Gabriel Zammit (b. 1994) is an independent curator and writer with a background in philosophy and art theory. His creative practice is embedded in critical theory and inspired by thinkers such as Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, and W. G. Sebald.
Zammit has worked with artists and writers from all around the world, building exhibitions that look into themes such as outsider art, mythology, and liminal states. Across his various projects, there is a consistent interest in the merging of craft and concept, as well as a fascination with fringe experiences that uncover and challenge the foundations of our humanity.
Between 2022 and 2025 Zammit also held the position of Programmes and Initiatives Officer at the Malta Society of Arts, where he was tasked with creating an innovative programme of exhibitions, publications, music, and performing arts events.
Zammit is a part-time lecturer with the Department of Education and the Department of Digital Arts at the University of Malta, where he teaches criticism and art theory. He publishes regularly, contributing speculative, critical, and academic texts to books, newspapers, journals, and other platforms.
Experience
2025
Curator and Producer. The Sound of You Dreaming: a solo exhibition by Paul Scerri. Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta. Funded by the Malta Arts Fund.
2024
Curator. Matthew’s Dream: The cloud of unknowing. Installation work by Paul Scerri. Valletta Contemporary, Valletta. Funded by the Malta Arts Fund.
Curator. Clay / Craft / Concept: Contemporary ceramics ancient histories. Collective exhibition. Malta Society of Arts, Valletta. Produced and funded by the Malta Society of Arts.
2023
Curator and Producer. Il-Ħabba tal-Għajn: a solo exhibition by Alex Dalli. Malta Society of Arts, Valletta.
Lecturer (ongoing) Art Theory and Criticism. Department of Education, University of Malta.
Lecturer (ongoing) Comparative Approaches to Art, Design and Visual Culture. Department of Digital Arts, University of Malta.
2022
Programmes and Initiatives Officer (until 2025) Malta Society of Arts, Valletta.
Curator and Producer. Groundwaters: outsider perspectives and visions of elsewhere. Collective exhibition. Valletta Contemporary Gallery, Valletta. Funded by the Malta Arts Fund.
Curator and Producer. Sea Sunset Moon: variations on solitude. Collective exhibition. Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta. Commissioned and funded by Fondazzjoni Kreattivita.
2021
Research Support Officer (until 2022) SoNAR Global, mobilising social sciences against infectious threats. Department of Anthropological Sciences, University of Malta.
Curator and Producer. Darkness at Noon. Collective exhibition. The Splendid, Valletta. Funded by the Malta Arts Fund.
Communications Manager. Alessia’s Project. Short-film and workshop series. Produced by Cynthia Bonnici, Florinda Camilleri, Francesca Mercieca, Niels Plotard. Funded by the Malta Arts Fund.
2019
Producer. Departures: Pawlu Grech a life in perspective. Concert and exhibition. Malta Society of Arts, Valletta. Funded by the Malta Arts Fund.
2016
Editorial Director (until 2017) Student’s Philosophy Society, University of Malta.
Education
2023
Curating Contemporary Art. Chelsea Collage of Arts, London.
CASE, Creative and Social Entrepreneur Programme. In Place of War, and The University of Manchester. Workshops in Malta.
2022
A Practical Guide to Curating. NODE Centre for Curatorial Studies. Online course with Nora Mayr, Berlin.
Cheek to Cheek Feedback Workshop. DASArts Dance Studios, Amsterdam. Workshops with Manolis Tsipos in Malta.
2017
MA Philosophy, Aesthetics and Art-Theory. Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy, Kingston University, London. Dissertation Leaning Against the Current of Time: On WG Sebald’s Presentation of the Unrepresentable.
2016
BA (Hons) Philosophy. Department of Philosophy, University of Malta. Dissertation The Enigma of a Non-Enigmatic World: On Quentin Meillassoux’s Philosophy of Absolute Contingency.
