Michele Masucci is an artist, researcher and lecturer in writing and artistic research at the Royal Institute of Art. Masucci is a PhD candidate in Critical Theory from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (expected in 2025) and is pursuing a PhD in Medical Science at Karolinska Institutet (expected in 2025). They also include a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Södertörn University and a Master in Fine Arts and Post Master in Art&Architecture from the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm.
Masucci’s practice is deeply informed by performative art, collective organization, and care practices. They have held academic positions at Konstfack and the Royal Institute of Art, and recently curated “A Careful Strike*” at Mint Konsthall. Their contributions to conferences, publications, and exhibitions highlight an ongoing engagement with social issues, including “Ecologies of Care – The Social Centre as Self Organized Infrastructure for Art,” a lecture and seminar at Stockholm University of the Arts (2024).
Masucci is pursuing research entitled Territories of Imagination: “The Republic of Maschito”, which examines how artistic practices intersect with political movements. One focus is the 1943 revolt in Maschito, Italy, during which women led the resistance against fascism to briefly establish a partisan republic.