Ilina Schileru
Ilina Schileru (b. 1986) is a Romanian cultural manager, curator, and artist. She holds an MA in Graphic Arts from the National University of Arts Bucharest (2010) and is affiliated with the Romanian Union of Fine Artists.
She is the founder of EBienale, a platform dedicated to emerging artistic practices, and currently serves as programme coordinator of MNTRplusC, an independent contemporary art space operating within the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, focused on fostering dialogue between local and international artists and curators.
Among her notable curatorial projects is her contribution to the 59th Venice Biennale (2022), where she curated an official collateral event commissioned by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture. The project brought together painter Eugen Raportoru and a collective of Roma women artists and intellectuals, addressing themes of representation, identity, and resistance.
Since 2018, Schileru has also developed educational and socially engaged art programmes in collaboration with organizations such as the British Council and the Museum of Recent Art, working particularly with immigrant and refugee children.