Andrea Rodríguez Novoa is an architect, curator and writer based between Barcelona and southern France. With over two decades of experience, her practice combines curatorial work with the strategic direction and development of cultural projects, spanning exhibitions, public and professional programmes, educational initiatives, arts consultancy and institutional collaborations. She approaches curatorial work through architectural thinking, focusing on temporality, process, and exhibition architectures as tools for social and political engagement.

In 2026, she leads the General Coordination and artistic mediation of Catalonia’s participation in the Venice Biennale, through the collateral event Catalonia in Venice. Claudia Pagès, Paper Tears. She is also developing In the Meantime Nothing Happens, an annual residency programme for Fundación Camila Cañeque, and has collaborated with MEGA Art Fair in Milan on a section dedicated to Catalan galleries. Through Curatorist, she advises artists, collectors and cultural organisations, while continuing her collaboration with Collezione Maramotti on international outreach and advising private art collections internationally.

She is Co-founder and Director of BAR Project, an independent curatorial initiative for artistic research, international exchange, residencies, and cultural production based in Barcelona. Founded in 2012, and active for over a decade, BAR Project has developed long-term collaborations with institutions including Fabra i Coats, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, La Capella Art Centre, and BAU University Centre. Since 2015, she has also directed BAR TOOL, a programme dedicated to education, professional development and contemporary art practice. Since 2023, she directs HAUS – Space for Art and Contemporary Practices at BAU University Centre, developing exhibitions and public programmes.

From 2022 to 2025, she was Co-Director and Head of the Professional Programme of Barcelona Gallery Weekend, coordinating galleries, institutions and collectors, and developing professional activities that strengthened critical and curatorial networks and expanded the role of galleries beyond the commercial sphere. During this period, she also contributed to the development of the wider European network of art weeks and gallery weekends Spider, and launched initiatives such as The Collector Is Present and FLASH, fostering new forms of engagement between artists, collectors, institutions, and wider audiences.

Rodríguez Novoa has curated and collaborated with institutions such as Centre Pompidou Paris, Palais de Tokyo, Biennale de Lyon, CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Gwangju Biennale, SixtyEight Art Institute Copenhagen, Hangar Art Center Lisbon, 18th Street Arts Center (Los Angeles), MAK Center L.A., SOMA Mexico, Centro de Arte CA2M, Casa Velázquez Madrid, Fundación Ses12naus Ibiza, Institut Français Barcelona, LOOP Fair & Festival Barcelona, MACBA Barcelona, La Virreina Centre de la Imatge Barcelona among others. Her projects range from exhibitions and site-specific interventions to performative formats, professional programmes, residencies, and discursive initiatives; she works closely with artists, architects, institutions and cultural organisations, developing long-term collaborations.. Her writing has appeared in exhibition catalogues, publications, art magazines and institutional platforms, alongside essays, interviews and critical texts developed in relation to her curatorial practice.

She has taught, lectured, mentored, and led workshops and served on juries and selection committees in academic and independent contexts across Europe and Latin America, including EINA Centre Universitari de Disseny i Art, SOMA Maxico, Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam, HEAD Genève, ENSBA Lyon, ENSBA Quimper and ESAM Caen/Cherbourg. From 2027, she will be professor at BAU, Barcelona University Centre, teaching Art Market & Economy and tutoring projects with an international approach.

She has also served on acquisition committees, including that of FRAC Normandie (2017–2021). She is a member of IKT International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art and C-E-A Association Française des Commissaires d’Exposition.