Gabriella Gómez-Mont is the founder and director of Experimentalista, a novel type of nomadic and creative office specialized in social justice and urban issues – and that constantly shifts shape to accommodate high-level, transdisciplinary collaborations across the world. She was also the former Chief Creative Officer of Mexico City, and the founder of Laboratorio para la Ciudad (2013 – 2018), the award-winning experimental arm and creative think-tank of the Mexico City government, reporting to the Mayor.
Besides her fascination with all things city, Gabriella is a journalist, visual artist, and director of documentary films, as well as a creative advisor to several cities, universities and companies. She has received several international recognitions for her work in different fields, such as the first prize in the Audi Urban Future Award, the Best Art Practice Award given by the Italian government, The Creative Bureaucrats Award by the city of Berlin, and the TED City 2.0 Prize, among others.
She was also named one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company magazine. She is also a Yale World Fellow, TED Senior Fellow, MIT Director´s Fellow, Georgetown University Visiting Fellow, Canadian Urban Institute Senior Fellow, Institute for the Future Fellow, a Salzburg Seminar Fellow, a Fabrica Alumni and a World Cities Summit Young Leader.
Gabriella is currently working with the Vice President's Office in Colombia (Next Generation Care Infrastructure), CLIMA Foundation (Climate Justice), Fearless Collective (Art for Social Transformation) and also researching the topic of Care + Architectures for Collective Life through her organization "The Institute for Everything In-Between", amongst other projects.
Gabriella is also a Visiting Professor of Practice and Senior Policy Fellow at UCL Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP).
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