Conception and artistic direction of First Stone, a 6 years programme of experimental research exploring the potentialities of the Portuguese stone.
Co-creation and co-foundation, alongside Marco Sousa Santos and José Viana, of experimenta, a non-profit cultural association that Guta Moura Guedes presides since 2000.
Creator and Co-Founder of Recenter, the support platform for the cultural sector.
Conception and artistic direction of the programme City Cortex for Corticeira Amorim
Artistic direction of the first international presentation of Lisbon Gallery.
GMG was a member of the jury of The Design Prize 2018, an award co-founded by Abitare Magazine and Designboom, intrinsically linked to the city of Milan – the global epicentre of design.
Since January 2018 GMG writes weekly for the Expresso Newspaper, the most important Portuguese newspaper, about contemporary culture, design, and architecture.
Taking place in the Vitra Campus, within the context of the project First Stone (Primeira Pedra), the grand opening of Resistance featured a debate commissioned by GMG.
Participation in Fórum do Futuro’s first edition, promoted by Porto Municipality.
In the context of the Year of Portuguese Design, GMG was the commissioner and co-curator of the exhibition LEVE.
Taking place in Galeria Municipal de Matosinhos, the debate brought together Adalberto Dias, Guta Moura Guedes, José Bartolo, José Carvalho Araújo, Pedro América, Rui Grazina and Toni Grilo. Maria Milano and Roberto Cremascoli were the moderators.
Commissioner of the National Awards of Portuguese Design that aimed to stimulate the development of the design discipline and the investments in innovation and research in this field in Portugal.
Alongside Alice Rawsthorn and Lili Hollein, GMG was one of the guests of MIART Talks, invited to share her experience as a designer curator.
GMG was one of the lecturers of the second edition of “Rock Paper Pixel”, in the context of FADFest – Festival de les Arts i del Disseny de Barcelona (Barcelona’s Festival of Arts and Design) – where also participated Debbie Millman and Maria Popova.
Nominated by the Portuguese Government to be Commissioner of the Year of Portuguese Design 2014/2015, GMG curated a programme of projects with the aim to promote and diffuse national design.
Proposed and commissioned by GMG, Freedom of Image: Design and Visual Communication in Portugal (1974-1986) was an exhibition curated in the context of the 40th Anniversary Commemorations of the 25th of April, the Portuguese Carnation Revolution, and also part of the Year of Design 2014/2015 programme.
In 2013, GMG integrated the Cultural Commission of the Olympic Committee of Portugal alongside Paulo Cunha e Silva. Pro Bono participation.
GMG curated the exhibition From Here to Somewhere, primarily presented in the Lisbon Airport and later in the Airport of Porto, that explored the relationship between travelling and design. This project was part of the programme of EXD’13 biennale.
Co-author of the project, GMG and the experimentadesign team were inspired by the legacy of Maria Helena Vieira da Silva and her text “Testamento”.
Responding to a challenge proposed by the Portuguese water brand “Água de Luso” in the context of their 160th Anniversary, GMG curated the exhibition Pureza, produced by experimentadesign, that showcased the work of eight Portuguese artists.
Consultant for the Music Department of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
“Vem ao Quê?” was a cultural tv programme broadcasted by Canal Q that invited various people to comment and critique on different relevant subjects of the time.
Conception, direction and host of the TV programme Cidades Visíveis (Invisible Cities), broadcasted by Canal Q.
GMG was the co-curator and director of the EXD Biennale’s 5th edition.
GMG was invited by the Portuguese Government to direct the cultural programme Art Algarve 2009, titled “As Bright As The Sun”.
GMG was invited to participate in the consulting board of the first edition of World Design Capital.
With the intention to open Casa da Música to other areas of cultural production and to different types of audiences, GMG created the programme “ONP on Fridays”, featuring concerts by Porto’s National Orchestra alongside 12 events that created dialogues between designers, architects, artists and musicians.
GMG commissioned and supervised the double publication about Casa da Musica alongside André Tavares. This book revealed the caleiestopic inspiration that was behind the creation and genesis of this institution, featuring as well interviews and original texts from various authors.
Co-Curator of design book &Fork published by Phaidon Press.
Director of Communication and Strategic Design
Administrator of one of the most important cultural institutions in Portugal, Belem’s Cultural Center Foundation.
GMG co-directed and co-curator EXD’s third edition.
GMG co-curated Voyager 03, one of the biggest itinerant operations for the dissemination of Portuguese culture.
Co-curator of the itinerant exhibition/installation Voyager 01, presented in Milan, London Lisbon and Barcelona.
GMG co-curated and co-directed the second edition of biennale EXD.
Co-curator of the Portuguese Design 2000 exhibition, presented at Superstudio, Salone del Mobile di Milano.
Co-curator of the “Intersections of and in Design” workshop, integrated on the Arrábida Summer University 1999 and the EXD’99 programme.
Co-curator of the first edition of the Lisbon Conferences, part of the experimentadesign99 programme.
Co-director and artistic co-director of the first edition of the experimentadesign Biennale, presented in Lisbon between September 12 and October 16, 1999.
Curation of the Objectos Comunicantes exhibition, part of the EXD’99 programme.
Co-creator of the experimentadesign Biennale EXD, dedicated to design, architecture and contemporary creativity.
Guta Moura Guedes started her career in Design in 1992, when she co-founded the Elementos Combinados studio with Rui Morgado.
