Thinking

IDEAS IN DIALOGUE

Alongside her curatorial practice, Marta Valea develops conversations, public programmes and learning formats that bring together art, design, contemporary craft, architecture and culture — creating spaces for exchange, critical thinking and new perspectives.

CONVERSATIONS. PUBLIC PROGRAMMES. TEACHING. CULTURAL EXCHANGE.

SURES Festival · Cádiz · 2026
Marta Valea participating in a public conversation at SURES Festival in Cádiz
Marta Valea in conversation during SURES Festival in Cádiz

Thinking as practice

Conversations

Curating dialogues that bring together different disciplines, voices and perspectives around the collectible object and contemporary culture.

Collectible Object Conversation Series · Caotics

Talks & Public Programmes

Contributing to wider cultural conversations on art, design, contemporary craft, conscious luxury and the evolving value of creative practice.

Selected participation · SURES Festival · Cádiz · 2026

Teaching & Masterclasses

Encouraging out-of-the-box thinking through a cross-disciplinary approach connecting space, art, design, culture and real-world experience.

Selected teaching · DMAD

CONVERSATION. EXCHANGE. SHARED KNOWLEDGE. CULTURAL COMMUNITY.

Group gathering following a cultural conversation at Caotics

Ideas grow when disciplines meet.

Encounters
with artists

LOOKING CLOSELY

Direct encounters with artists are an essential part of Marta Valea’s practice: creating space to listen, look closely and understand the processes, materials, ideas and cultural knowledge behind each work.

ARTIST CONVERSATIONS. EXHIBITION ENCOUNTERS. SHARED KNOWLEDGE.

Artist encounter in an exhibition setting

THINKING

Ideas become meaningful when they are shared.

Marta Valea develops and participates in conversations, lectures, round tables, masterclasses and cultural programmes for universities, institutions, brands and professional forums.

Conversations. Lectures. Moderation. Teaching. Masterclasses. Cultural Programmes.

SELECTED AREAS

Collectible objects and cross-disciplinary practice

Art and design for architecture and interior spaces

Contemporary craft, material culture and conscious luxury

Curatorial thinking and out-of-the-box approaches

FORMATS

Talks and public conversations

Lectures and round tables

Teaching and masterclasses

Moderation and cultural programme development