Anna Gorchakovskaya

Anna Gorchakovskaya is an independent researcher, curator and cultural activist based in Rome. She holds a degree in Art History from the University of Bologna and a master’s degree in Gender Studies from the Roma Tre University. Since 2014 Anna Gorchakovskaya has collaborated among others with such Italian and international projects and institutions as Adiacenze, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, La Galleria Nazionale, MAXXI, contributing mostly to their curatorial, editorial and educational projects. In 2021 Anna became one of the founders of the interdisciplinary platform On Site, a project aimed at bringing together the international realities of the city of Rome and the local Roman artistic and cultural scene. Anna teaches with Cornell in Rome, Trinity College Rome Campus, John Cabot University and Temple University Rome. Her research is dedicated to visual activism and to politically and socially engaged artistic and curatorial practices. Since 2022 she has been an activist at Refugees Welcome Rome where she currently coordinates the European project “Intersezioni.”