Alberto Tavares (1979) is the founder of Claridade, a platform that unites politics, art, music, and poetry through the perspectives of African, Black, East Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latin American diasporas. Alberto is an artist, curator, and educator with extensive experience in exhibition and event organisation, as well as expertise in operations and management. He also serves as a tutor in art handling and conservation. He holds three university degrees: a BSc in Design and Communication from Lusofona University in Portugal, a BA in Fine Art, and a Master’s in Fine Art from Wimbledon College of Art at the University of London. Alberto has significant experience in the day-to-day running of galleries, art exhibitions, and event organization. Also, as a practicing artist, he has participated in exhibitions in London at the Battersea Arts Centre, in Poland at the Centre Contemporary Art/Gallery Laboratorium Tropical Gothic, and at Galeria Traba in São Paulo, as well as in Arte Lusofona in London. His background as an artist enables him to share his experience and mentor other professionals in artists’ studio practices and techniques, including conservation. His artistic practice and research involve painting, woodcarving, silk screen printing, and artists’ book making, all of which are integral to his work.