Anna Fernsten Nilén

Anna Fernsten Nilén

Anna Fernsten Nilén works as a curator, researcher and cultural strategist and is based in Copenhagen.

Anna Fernsten Nilén
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About
Anna Fernsten Nilén (b. 1985 in Sweden) holds an MA in Visual Culture (2023–2024) and an MA in Art History (2020–2023) from Lund University, as well as an MA in Arts & Cultural Management from Rome Business School (2021–2022). She is based in Copenhagen and works both in Denmark and internationally.


Anna Fernstén Nilén is a curator and cultural strategist based in Copenhagen.
Nilén’s work focuses on the intersection of contemporary art, cultural infrastructure and social sustainability, as well as on how art fosters communities and creates new forms of participation.
Most recently, she worked as Programme Manager at CHART, where she curated the public programme and the contemporary art exhibition CHART in Tivoli, among other projects. Previously, she worked at Moderna Museet Malmö.
As an independent curator, she is Lead Curator of a new residency programme in India, co-founder of SIC | Sharing is Caring and the London-based international platform XYZ, and Vice Chair of the Danish Organisation for Curators and Art Consultants (DOKK). She is also co-host of Supervox, a podcast and live broadcast featuring conversations about art, architecture, design and culture.