NOORA MÄNTY
Director Galeria da Estação, Portugal
Producer and Awards Coordinator at Encontros da Imagem International Photography and Visual Arts Festival
Noora Mänty is a Finnish curator, cultural producer, and visual artist based in Portugal. With a background in photography and over a decade of experience in the arts, her work focuses on curatorial practice, cultural management, and collaborative visual storytelling across disciplines and geographies.
She currently serves as Gallery Director at Galeria da Estação in Braga, where she oversees curatorial programming, institutional partnerships, and a diverse public programme ranging from exhibitions to workshops and live events. She is also a producer and awards coordinator at Encontros da Imagem Festival, one of Europe’s leading photography festivals.
Noora’s approach to curatorship is rooted in accessibility, experimentation, and cross-cultural dialogue. She is especially drawn to projects that create space for underrepresented voices and reimagine how art can exist within the public sphere.
Spoken Languages: English, Finnish