I define myself as a museum thinker and change-maker mainly active as an academic and advisor based in the Mediterranean island of Malta. Coming from a background in art history and visual culture studies, I also practice as an art historian from time to time following and advising on conservation and restoration projects. 

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My practice is informed by over twenty-five years of experience working hands-on in various roles and positions within the Maltese cultural heritage sector including regulatory, administrative, and project lead. I also held curatorial roles, curating and leading three major international exhibitions in Malta, Brussels and Florence, and others. 

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Working within small museum ecosystems forges a very particular type of resilience. You need to do more than multi-task. You need to become creative and inventive with very limited resources, work with little or no budget and engage with very traditional mindsets. I learned to achieve the hard way given that being resilient and creative was not a choice or an option. 

My work is informed by sound research and theory with grounded actions and solutions. I am mostly interested in new museum thinking informing the twenty-first-century museum idea on which I have also published extensively and specifically transmedia thinking and the phygital, participatory thinking, and change management in general. In short, I work on solutions grounded in the latest museological thinking.  

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​​Top Five Clifton Strengths

Learner, Achiever, Deliberative, Strategic and Intellection.