Unfinished Foundation

Unfinished Art Space is an independent, artist-run, nomadic space, showing experimental and contemporary art in Malta. It is a sustainable, independent organisation, that believes in the development, creation and dissemination of contemporary art and artistic research and knowledge. It was born from a need for an independent, flexible and open curatorial project, working with contemporary and experimental visual artists in Malta.

Unfinished Art Space is run by Unfinished Foundation, registered in Malta, with VO Number VO/1740. We are on the island of Malta in the middle of the Mediterranean. We are happy to collaborate with artists, researchers and art spaces from all over the world.

We are dedicated to providing a supportive and creative environment where artists can take risks and developing their ideas, alongside supportive communities and collaborators. We believe that experimental and contemporary art should be an integral part of society, enriching lives, contributing to debate and empowering social change.

We work to;

  • provide a platform for contemporary artists to show their work;

  • offer mentorship and support to help artists develop their skills and careers;

  • create a community where artists can connect with each other, share ideas, and collaborate;

  • explore important themes through contemporary artistic expression and an exchange of experience, theory and practice;

  • facilitate intercultural discussion, creative expression, and artistic research;

  • link local and international initiatives through cultural practice.

 

Who We Are

Margerita Pulè is a curator, researcher and cultural manager, with a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of Malta and is founder-director of Unfinished Art Space, an independent and nomadic space showing contemporary art in Malta, through which she engages in an open, collaborative and symbiotic curatorial practice. She is also a founder-member of the Magna Żmien Foundation, which digitises 20th century analogue home archives, forming a community archive accessible to researchers and artists. She also provides training in career development for artists and curators, and is currently a trainer for CASE Malta.

She programmed much of the cultural programme in the run-up to Valletta 2018, and is currently co-director of Farfara 2031, working on the bid for the title of European Capital of Culture in 2031.

Gianmarco Santirocco settled in Malta after several experiences abroad, in England and Italy. He has worked for many NGOs as a Financial Controller (BirdLife Malta, Deaf People Association Malta, Friends of the Earth Malta). He has written and managed many EU projects (Erasmus, Life+, Interreg), and is currently Treasurer of ECOS (Belgium), CircE, and Unfinished. He has represented Malta since 2020 at the ISO level in two Technical Committees (TC207, TC322) in charge of Green Finance standardisation.

He is a Certified Accountant and Auditor (Italy), completing a B.Com. (Hons.) in Accountancy (Economy of Banking, Finance and Insurance) in Malta and Italy where he obtained professional warrants. Before this, he worked in finance in different economic sectors such as insurance, power generators, scientific instruments, and small undertaking.

Dr Karsten Xuereb lectures, researches and manages projects addressing cultural policy and relations in Europe and the Mediterranean at the University of Malta. He is a visiting lecturer with the Department of International Relations, the Institute of Maltese Studies, the Institute for Tourism, Travel & Culture and the Department of Arts, Open Communities & Adult Education. He is a member of the scientific committees of Brokering Intercultural Exchange and The Phoenicians' Cultural Route, the latter on behalf of the Maltese cultural association Inizjamed. He currently carries out research at the UNESCO World Heritage Nomination Project at the Ministry for Culture at the University of Malta in Valletta, and his writing and audiovisual material including papers, videos and a weekly radio programme are accessible on the University of Malta radio station Campus FM are accessible on his blog.