Gonzalo Herrero Delicado
- Associate lecturer
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Gonzalo is a curator, educator and architect. His work explores the impact of the climate crisis and digital technologies on the world around us through design, architecture and art practices.
Gonzalo is an Associate Lecturer at the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins. Previously, he was a Design Fellow at the University of Cambridge and taught at Kingston University.
He was the Director of the Ecocity World Summit 2023 at the Barbican Centre. From 2016 to 2021, he was the Curator of the Architecture Programme at the Royal Academy of Arts where he curated several exhibitions, displays and public programmes. Previously, he held different curatorial positions at the Design Museum and The Architecture Foundation.
His curatorial portfolio includes projects for the Museum of the Future, Mies van der Rohe Foundation, V&A, Tate and Serpentine Galleries.
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Practice
(2023 – ongoing) Director, The Otherr Agency
A London-based agency working on curatorial projects and creative strategies for museums, cultural organisations and individuals across the globe.
Research funding
Knowledge Exchange Impact Fund Grant, Central Saint Martins, UAL (2022)
MAEC-AECID Spanish Cooperation Grant, AECID / Embassy of Spain (2022)
Internationalization Grant, British Council (Architecture, Design and Fashion) (2021)
Curatorial research grant, Swiss Cultural Fund UK (2019)
Programme for the Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE) Grant, Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) (2016)
Programme for the Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE) Grant, Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) (2015)
XII Grant for Emerging Architects, Arquia Foundation (2011)
Seneca Scholarship, Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (2010)
Publications, exhibitions, other outcomes
Publications
Herrero Delicado, G. and Thompson, R. (2019) Eco-visionaries: Conversations on a planet in an estate of emergency. London: Royal Academy of Arts
McGuirk, J. and Herrero Delicado, G. (2016). Fear and Love: Reactions to a complex world. London: Phaidon Press Limited.
Exhibitions (as curator, co-curator)
(2024) Virtual Beauty. HEK (Haus der Elektronischen Künste). Basel.
(2023) Ecocity World Summit 2023. Barbican Centre. London.
(2022) Tomorrow Today. Museum of the Future. Dubai.
(2021) Oops! Something went wrong. Goldsmiths, University of London, London.
(2020) Turning Point: 7th Virtual Festival Arquia. Arquia Foundation. Barcelona
(2019–20) Eco-visionaries: Confronting a planet in a state of emergency. Royal Academy of Arts. London.
(2020) Architectural Futures: RA Dorfman Award 2020. Royal Academy of Arts. London.
(2019–2020) Algae Platform [London]. In partnership with Atelier Luma – Luma Arles. Royal Academy of Arts. London.
(2019) What is radical today? 40 positions on architecture. Royal Academy of Arts. London.
(2019) Knock nothing down. Royal Academy of Arts. London.
(2019) Architectural Futures: RA Dorfman Award 2019. Royal Academy of Arts. London.
(2019) Invisible Landscapes. Royal Academy of Arts. London.
(2017) Futures Found: The real and imagined cityscapes of post-war Britain. Royal Academy of Arts. London.
(2016-17) Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World. Design Museum. London.
(2014) Architectones: Xavier Veilhan. Mies van der Rohe Foundation. Barcelona.
(2014) Adaptation Lab. In partnership with C-Lab, Columbia University. The Architecture Foundation. London.
External collaborations and activities
(2020 – ongoing) Associate Lecturer, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
(2020 – ongoing) Advisory board, Climate Art CIC
(2021 – ongoing) Board of nominators,
Aga Khan Award for Architecture
(2022 – ongoing) Scientific Committee,
National Museum of Architecture and Urbanism, Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Madrid, Spain
(2022–23) Design Fellow, University of Cambridge
(2020–21) Medal Design Advisor, The Earthshot Prize, The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
(2019 – 2021) Design of the Year Award Board of nominators, The Design Museum
(2019–20) Advisory Board,
ETHNO-International Space Station (ISS) doctoral research platform, University College London (UCL)
(2019) Curating Contemporary Design Tutor, Kingston University
(2019–20) Curatorial Board, London Festival of Architecture
(2019–20) Curatorial Advisor,
Matadero Madrid Centre for Contemporary Creation
(2012–16) Board of Experts, European Union Prize - Mies van der Rohe Award