VANINI BELARMINO

• Develops curatorial and artistic projects in collaboration with international artists, institutions, arts organisations, festivals & biennales;
• In Situ, Performance as Exhibition, featuring Sophie Dupont, Molly Haslund, Urich Lau, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen and Elizabeth de Roza, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, 4-6 April 2024
• Independent research on artist-run and independent art spaces in Southeast Asia, Belarmino&Partners, September 2022-ongoing;
• Mag-Anak, A Solo Exhibition by Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, A Collaborative project between Belarmino&Partners and Project Space Pilipinas, Lucban, Quezon, Philippines, June-July 2023;
• Fluid Transitions, an ongoing artistic collaboration between Danish-Filipina visual and performance artist Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen and Thai fashion designer Shone Puipia presented at the National Gallery Singapore, ATT19 Bangkok, Thailand, Ateneo Art Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines, Orange Project, Bacolod City, Philippines, Art Center Gammel Holtegaard, Copenhagen in 2023.
• Ulan, A special programme in collaboration with ArtHub Copenhagen, featuring films by Kiri Dalena and Khvay Samnang, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2022.

• Led and set up the foundation for the Gallery's artistic programmes organising more than 800 public programmes as well as 60 artwork commissions in the physical and digital spaces involving Singaporean, Southeast Asian and international artists, with works planned and curated until April 2023;
• Lead Curator of the Gallery Children's Biennale (2017, 2019 & 2021) and the inaugural Small Big Dreamers Festival (2018) that invited contemporary artists to develop site-specific, immersive and participatory works across the 64,000 square metre public circulation area of the museum;
• Led and worked on artist commissions with likes of David Medalla, Pinaree Sanpitak, Lee Mingwei, Lee Wen, Ho Tzu Nyen, teamlab, Mark Justiniani, Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Sissel Tolaas, Tal Hadad, Ayumi Paul, Dinh Q. Le, Joyce Ho among others;
• Oversaw the realisation and development of strategies of new audience development and engagement initiatives that set the Gallery as a thought leader in the international museum arena;
• Spearheaded the research and development of the various programme portfolios, examining access points for audiences, and ensuring the alignment of cross-disciplinary programming with the curatorial framework of 13 permanent and changing exhibitions annually;
• Conceived Performing Spaces, the Gallery's annual performance commission that looked at the relationship between performance, architecture and audiences. Among the commissioned artists were Liz Santoro & Pierre Godard/Le principe d'incertitude, Daniel Kok & Luke George;
• Established and oversaw the realisation of Art + Live, a multidisciplinary online programme in music, literature and dance;
• Introduced In Situ performances & other public interventions that opened up access & new interpretations for the National Collection;
• Key contributor and curatorial advisor to the Gallery's international partnership with Staatliches Kunstsammlungen Dresden's Kinderbiennale;
• Co-curated a 6-hour live streaming programme called Afterlude-Prelude: Responses to Nam June Paik, involving more than 20 international artists, co-organised by the Gallery and SFMOMA;
• Managed between 4-6 full-time staff members and collaborated with colleagues across teams, and ensured effective budget management of the artistic programme portfolio

Key projects and achievements:

• General Manager, Dance.MNL and Strategic Consultant for Ballet Philippines, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, April-July 2016
• Curator for ArtScience Late, ArtScience Museum, Marina Bay Sands, May 2014 January 2015, a featuring nine original multidisciplinary performance installations and durational works, featuring Charles Wong, Quincy Teofisto, Urich Lau, Kai Lam, Yuzuru Maeda, Lirio Salvador, Elemento, Wawi Navarozza, Fuyuki Yamakawa, Eko Supriyanto, Solo Dance Studio, Tim O’Dwyer, Florian Baron Chey Chankethya, Blake Shaw/ SWEATSHOPPE, Bani Haykal, Andreas Schlegel, Eisa Jocson, Shunsuke Francois Nanjo, Kensuke Nanjo, Nicolas Charbonnier.
• General Manager, Singapore International Jazz Festival, Orbis Productions, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, October 2013-April 2014.
• Curator and Organiser, Intimate Moments, PLATOON KUNSTHALLE Berlin, Germany, June 2013, an interdisciplinary art initiative and breathing exhibition between Singapore and Germany, featuring Urich Lau, Chow Cheeyong, Sherman Ong, Andrea Weschler, Elizabeth de Roza and Shirley Quick.
• Curator and Organiser, Intimate Moments, Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, May 2013, a Southeast Asian dance film and performance programme for the exhibition, Danced Creations: Asia’s Mythological Past and Future, featuring Unita Gaye Galiluyo, Sherman Ong and Sophiline Cheam Saphiro.
• Curator and Organiser, Intimate Moments II, Fullerton Heritage Gallery, Fullerton Hotel, Singapore, April 2013, a solo exhibition by Tito Delgado.
• Curator and Organiser, Intimate Moments l: ICONS by Chia Ming Chien, Fullerton Heritage Gallery, 3 August-24 September 2012, launching of the exhibition series.
• Curator, Skin and Walls, Saatchi&Saatchi, Singapore, 25 September-31 October 2012,featuring Andree Weschler, Jahan Loh, Joseph Siow, Tommy Morris and Ziquan Lan.
• Curator for Artistic Programmes, Dali, Van Gogh, Titanic, Andy Warhol & Harry Potter exhibitions, ArtScience Museum, Marina Bay Sands Singapore, April 2011-October 2013
• Curatorial Board Member for Berlin-Jakarta Festival, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Jun 2011
• International Advisor, Advisory Council, European Cultural Foundation Chaired by Princess Laurentine of the Netherlands, Brussels, May 2010
• Project Consultant, Public Art Lab, Media Facades Festival Europe, Berlin, Aug 2008-Oct 2010
• Artist Management & International Promotion, matanicola, Berlin, Dec 2008-Feb 2010
• Curator and Organiser, ZENSORS Manila and Baguio City, Philippines, 12-25 August 2009, interdisciplinary art project featuring Benedicto “Bencab” Cabrera, Aureus Solito, Nina Yamamoto-Masson, Lirio Salvador, Diwa de Leon, Mayumi Okabayashi, Shunsuke Francois Nanjo and Chiyo Ogino. Supported by the Asian Cultural Council, Bencab Museum, Cultural Center of the Philippines and Japan Foundation Manila.
• Curator and Organiser, ZENSORS Berlin, Germany, 21-30 May 2008, an interdisciplinary art project featuring Japanese media performance artists Naoto Iina, Daito Manabe, Fuyuki Yamakawa, Dumb Type’s Takayuki Fujimoto, together with German multi-disciplinary artist David Canisius, matanicola, walkscreen. Supported by the Japan Foundation’s Performing Arts Japan Europe in cooperation with Cookies, Dance and Media Japan, DMY 2008, RADIALSYSTEM V and 103 Studio/VORSPIEL.
• Co-Organiser, Challenging Walls (CW), Jerusalem, Israel, 9-12 July 2007, A Project by Walkscreen, Akademie der Kuenste, European Union, European Cultural Foundation, Jerusalem Film Festival, Jerusalem Foundation, featuring photographers Sibylle Bergemann, Christopher Heaney, Nicolas Iordanou, Kadir Kaba, Frankie Quinn, Michael Reitz, Steve Sabella and Ruthe Zuntz.

• Pioneered the programme direction for two young artist exchange programmes: I'mPULSE, the Asia-Europe Music Camp and Pointe to Point, The Asia-Europe Dance Forum; and in charge of the flagship programme, ASEMUS, the Asia-Europe Museum Network;
• Responsible for the planning, development, implementation and evaluation, which included identification and negotiations with partners in Asia and Europe; budget management of $150,000-$500,000 of trust funds from Japan, France, the UK and the EU; representation at high government officials, cultural experts/specialists, diplomatic & academic meetings;
• Introduced the bi-regional and strategic creative branding, marketing and corporate communications for various cultural exchange programmes which encompassed efforts in public outreach/coverage, specialised media networks as well as production of multi-media and printed materials;

• Examined and reviewed the foundation's database and contributed to the development of the Art for Social Change team's Bridge the Gap project;

• Researched and provided information and materials for the 23 episodes of the television musical show focused on original Filipino music, whilst working closely with the director, executive producer and host regarding programme content;

• Developed and conducted nationwide Culture and Arts workshops for theatre and visual arts in the different regions in the Philippines benefiting over 1,000 school principals; organised special cultural events relating; supervised and produced 13 episodes of the 30-minute daily television programme aired at PTV Channel 4;Marketing & PR

• Managed and implemented various national and international projects; supported the directors in running the productions of Ballet Philippines for two seasons; organised special events including public affairs matters; assisted in marketing communications and sales; functioned as assistant production manager, stage manager and tour coordinator.