Claudia Lamas Cornejo

Since the foundation of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory, Claudia Lamas Cornejo is in charge of PR and fundraising for the Excellence Cluster and is responsible for all press and public relations concerns and for attracting new sponsors and co-operation partners.

On completion of her studies in Cultural and Media Management at Freie Universität Berlin in 2010, Claudia Lamas Cornejo was gallery manager and co-founder of the SAVVY Contemporary, a non-profit association. She has organised numerous national and international exhibitions, performances, talks and publications at this art space and at its partner institutions around the world.

For several years she has devised PR strategies for performance art exhibitions and projects and developed budgetary and visitor programmes. She curated, among other things, the environmental exhibition »PACKET-SOUP«. Centering on marine pollution and plastic waste, it provided artists from all over the world with a platform for enquiry and representation.