Ana Botella is a creative producer, programmer and cultural strategist with 20 years of international experience, primarily in Spain, Portugal and the UK. Her approach is interdisciplinary, working across the fields of culture, technology, science and health to explore urgent contemporary issues and foster new imaginations. Ana is currently based in Lisbon where she is Deputy Director at CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna, the Gulbenkian Foundation’s centre for contemporary art and culture due to relaunch in 2024 following a major capital renovation.
Ana was previously Acting Head of Programmes at London’s Wellcome Collection, a museum and library challenging the way we think and feel about health. Between 2012 – 2019 she was Head of Programme at FACT, Liverpool’s Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, and between 2007 – 2012 she was Head of Exhibitions and Publications at LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, an organisation in Northern Spain focusing on the intersection between art, science, technology and the creative industries.