Anna Gorchakovskaya is an independent researcher, curator and cultural activist based in Rome. She holds a degree in Art History from the Università degli Studi di Bologna and a master’s degree in Gender Studies from the Università Roma Tre. Since 2014 Anna Gorchakovskaya has collaborated among others with such Italian and international projects and institutions as Adiacenze, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, La Galleria Nazionale, MAXXI, contributing mostly to the curatorial, editorial and educational projects. In 2021 Anna has become one of the founders of the interdisciplinary platform On Site, a project aimed at bringing together the international realities of the city of Rome and the local Roman artistic and cultural scene. Since 2022 Anna has been teaching with American universities such as Cornell in Rome, Trinity College Rome Campus and JCU. Her research is dedicated to visual activism and to politically and socially engaged artistic and curatorial practices.