Rosa Lleó is a curator and writer based in Barcelona. She is founder and director of the small-scale organization The Green Parrot. Since its opening in 2014, it has established itself as a reference space with a collection of exhibitions, publications and activities with local and international artists such as Shana Moulton, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Teresa Solar, Oriol Vilanova, Basim Magdy, André Romão, Eva Fàbregas, June Crespo, Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Lúa Coderch, OPAVIVARÁ, Christian Nyampeta, amongst others. The project has also been curator in residency at the Fundació Antoni Tàpies from 2017-2019 producing a series of programmes and events in collaboration with other institutions and the City Council. The Green Parrot’s aim is to create a space for dialogue and production working very close to artists and thinkers.
Recent projects include a series of exhibitions with artist Pedro Neves Marques, its first iteration being at 1646, The Hague (November 2020-January 2021) and continuing at CA2M (Madrid) and CaixaForum Barcelona. Other recent projects include An Oasis at Sunset (MAAT, Lisbon) conceived as a major exhibition for the 20th Anniversary of the EDP Prizes with twenty Portuguese artists such as Gabriel Abrantes, Vasco Araújo, Ana Jotta, Lourdes Castro, Joao Maria Gusmao & Pedro Paiva, Leonor Antunes, André Romao, Mariana Silva, Carlos Bunga, amongst others. She writes occasionally for newspaper supplements and other magazines and she teaches Contemporary Art at the Degree of Communications and Media at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.
She studied Humanities at the Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona and Curating at Goldsmiths, University of London. She was part of numerous residencies such as Curatorlab (Stockholm) and 18th Street Art Center (Los Angeles).