João Mourão and Luís Silva are a curatorial duo whose practice began in 2009, when they co-founded
Kunsthalle Lissabon as a platform for experimental institutional models. They were the curators of the
Portugal Pavilion at the 59th edition of the Venice Biennale (2022) with Vampires in Space, a solo project by Isadora Neves Marques. A selection of recent projects they have curated includes solo exhibitions by Inês Zenha (CA2M, Madrid, Spain), Mounira Al Solh (Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal), Jonathas de Andrade (CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, France), and Manuela Solano (Pivô, São Paulo, Brazil), among others. As co-directors of Kunsthalle Lissabon, they have presented solo exhibitions by June Crespo, Saodat Ismailova, Teresa Solar, La Chola Poblete, Sara Sadik, Gabriel Chaile, Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe, Ad Minoliti, Zheng Bo, Laure Prouvost, Caroline Mesquita, Sol Calero, Petrit Halilaj, and Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, among many others. Alongside their curatorial practice, they contribute regularly to various publications and have edited several monographs.