Fatos Ustek is an independent curator and writer.

She is the Director of Liverpool Biennial, a jury member for Turner Prize 2020. Juxtaposing formations of science and arts, Ustek’s curatorial practice follows the investigation of concepts such as ‘now’, ‘time-presence’, ‘agency-subject’, ‘surface-encounter’ emerging as collaborative projects with artists, writers, and curators. She is was the recipient of the curatorial fellowship at Tornabuoni Art, London 2018, and curator of Do Ho Suh’s largest commission in the UK (2018-2020). She formerly acted as director and chief curator of  DRAF (David Roberts Art Foundation).
She has curated an opera in five acts at DRAF, London; an exhibition trilogy entitled Now Expanded that took place at Kunstfabrik, Berlin; Tent, Rotterdam, and DRAF, London among various group shows in Europe, and Turkey. Formerly, Ustek acted as Associate Curator for the 10th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea. She is a regular contributor to international art magazines and exhibition catalogues and artist monographs.