Team

ARTIST / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: MARGHERITA GRAMEGNA

Margherita Gramegna is an Italian artist filmmaker based in Rochester, Kent.
In 2006, she won first prize (the Eye) at the Emergendsee Festival (across
Berlin, Budapest, London).
Since then, her film work has been shown in the UK and Europe (Whitechapel
Gallery, Southbank Queen Elizabeth Hall; Raindance and Eat Our Shorts
Festivals, London; Cannes 60th SFC; Loop Festival, Barcelona and Zlin Festival,
Czech Republic). In 2019 she was invited to take part in a collaborative artist
residency at Fondazione Bevilaqua La Masa, with a short film exhibited at
Palazzetto Tito, Venice.

As the founder and Artistic Director of 51zero, she has lead festivals,
collaborative initiatives and partnerships for the organisation with a focus on
international cultural exchange, including Medway and Valenciennes International
Relations’ Programmes and European initiatives in Northern France. These
projects have received significant recognition and awards (Recreate, ICR, a-n,
and Arts Council England). She was nominated for the Rouse Kent Award for her public art commission Artists Don’t Bite with public art consultants Francis Knight for Art at the Centre in partnership with Maidstone Borough Council.

Through her involvement with the founding of Creative Medway Cultural Compact,
the Intra Community Trust and with the Medway Cultural Partnership, she has
worked continuously, over many years to raise the profile of Medway as a place
for contemporary art and artists to thrive.

Margherita assembles freelance teams on a project by project basis. The team
for the current 51zero/MAPP Medway Superstars project include:

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: OLIVER PARKIN
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: FIONA WATT