Steffi Stouri is an independent curator and researcher whose work focuses on time-based media, posthumanism, and decolonial approaches to antiquity in the Southeastern Mediterranean. During her residency in Istanbul, she will expand her research into the layered cosmogonies of the Anatolian and Eastern Mediterranean crossroads, developing a curatorial framework for a decolonial reading of antiquity and exploring the relationship between identity and temporality.

Steffi Stouri is a curator and cultural producer based in Athens. Her practice engages with feminist and postcolonial perspectives, sound, and archival practices across contemporary institutions, archaeological sites, and interdisciplinary projects globally. As the 2026 ARTWORKS x SAHA Curator in residency she will expand her research into the layered cosmogonies of Anatolia and the Eastern Mediterranean, exploring the intersections of identity, temporality, and cultural heritage through a decolonial reading of antiquity. Recent curatorial projects include Polyrhythmia in Paper (2026), presented at the ILFR library of the Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo, Norway, and site-specific exhibitions such as Karstic Dreams (2026) and Otherlands (2024), which explore time-based media and archaeology through posthumanist perspectives. She was also a curatorial associate for the Greek National Opera’s annual visual arts programme Unboxing Callas (2023). Previously she has taken part inresidencies such as: In Ruins residency 2025, curating a sound intervention at the archaeological site of Pietra Caduta in Canosa di Puglia, Italy, the ARCAthens NOLA/NYC Fellowship 2025, researching the potential of sound as an artistic medium for restorative storytelling and community resilience in New Orleans and New York City as well as the NEON Curatorial Exchange Program at Whitechapel in 2018. She also collaborates with the National Museum of Contemporary Art (ΕΜΣΤ) in Greece, curating educational and public engagement programs.