Cristina Filipe (Lisbon, 1965) is an artist, researcher, author, curator and educator. She holds a PhD in Heritage Studies from the Universidade Católica Portuguese / School of Arts (2018) and is a researcher at the Research Center for Science and Technology of the Arts at the same university. She obtained her Master’s degree from the Surrey Institute of Art & Design (2001) having received grants from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, respectively.
She studied at Ar.Co – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual (1984-1987), Gerrit Rietveld Academie (1987-1988) and the Royal College of Art (1992). She was a professor on the jewellery course at Ar.Co (1989-2015), directing it from 2004 to 2015, and at Escola Superior de Arte and Design, Matosinhos (2001-2007). She has been a guest lecturer and artist at numerous international schools and has been the main examiner of several master’s and doctoral theses. In 2017, she became the first recipient of the Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant from the Art Jewelry Forum (2017) to publish the book Contemporary Jewellery in Portugal: From the 1960s Avant-Garde to the Early 21th Century (2019). She has worked as an independent cultural programmer and curator since 2005.
She co-founded and was president of the board of PIN – Associação Portuguesa de Joalharia Contemporânea (2004-2023); creator and general curator of the 1st Lisbon Contemporary Jewellery Biennial (2021). She is the author of articles and essays and the editorial and scientific coordinator of several books, including Collection J, edited by Imprensa Nacional.