courses and conferences and has an extensive biography of articles and publications.