Photo: Antti Ahonen
Ramiro Camelo
Curator, Myymälä2
Biography
Ramiro Camelo is a curator at Myymälä2 Helsinki, obtained his Master's degree in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art, London. He's the Myymälä2 project manager of the Baltic Fellowship Network, a curatorial research programme that facilitates artistic exchanges with art institutions, exhibition spaces, individuals, and counterparts in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Since 2022, he has been a Peer Curator at Artist at Risk AR.
A selection of his recent curatorial projects includes: “Domestic Astronomy” Myymälä2, Helsinki (2025); “Thousand Island: Insularity, Computation, and the Pink Paradox”, Myymälä2, Helsinki (2025); “Poisonous Meadow”, Myymälä2, Helsinki, (2024) “Field Studies in Ancestral Memory”, Myymälä2, Helsinki (2023); “Songs of Life and Death”, Myymälä2, Helsinki (2022); “Seven of Seven” Hotel Solo, (Co-curator) Club Solo, Breda, The Netherlands (2022); “You Were a Bird”, Myymälä2, Helsinki (2021); "Quantum Critic", (Co-curator) Masters School, St. Petersburg & Myymälä2, Helsinki (2020) and "Of modest Conditions, part 2" Myymälä2, Helsinki (2020). In 2022, He was a guest curator at the Helsinki International Artists Programme, HIAP.
He has been a guest lecturer in curatorial practice and professional practice for artists at: Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia; Vilnius Art Academy, & SODAS 2123, Vilnius, Lithuania; The Academy of Fine Arts, Uniarts Helsinki; Globe Art Point, Helsinki; ARS Kunstilinnak, Tallinn; The Curator Project: Curatorial Resources Thinktank, Beijing-London; Stacion, Center for Contemporary Art, Prishtina; Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota; Academia Superior de Arte de Bogotá, Bogota; PerfoArtNet, International Biennial of Performance and Festival 404 Bogota.
Abstract
Myymälä2 Baltic Fellowship Network: A brief
The (BFN) is a curatorial initiative within the international outreach program, designed to enhance collaboration, build partnerships, and promote artistic exchanges among art institutions, exhibition spaces, and individuals in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. BFN aims to establish multi-directional networks connecting Finland with the Baltic countries and vice versa. While it focuses on professional goals, its primary ambition is to cultivate a close-knit community of peers that fosters interpersonal relationships, mutual support, trust, and collaboration.