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Anastassia MAKRIDOU-BRETONNEAU

Born in Thessaloniki, she studied art history in Greece and France and completed a curatorial training program at the École du Magasin in Grenoble, the National Center for Contemporary Art.

After serving as a curator at the Thessaloniki Art Gallery, she has collaborated with various institutions in France, notably the Center for Contemporary Creation in Tours.

In 1999, she founded Eternal Network, an independent arts production organization based in Tours, which she directed until 2011. During that time, she supported several projects as an exhibition curator and program coordinator for the Fondation de France’s “Nouveaux commanditaires” initiative.

From 2011 to 2014, she served as co-director of the Bureau des compétences et désirs in Marseille, where, among other responsibilities, she oversaw the production of nine commissioned artworks for public spaces as part of the European Capital of Culture program, in co-production with Marseille-Provence 2013.

In 2015, she was appointed artistic director of the art commission program for the extension of the Paris tram line.

From 2014 to 2022, she headed the “Art for Citizens” initiative at the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, where she designed and implemented its philanthropic programs.

Today, she is an active member of the Société des Nouveaux commanditaires en art et en sciences (France) and of the strategic committee of Nuevos concomitentes (Spain). In addition, she volunteers with several organizations working in the fields of art, research, and education.