Joana Seguro

Business leader, Connector, Entrepreneur, Event planner, Producer

Joana Seguro is an independent producer and curator working in electronic music and new technology, with a growing interest and strong track record in linking these two fields across other forms and disciplines. Joana came to the UK from Portugal seventeen years ago as a pharmacology student, and pursued her passion for the underground music scene she discovered here. Since then, she has built a successful career in this area of music, creating an eclectic, fluid range of projects and events with the artists who excite her. These projects range from conceiving, producing and developing her own club nights to curating international festivals, artist management, producing tours and one-off projects, alongside work for some of the major record companies (Mute, Warp and Virgin Records) specialising in electronic music. Since 2001 working independently she has pursued partnerships with some of the major cultural institutions active in contemporary arts. She regularly advises organizations of contemporary music including PRSf and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation amongst others. Previous projects include the Ether Festival at South Bank, Shhh! Goes digital at the V&A, Hayward Nights, 555, Faster Than Sound ( part of Aldeburgh Festival ) and many more. In 2006 she completed a Wellcome Trust funded Clore Leadership Fellowship on Arts Leadership. Joana was also Sound Producer for BAC/Punchdrunk¹s The Masque of Red Death, Culture Tutor of the IDE department at the Royal College of Art and executive producer for The Longplayer Trust and Music Curator of EVENTO-Bordeaux’s Art, Architecture Biennial and Deloitte:Ignite Just Tell The Truth Festival at Royal Opera House curated by Mike Figgis, Serpentine Gallery working on the Yoko Ono Into The Light Smile Installation. Her most recent project was as creative producer of the Photo51 Exhibition at King's Cultural Institute at Somerset House.

Art, Events Planning/Organizing, Music, Performance, technology