The curators of the Water Light Festivals 2026

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL FOCUS

Nina Stricker is an audience-experience oriented curator, cultural producer and manager for contemporary art projects. She worked at ArtVerona, BOOMing Contemporary Art Show in Bologna, Affordable Art Fair in Milan and Videocittà in Rome. Her main drive is a deep passion for horizontal and collaborative networking formats that involve a large and diversified range of actors and audiences in co-produced and shared dynamics that make art a culturally and socially impactful practice accessible to everyone as in her local festival BAW Bolzano Art Weeks founded in 2020.

INTERNATIONAL FOCUS

In the last two decades, Nika Perne has worked with several non-governmental organisations, public institutes, and private initiatives as a curator and producer. In recent years, she has focused more on the creation and production of festivals, cooperation projects, and the management of networks. She is driven by inspiring storytelling and care for communities with a focus on light art and digital technologies. She is the curator of Water Light Festival, RE.LIGHT Festival and program manager for IBSIC Conference on Projection Mapping.

IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES FOCUS

Dorothy Di Stefano is a globally recognized Art Curator and visionary Creative Strategist, celebrated for her pioneering contributions to immersive and interactive art. With over a decade of experience, she has established herself as a thought leader in the field, actively engaging in cultural committees and regularly speaking at international events. Dorothy was honored as one of Blooloop's 50 Immersive Influencers of 2023.