Lucia Dubačová is an international cultural strategist and curator focusing on digital arts and culture. She managed the successful candidacy of the city of Trenčín for the European Capital of Culture 2026 and worked as its director. Lucia founded Sensorium Festival on digital arts and culture. She received her M.A. degree in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths University in London. Formerly she has been setting up Inolab, the R&D department at the Slovak Design Center. Currently collaborating with Placemaking Europe Lucia and the Metropolitan Institute Bratislava.
Contact: dubacova.lucia @ gmail.com
CV
- Events Lead, Placemaking Europe, 2025 – now
- Program Director, TU-BA center for architecture and urban planning in Bratislava, 2024 – 2026
- Director at Trenčín 2026 ECoC and Creative Institute Trenčín, 2020 — 2023
- Co-founder, Artistic Director, Sensorium, Bratislava, 2016 – 2021
- Expert on Design & Innovation, R & D Department at Slovak Design Center, Bratislava, 2019 — 2020
- Production and curation of accompanying events at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Prague 2018 — 2019
- Project Manager at Fest Anča – International Animation Film Festival, Bratislava, 2019
- Co-founder, Executive Director at Unfold Collective Ltd, London, International, 2016 — 2018
- Programme Coordinator at Continental Drifts Ltd, London, 2014 — 2017
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2023 – 2026
IF LAB, International
2020 – 2021
The Glass Room, Misinformation Edition: Tactical Tech, Bratislava
Human by Design, Slovak Design Center, MAK Vienna
Youth And A.I. – (Un)learning With Robots, Bratislava
Sensorium Festival Exhibitions, Bratislava
Kykeon: Mária Júdová & Constantine Nisidis, International
Stockpiling Food for Thought: Juraj Hoppan, Lucia Dubačová, Célia Bugniot, Publication
V4 Videodrones, Slovakia, Hungary, Czechia, Austria
2019
Sensorium Festival Exhibitions, Bratislava
The Inflovable Machine: Mónica Rikić, Bratislava
Augmented Authorship: Matthew Plummer-Fernandez, Bratislava
EDUCATION
M.A. in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths University, London, 2011 – 2012
Cultural Management and International Networks, Vacum (Visegrad Academy of Cultural Management), 2017 – 2018
Future Foresight, Hyper Island, 2025