Director
margherita@phileas.art

Margherita Belcredi (born 1987) is an art historian and holds a BA in the History of Art from the University of Vienna, and an MFA Curating from Goldsmiths College, University of London. She has over a decade of experience in the commercial art world in London, Berlin and New York. While at White Cube, she focussed on the gallery’s External Projects and Commissions. During her time as Co-Director at Contemporary Fine Arts, she was responsible for sales and the exhibition programme.

International Relations and Strategic Development
nike@phileas.art

Nike Dreyer (born 1989) is an art historian who acted as studio manager for the Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist from 2017 to 2025. During this time, she oversaw Rist’s international exhibitions, including presentations at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (MOCA), and UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. She was awarded her PhD in Konstanz in 2017 with a dissertation on living animals in contemporary art, following a BA in Konstanz and an MA in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths, University of London.

Art Writing and Programmes Coordinator
nell@phileas.art

Nell Hargrove (born 2000) is an art historian and holds a BA (Hons.) in German and History of Art from the University of Exeter, England. Following work experience in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, where she worked to restore historic buildings, she had a six-month internship at Phileas in 2023 and was able to gain experience in all aspects of the organization's activities. Her bachelor’s dissertation considered national representation and spatial enchantment at the 1873 Vienna World’s Fair. During her studies, she interned at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter.

Visitor and Public Programme
anna@phileas.art

Anna Hugo (born 1991) holds an MA in critical theory and the arts from the School of Visual Arts, New York (2017), an MA in fine art from the University of Applied Arts Vienna (2013), and a diploma in fine art and design from Edinburgh College of Art (2011). She has experience working for the Independent Art Fair, New York; New Museum, New York; Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York; Gladstone Gallery, New York; Kunstverein Gartenhaus, Vienna; and as a curator and consultant for international private art collections.

Content and Digital Communications
marlen@phileas.art

Marlen Mangat (born 1988) is an art historian and graduate of the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf. Specializing in media art and performance, Mangat has worked as a researcher at the Julia Stoschek Foundation in Düsseldorf and the Ludwig Forum Aachen. She also brings several years of experience in press and public relations for an architecture firm dedicated to sustainability and urban city planning.

Office Management
karin@phileas.art

Karin Malle-Kienzl (born 1968) is a trained graphic designer with a decade of experience in the creative industry before transitioning into management. In 2001, she shifted her focus to the cultural sector, collaborating closely with gallery owners and curators on exhibition planning, organization, and development. Her career includes roles at Galerie Winter, Galerie Hohenlohe, and the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. Since 2015, she has focused on working directly with artists, specializing in archive management and project coordination.

Development and Stakeholder Relations
dorothea@phileas.art

Dorothea Schellhorn (born 1980) is a historian who graduated from the University of Vienna and Sciences Po, Paris. Following her studies, she worked for the art office art:phalanx, where she conceived and produced art awards, exhibitions and projects as an art consultant for various companies. From 2007 to 2009, she worked as a PR manager for departure, the creative agency of the City of Vienna, and from 2009 to 2011 she was curatorial assistant to the director of the Belvedere. In 2012–13 she organized the curated by festival with contemporary art galleries in Vienna, and then spent three years working as a project manager for LABVERT architecture and design. From 2019 to 2022, she was responsible for fundraising and sponsorships at the Leopold Museum in Vienna.

Graduate Trainee
intern@phileas.art

Marlene Stahl (born 2000) is currently studying Transmedia Arts under Jakob Lena Knebl at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. She worked at viennacontemporary, Vienna, as curatorial assistant for the exhibition STATEMENT and project manager for the talks programme. For DAS WEISSE HAUS, Vienna, after an internship she held roles as studio manager, assistant studio manager, and event and exhibition assistant. At the Deichtorhallen Hamburg / Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, she worked in art handling and restoration. She completed an internship at the Friedrich and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation, Vienna, focusing on archival management and research. In 2023, she assisted Katharina Grosse for Warum Drei Töne Kein Dreieck Bilden at the ALBERTINA, Vienna, and in 2025 contributed to a curatorial project at AG18 Gallery, Vienna.

Exhibition Programme
margarita@phileas.art

Margarita Thurn-Valsassina (born 1980) is an art historian and graduate of the University of Vienna. Following her studies, she worked as an assistant to the artist Erwin Wurm, and was employed as a staff member of the sculpture and multimedia class at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Subsequently, she worked for the art office art:phalanx, where she conceived and produced art awards, exhibitions and projects as an art consultant for various companies. From 2017 to 2022 she worked as a curatorial assistant at the Leopold Museum in Vienna.