Laura Barreca is a researcher at the University of Palermo and an independent curator. From 2007 to 2009 she was junior curator at PAN (Palazzo delle Arti Napoli). She has curated exhibitions at the Fondazione Pastificio Cerere in Rome and is a member of the scientific committee for Riso, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia. Barreca teaches at several institutions, including the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo, the University of Tuscia and the IED-Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome.