Vanini Belarmino

Vanini Belarmino is an independent curator, producer and writer. She is the Managing Director of Belarmino&Partners, a company set-up in Berlin, Germany in 2008 and Singapore in 2011, to realise interdisciplinary collaborations. Her curatorial interest focuses on the productive potential of encounters by identifying and facilitating collaborations between artists across genres.  In a career that has spanned close to three decades, Vanini has spearheaded initiatives in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.   Vanini was previously the Assistant Director (Programmes) at the National Gallery Singapore where she led the development of over 60 artwork commissions and 800 artistic programmes in the physical and digital spaces.  She was the curator for three editions of the Gallery Children’s Biennale (2017, 2019, 2021), and worked on special commissions with likes of David Medalla, Pinaree Sanpitak, Lee Mingwei, Lee Wen, Ho Tzu Nyen, teamlab, and Mark Justiniani among others.   She has also worked with institutions like the ArtScience Museum, Asia-Europe Foundation, Ballet Philippines, Cultural Center of the Philippines and the  European Cultural Foundation. She was a recipient of the Asian Cultural Council New York Fellowship and Global International Society for Performing Arts. Her essays have been published by Routledge, Independent Curators International, The Apro, culture360 and TanzConnexion.