Overview
Co-founder and director of Bureau Phi Art Agency, experienced in all phases of exhibition activities including: developing and implementing short and long-term curatorial projects; planning, producing, and developing exhibition and public events; supervising installations; editing catalogs, and educational programming, 2013 to present.
- Director and Chief Curator of the Media Department, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, 2000-2011
- Curator at Large Museo Reina Sofia, 2012-2013
- Artistic Director at #1 Cartagena, International Biennial. Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 2013-2014
- Adjunct Professor in the Media Department at the New School for Social Research, New York, 1991-1998
- Advisor to foundations, cultural institutions, and public and collections on acquisitions and exhibitions
- Lecturer
Projects for Institutions (partial list)
- Killing Fields, Galeria Freijó, Spain, 2018
- Leandro Katz, Ministério de Cultura, Spain. 2017
- Nectar: The War Upon the Bees. Pratt Manhattan Gallery, 2016
- Lorraine O´Grady. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo de Sevilla, 2016
- My Father Avoids the Sirens Sound. Gallery Josee Benvenue, New York, 2016
- BIACI. First International Bienial of Cartagena de Indias, Artistic Diretor, Cartagena, Colombia 2014
- Four House Some Buildings and Other Space. 80 West Four Street. New York University, January 2013
- Lotty Rosenfeld. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo de Sevilla, 2013
- The German Camera: Selection of Contemporary Videos from Germany. Museo Vostell, Malpartida, Spain. September, 2013
- Still em Movimento: Lição de Pintura. Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil. April, 2013
- Germaine Dulac. Film restropective. Fundación Botin, Santander. June-August 2012
- Dibujando America. (Co-curator) Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Spain, 2012
- Collecting Time: Videos from the collection Pi-Fernandino, Madrid. Museo Vostell, Malpartida de Cáceres, Spain, June 2011
- Resonance: Looking for Mr. McLuhan. Pratt Manhattan Art Gallery, New York, 2011
- Valie Export: Body = Language. Itaú Cultural, Brazil, 2011
- Landscape as an Idea: Projects and Projections. 1960-1980. Koldo Mitxelena, San Sebastián, Spain
- Being in the World. CIFO, Miami, 2009
- The Way Things Are. Video exhibition in different sections of the town of Murcia, Spain, 2009
- Sites-No Sites. Museo Vostell, Malpartida de Cáceres, 2008
- The Visible and the Invisible. Centro Cultural Itaú, São Paulo, Brazil, 2008
- Present Tense. Centro Atlântico de Arte Moderno, Canarias, 2008
- Almost Cinema. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporânea, Seville, 2008
- Terra Infirma 2. Pratt Art Gallery, New York, 2007
- Ciudades Continuas. Instituto Cervantes, New York, 2007
- Somewhere Beyond the Sea. Frieze Art Fair. London, 2005
- Terra Infirma. Space of Contemporary Art of Castellón, 2005
- Around Us. ArtPace. San Antonio, Texas, 2005
- Documental(all). Argos Foundation, Brussels, 2004
- Postverité, Centro Parrága. Murcia, Spain, 2003
- Virgin Territory, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C., 2001-02
- Aztlan Today – The Chicano Post-Nation. Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, 2001
- Historia Cosmopolita, Casa de la Moneda, Seville, 2000 (Catalog)
- Canal de Isabel II, Madrid, 1999 (Catalog)
- The Third Eye. Video exhibition, Art in General, New York City, 1999
- Video Archeology. Video exhibition and lecture, Sofía, Bulgaria, 1999
- Cosmopolitan History. Trans-Hudson Gallery, New York City, 1999 (Brochure)
- Sense of Place. Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid and Palacio de los Condes de Gabia, Granada, 1998 (Brochure)
- Interlacings: The Craft of Contemporary Art. Whitney Museum at Champion, Stanford, Connecticut, 1998 (Catalog)
- Choosing New Jersey: New Jersey Arts Annual (co-curator). Newark Museum, New Jersey, 1997 (Catalog)
- News from Post-America (curator). Aperto, Venice Biennial, 1993 (Catalog)
- Américas. Conviento de Santa Clara, Moguer. Spain (Catalog)
- Between Science and Fiction (co-curator). São Paulo International Biennial, 1985 (Catalog)
- II International Video Rio (curator, international video section). Instituto Cultural Candido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro, 1984 (Catalog)
- New Metaphors/Six Alternatives (curator). São Paulo International Biennial, 1983 (Catalog)
- TV USA. Coordinator and writer of catalog text for exhibition and lectures about American television, Institute of American Studies, Barcelona 1983 (Catalog)
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Conferences organized at the Museo Reina Sofía (partial list)
Approximately 100 conferences and or lectures with artists, scholars, filmmakers and writers, including:
Jonas Mekas, Antonio Negri, Suzanne Lacy, Valie Export, Marcel Odenbach, Burt Barr, Joseph Jacobs,
Robert Nickas, Peter Campus, Rainer Oldendorf, Michael Snow, Joao Penalva, Richard Dindo, Liliana
Porter, Perry Bard, Takahiko Iimura, Jean-Claude Bernardet, Jean-Marie Téno, Teresa Serrano, Leandro
Katz, Antoni Muntadas, Mark Lewis, Michael Rush, Isaac Julien, Bruce Jenkins, Ulrike Ottinger, Janet
Kaplan, Harun Farocki, Terry Berkowitz, Christian Jankowski, Marijke van Warmerdam, Sharon Hayes, Jenny
Marketou, Ursula Beimann, Marine Hugonnier, Peter Downsbrough, Miranda July, Aleksandra Mir, Hito
Steyerl, Jorge La Ferla, Arlindo Machado.
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Grants and Awards
- Women in the Arts. Spanish Association of Women and Visual Arts, 2010
- Spanish Association of Art Critic for the exhibition First Generation, 2007
- Goethe Institute, 2005
- Spanish Association of Film Critics for Post-Verité, Best Film Anthology, 2005
- Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine-Arts Research, 1998-1999
- Residency Program, CICV, Montbeliard, France, 1998
- New School for Social Research, Fipse Development Grant, 1995-1996
- Organization of American States, Washington D.C., Research Fellowship, 1990-1991
- Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas, Brazil, Graduate Scholarship, 1985-1987
- New York University, Research Assistant Fellowship, 1986-1987
- Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas, Brazil, Graduate Scholarship, 1982-1984
- Abril Publisher, Brazil, Best Journalism Essay, 1983
Books Edited/ Anthology Organizer 2018-2003 (partial list)
- 14 Artistas. Berta Sichel. Editora Atheniaca, Spain, 2017
- Leandro Katz. La Tabacalera, Madrid, 2017
- Teresa Serrano. Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, 2015
- #1 Cartagena. Catalog, Colombia, 2014
- Landscape as an Idea: Projects and Projections: 1960-1980, Koldo Mixtelena, Spain, 2010
- Present Tense: On Contemporaniety. Catalog. Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Spain, 2008
- Post-Verite. Anthology of texts of films and contemporary art films. (National Prize of the Spanish Association of Films Critics). Spain, 2007
- Primera Generación: 1963-1986. Catalog. Museo Reina Sofía, 2006
- Carcel de Amor. Catalog. Museo Reina Sofía, 2005
- The Films of Ulrike Ottinger. Catalog. Museo Reina Sofía, 2003
- Monocanal. Catalog. Museo Reina Sofía, 2003
- Fluxus Films. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 2002
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Magazine and Newspaper Criticism Articles (partial list)
- New York correspondent, Periodico del Arte. Madrid 1998-2000
- Visual-arts correspondent, Estado São Paulo 1994-1998
- Contributing editor, Flash Art 1997-2000
- Contributing editor, Atlantica. Centro Atlántico de Arte Contemporáneo, Canary Islands, 1993-1997
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Education
- Doctoral Studies in Culture Studies, New York University; Approved dissertation research: The Idea of Innovation in Art and Technology (ABD)
- MA, Media Ecology, Department of Media, New York University, New York
- MA, Communications Systems, Department of Linguistics and Communication, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- BA. Journalism. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Associations
- ICA-USA (International Curators’ Association)
- ITK
- International Biennial Association
Advisory Services for Institutions Present-1983 (partial list)
- Art Commission: Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporánea, Seville 2009-present
- Media Advisory for the Moving Art Fair. New York, March 2012 and London, October 2012
- Media Advisory for the exhibition Women and Conceptual Art in Latin America, Long Beach, CA, 2012/2017
- Selection Committee for Public Art. Fundación Miró, Palma de Mallorca, 2012
- Selection Committee, Fellowship for Young Artists from Spain, Madrid, 2008
- Selection Committee, Fellowship for Young Artists from the Basque Country, 2008
- President of the Jury, Illy Prize for Young Brazilian artist ARCO, Madrid, 2008
- Acquisitions Committee, Comunidad de Madrid. 2007-2005
- International Jury, Fair Play Media Festival. Berlin, 2007
- Nominator for Latin America Art Prizes, CIFO. Miami, 2007
- International Jury, Oberhausen Short Film Festival. Germany, 2007
- Advisory Board, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo. Seville, 2004
- Selection committee for Loop – New Video. Barcelona, Spain, 2003-2004
- Representative and coordinator for the US, Istanbul Biennial, 1997 (Catalog)
- The Global Art of Latinos and Latin Americans (conceived project and wrote grant proposal). Ponce Museum, Puerto Rico, New York, 1995 (Grant Awarded from AT&T Foundation)
- Juror. New York International Experimental Video Festival. New School for Social Research, 1997
- Nominator for International Program, Pace Foundation, San Antonio, Texas, 1993-1994
- Consultant to the director, development of community projects and fundraising strategies, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey, 1993-1994
- Artistic Advisory Committee, Sculpture Center, New York, 2004-2008
- Consultant to the International Advisory Committee, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington D.C., 1991-1992
- Board of curators, Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo, 1989-1990
Other Activities and Projects 2008 - 1993
- Co-Curator of Arco Performances. Winter 2008
- Concept and coordination of a five weeks international conference on Video and Contemporary Art (with Terry Berkowitz), Museo Reina Sofia, 2007
- Concept and organizer of the Reading Room for the exhibition Techno-Seduction. Cooper Union, New York
- City, 1997 (Catalog)
- Development and grant writing for the exhibition Sacbe, Sendero, Path: Roads in Many Languages (NEA Awarded), University of Colorado, Boulder and the Sculpture Center, New York, 1994-1995
- Coordinator and moderator for three-part symposium, Latin-American Art: What Does it Mean? New School for Social Research, 1993
- Editor of the Portuguese issue of Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, #21, The Wolfsonian Foundation, Miami Beach 1993-1994
- Editorial development for Macla Editorial, New York; editorial project coordinator for the newsletter Art/World – Mundo Arte, 1993-1994
- Guest editor at New Observations, New York, “Below Texas/Below the Equator”, #89, 1991-1992
- Associate producer, Corriente Cultural series, Hispanic Information Television Network, New York, 1993
- Apple Bytes, teletext information service for Manhattan Cable, 1984-1995
Lectures and Courses Taught 2018 - 1993 (partial list)
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