Catalina Bergues

Biography

Catalina Bergues is an Argentinian curator raised in Brazil, with a background that bridges Psychology, Visual Arts, and Integrative and Complementary Health Practices. Her work is shaped by an interdisciplinary approach that centers care, collectivity, and cultural practice as tools for well-being and critical reflection. She began her academic path in Psychology at the University of São Paulo, where she was awarded a research grant and presented her research at the University of Münster, Germany. She later pursued a degree in Visual Arts, with research focused on gender and writing in contemporary artistic practices.

After alternating between projects in psychology and art-related fields, she joined Instituto Tomie Ohtake as a curatorial assistant and became curator at the end of 2023. Since then, she has curated both solo and group exhibitions across a variety of formats and institutional contexts.

The year 2025 marks a significant moment in her career, with multiple projects unfolding in different locations. She opened the year with Em Cada Canto, an exhibition built from a private collection that aims to rethink art categories. Due to its strong reception, the show is traveling to Casa Fiat de Cultura in Belo Horizonte. Soon after, she opened Eaux Souterraines, a transnational exhibition developed in collaboration with FRAC Poitou-Charentes in France, addressing ecological, political, and symbolic dimensions of water. The exhibition will open its second chapter at Instituto Tomie Ohtake in November. She has also participated in independent and gallery-based projects and contributed to publications.

In September, she is collaborating on an exhibition at Instituto Tomie Ohtake grounded in the concepts of Édouard Glissant, presenting his private collection in dialogue with contemporary artists from Guadeloupe, Martinique, France, Senegal, India, Argentina, Brazil, and beyond.

Catalina Bergues, Curator at Instituto Tomie Ohtake in São Paulo, Brazil, has been awarded by the Getty Foundation.