Filipa Oliveira is since 2018 Curator and Programmer of Visual Arts at the City Council of Almada, being in charge of the artistic direction of Casa da Cerca, Galeria Municipal de Almada and Convento dos Capuchos. Between 2015 and 2017 she was artistic director of Fórum Eugénio de Almeida in Évora.

As an independent curator she has collaborated with institutions such as CCB, Lisbon, Kettle's Yard, UK, John Hansards Gallery, UK, Tate Modern, UK, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian CAM, Lisbon, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon, Crac Alsace,France, Kunstverein Springborn Hof, Germany, Ffotogallery, UK, Mead Gallery, UK, Frieze Projects, UK, Stills Gallery, UK, among others.

She was assistant curator at the 28th Bienal de São Paulo in 2010 and in 2012 was guest curator of the Satellite project at Jeu de Paume, Paris, where she curated solo exhibitions by Jimmy Robert, Tamar Guimarães, Rosa Barba and Filipa César.

In 2022 she was co-curator with Elfi Turpin (Crac Alsace) of the 4th edition of the biennale Anozero - Bienal de Arte Contemporânea de Coimbra which was entitled "Meia-Noite".

He has an extensive list of participations in catalogues and publications. He has written essays and exhibition reviews for Arte Contexto, Contemporary, Flash Art, L+Arte, Contemporânea Magazine, Artforum, Contemporânea and Umbigo.