Bianca Bernardo is a Brazilian curator, art director, and independent consultant whose interdisciplinary practice unfolds at the intersection of art, education, and cultural work. Grounded in the social and political contexts of the Global South, her work emphasizes collaborative processes and artistic-pedagogical experiences that foster human development and critical engagement.
With over a decade of experience in cultural and educational institutions, Bernardo has developed sensitive and critical approaches to cultural mediation. From 2013 to 2017, she served as Director of Education at the Bispo do Rosário Museum of Contemporary Art, where she led programs focused on social inclusion and the recognition of peripheral and dissident knowledge systems. In 2018, she was appointed Pedagogical Curator of the 11th Mercosul Biennial in Porto Alegre, where she proposed an expanded pedagogy rooted in non-hegemonic learning and community-based practices.
Her international experience includes working with the Educational Department of the National Museum of Cultures in Mexico City (2017), and participating in an artistic residency at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago (USA), where she deepened her research into pedagogical methodologies in contemporary art. These engagements have reinforced her commitment to building transnational networks of critical thought and fostering affective, decolonial, and ecologically engaged practices.
Bernardo has also collaborated with the Goethe-Institut on curatorial projects exploring ecofeminisms in Latin America, investigating the intersections of gender, territory, ecology, and contemporary art. Her curatorial practice is guided by an ethics of listening, care, and social transformation, and by pedagogies that center ancestral, community-based, and insurgent forms of knowledge.
More recently, she collaborated as Chief Curator and Liaison at A Gentil Carioca, a leading contemporary art gallery in Brazil, further deepening her engagement with the country’s vibrant art scene and strengthening connections with artists, institutions, and collectors.
