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Claire Shea is the Director of Fogo Island Arts. From 2017 to 2021, Shea was the Deputy Director at Para Site, Hong Kong’s leading contemporary art centre and one of the oldest and most active independent art institutions in Asia. In 2014, she was an Associate Curator for the 8th Shenzhen Sculpture Biennial, ‘We have never participated’ at OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shenzhen. Shea was previously Curatorial Director at Cass Sculpture Foundation in Goodwood, England, (2008-2016), a member of Bold Tendencies’ selection and steering committee in London, England (2010-2015), she curated the inaugural Thun Ceramic Residency in Bolzano, Italy (2015) and worked at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy (2006-2008).

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