" I see Art as a way of connecting to the others through the discovery of new perspectives, as a medium of self discovery through the access of an enriched emotional vocabulary and as a road to experience the concept of Otherness "
Julia Rajacic, an independent art curator and member of ICOM (International Council of Museums), has dedicated her curatorial research to ecology since 2015. Her practice aims to give voice to artists who imagine sustainable worlds. In 2016, she was invited to co-curate the Belgrade Triennial. In 2019, she founded Jardino, a creative agency promoting ecological transition through art. Since 2023, she has been one of the first active members of the GCC association (Gallery Climate Coalition). That same year, she curated the MUSE Digital Art Award in collaboration with Philips.
The curator has collaborated with renowned cultural institutions, including the National Museum of Digital Art in Italy (Museo Nazionale dell'Arte Digitale), the Belgrade Photo Month Festival, the House-Museum of Raffaello in Urbino, the Institut Français, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, and Casa degli Artisti in Milan. Her work also extends to galleries such as Galleria La Nica in Rome and Piero Atchugarry Gallery in Uruguay and Miami. In addition, she engages in transdisciplinary collaborations, notably with the auteur cinema Beltrade in Milan and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Following the group exhibition Gaïa, produced in collaboration with the Mairie de Paris during COP21, and driven by a personal commitment to coherence, Julia has made eco-design a core principle of her curatorial practice. Each project she undertakes prioritizes a low-environmental-impact approach at every stage, from travel and shipping to exhibition staging, material selection, and catering.
Julia graduated from ARTEM (Beaux-Arts de Nancy, ICN Business School, and Mines de Nancy), an interdisciplinary program that shaped her cross-disciplinary approach. She furthered her education with courses at the École du Louvre and a MOOC on art and ecology at the Centre Georges Pompidou. In 2020, she obtained a master’s degree in art Consulting from UniARP Arte & Cultura University.