Stefan Simchowitz

Stefan Simchowitz has been involved in the field of creative industries and arts his entire life. He has produced 15 feature films, including the award winning independent movies The House Of Yes and Requiem For a Dream. As a co-founder of MediaVast Inc. (wireimage.com and contourphotos.com), the world’s leader in celebrity, fashion and other photographic content, he managed and brought together hundreds of artists such as David La Chapelle and Terry Richardson, to a first-class delivery platform for premium photographic imagery.

Simchowitz currently specializes as an independent consultant and curator to foundations interested in pursuing the exhibition and expansion of public/private contemporary art and architecture initiatives. His role as a strategic advisor involves the management and oversight of artistic partnerships with curators, artists that enable the exhibition, support and production of art, architecture and large-scale events that engage public audiences. His work with artists, foundations, events and art production has resulted in supporting shows at the Palais De Tokyo, Moca, Kunsthalle Zurich, Public Art Fund NYC, Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, The Italian Cultural Institute and countless other institutions and galleries. He received a B.A. from Stanford University in California, and attended the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. He currently lives between Los Angeles, New York and Lisbon.

Inspired by the ever-proliferating networks of intangible media and communication, PortugalArte is a decentralized effort for a decentralized global community. It reflects a truly international, shared, and contemporary direction. It is with this intention that the organizers have chosen curators whose love and knowledge of and for contemporary art spills over into other disciplines closely aligned with the arts, design and architecture. The artistic direction of PortugalArte comes from the collaborative vision of a diverse curatorial body: an architect, a journalist, a publisher, an artist, a professional curator, the head of a culture-related non-profit, and a collector. This interdisciplinary group embodies the spirit of inclusion and integration that PortugalArte10 will offer to both the cities of Lisbon and Grândola and the contemporary art community at large.

Curators

Johannes Van Der Beek

Fred Hoffman and Paul Young

Martin Lilja

Lauri Firstenberg and Cesar Garcia

Juan Delgado Calzadilla, Elvia Rosa Castro, and Nelson Herrera Ysla

Garth Weiser

Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee with Johnston Marklee Associates.

Stefan Simchowitz