Alessandro Facente is a New York-based independent art critic and curator. Currently, he serves as Curator at Artists Alliance Inc., and as an Adjunct Lecturer at NYU Steinhardt (Art and Art Professions) and Digital and Interdisciplinary Art Practice, CCNY. Facente holds an M.A. in Art History and Contemporary Art from La Sapienza University in Rome. His research focuses on the crossover and interplay of art criticism and curatorship through a concept that he refers to as ‘curaticism.’ He has participated in various curatorial programs, including Residency Unlimited (New York), HIAP (Helsinki, Finland), Ateliê397 (São Paulo, Brazil), and 'CPR 2018' (Iceland, Faroe Islands, Finland, Norway, and Sweden), and curated solo/group exhibitions, independent projects, and talks in non-profit spaces, foundations, and galleries, such as Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space, Critical Practices Inc., NARS Foundation, Italian Institute of Culture in New York, and Kunstverein Dresden (Germany). His articles, interviews, and essays have appeared in art magazines such as Art Asia Pacific, Heichi, Hyperallergic, and Temporary Art Review. As a Studio Visitor, reviewer and Visiting Critic, he has engaged with organizations such as Art Omi, Lower East Side Printshop, NYFA, Art In General, while also schools like the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Pratt Institute, The School of Visual Arts, and Columbia GSAPP. Register.