Paula Forteza
Founder And Director at Artivistas
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolPaula Forteza is a cultural entrepreneur and former Member of the French Parliament with a decade of experience at the intersection of cultural management, public policy, digital innovation and international cooperation. As Founder and Director of Artivistas in Paris she manages fundraising, strategic partnerships and a network of 150+ Latin American artists while programming exhibitions, residencies and a digital art lab that foregrounds ecology, feminism and human rights. Her parliamentary work blended tech and governance—leading reports on GDPR, digital democracy, open budgets and a national strategy on quantum technologies—coupling legislative experience with hands‑on team management and diplomatic missions. A longtime advocate for open data and civic tech (Etalab, Démocratie Ouverte), she combines policy expertise with practical project delivery in both public and cultural sectors. Trained at Sciences Po and Sotheby’s Institute of Art, she brings a rare mix of political savvy, creative curation and data‑driven public policy practice. Notably, she leverages her civic‑tech roots to run an art space that doubles as a public forum and digital experimentation lab.
10 years of coding experience
Master of Public Affairs (MPA), Master of Public Affairs (MPA) at Sciences PoLicenciatura en Ciencia Política, (Teoría Política - Políticas Sociales), Licenciatura en Ciencia Política, (Teoría Política - Políticas Sociales) at Universidad Torcuato Di TellaLycée franco-argentin "Jean Mermoz"Gallery Management, Gallery Management at Sotheby's Institute of Art
Github Skills (4)
vote2
python1
api1
toolbox1
Github contributions (5)
pfa86/pfa86.github.io
Oct 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
etalab/plan-ogp-2015-2017
Jul 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:12 commits in 1 day
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