Stefano Silvani
Head of exhibitions - China at MondoMostre- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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MondoMostre
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Italy
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Artists and Writers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of exhibitions - China
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Jan 2022 - Present
Supervision of all the company's projects in China, coordinating a team of senior and junior project managers, managing a yearly budget of up to 10M€. Management of the company's development and presence in China, Hong Kong and South-East Asia, handling client-relations with museums and institutions, participating in the creation and proposal of exhibition projects for short and long term planning.Some of the projects delivered under my coordination:- Self Portraits: Masterpieces from the Uffizi, Shanghai, Bund One Art Museum (2022)- Design for Fun, Shanghai, Museum of Art Pudong (2022)- Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964), Shanghai, Jiushi Art Museum (2022)- The Road to the Baroque, Masterpieces from Capodimonte, Hong Kong Museum of Art (2022)
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Senior Project Manager - Business development
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Aug 2020 - Dec 2022
Development of the company’s presence in foreign countries (including China, U.S.A., Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil), with primary focus and responsibility on China and Hong Kong. Management of ongoing exhibition projects.Some of the projects I have delivered:- Botticelli and his Times. Masterworks from the Uffizi held at the Hong Kong Museum of Art in 2020.- Morandi. The Poetics of Stillness held at M WOODS 798 Beijing in 2020.
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Project Manager - Riyadh Art
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Jun 2019 - Aug 2020
While continuing to be part of the company's business development in China, I have been involved as Project Manager in the Riyadh Art Program, a major public art project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.In the early phase of the program, I have managed all relations and deliverables of the involved stakeholders of the art world (artists, galleries, consultants), ensuring all proposals were in line with the program's guidelines, budget and expectations of the client, the Royal Commission for Riyadh City.
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Project Manager - Art Exhibitions and business development in China
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Jan 2016 - Jun 2019
Management of all activities related to the organization of exhibition projects travelling to the hosting cities to coordinate such activities, which include: ideation of the exhibition concept along with the chosen curator/s, proposal and negotiation of projects to museums and lenders, logistic coordination (loan campaign, transportation of the artworks, insurance, couriers’ travel arrangements, exhibition construction and installation, catalogue, press office, inaugural event), budget management up to 1.5M €.Some of the exhibition projects I have managed:• Finding a Homeland at the End of the World, held at the National Museum of China and at the Hunan Provincial Museum, with loans from 24 Italian Museum and over 20 Chinese Museums. (2018)• Egypt. House of Eternity, tour of 5 provincial Museums in China, organized with the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy. (2018-2019)• Treasures of the Romanov Dynasty. The Peterhof Summer Imperial Palace held in 5 Provincial Museums in China and organized with the Peterhof Museum in St. Petersburg. (2017)• Raphael. Poetry of the Image held at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow and organized with the Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence, and several other Italian Museums. (2016)• Matisse in His Time: Masterworks of Modernism from Centre Pompidou, Paris held at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art and organized with the Centre Pompidou, Paris. (2016)
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Assistant Project Manager
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Apr 2015 - Jan 2016
Assistant to the activities of the Project Managers, research on venues, collections and curators. Some of the exhibitions I have worked on:• Frida Kahlo held at the Fabergè Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, and organized with the collaboration of the Mexican authorities and the Olmedo Collection. (2015)• Botticelli: Maestro del Arte Universal held at the Centro Cultural Palacio de la Moneda in Santiago, Chile, and organized with Galleria Corsini, Florence. (2015)• Splendor of European Painting held in 4 provincial Museums in China and organized with the Galleria Sabauda in Turin, Italy. (2015)• Treasures of Imperial China held at Palazzo Venezia, Rome and organized with the Henan Provincial Museum. (2015)
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Freelance event producer
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Feb 2021 - Feb 2021
Celebrative event for the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity with a video conference between His Holiness Pope Francis, His Eminence the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, UN General Secretary António Guterres and other guests. Organization of all aspects of the event happening at the Vatican, coordinating with the Production team in Dubai. Celebrative event for the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity with a video conference between His Holiness Pope Francis, His Eminence the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, UN General Secretary António Guterres and other guests. Organization of all aspects of the event happening at the Vatican, coordinating with the Production team in Dubai.
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Termometro Politico
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Online Media
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1 - 100 Employee
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Web editor
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Mar 2013 - Sep 2014
Web editor for political news website: analysis on political and electoral surveys related to italian politics; management of social networks profiles of Termometro Politico. Web editor for political news website: analysis on political and electoral surveys related to italian politics; management of social networks profiles of Termometro Politico.
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Fitness professional
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2007 - 2014
Swimming and fitness instructor in several sports centers. Swimming and fitness instructor in several sports centers.
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BVA Doxa
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Italy
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Market Research
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100 - 200 Employee
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Market Researcher
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Feb 2013 - Dec 2013
Market researcher for quality control studies on retail shops. Market researcher for quality control studies on retail shops.
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Pragma s.r.l.
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Italy
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Market researcher - Data collector
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Sep 2012 - Feb 2013
Interviewer for customer satisfaction surveys; data collector in quality control studies. Interviewer for customer satisfaction surveys; data collector in quality control studies.
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Education
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Sapienza Università di Roma
Communication and Marketing Psychology, Psychology -
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
Communication and Psychology, Psychology -
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Erasmus programme - studying abroad experience, Facultad de Psicologia