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Luis Alvarado Manrique (Lima, 1980)
Music critic and researcher. Student of Audiovisual Communication at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). Editor of the independent music magazine Autobús, he has published texts on music and art critic in different media. He has organized and produced electronic music concerts and is in charge of the label Buh Records, with which he has edited national and foreign bands and projects.
Paulo Dam Mazzi (Lima, 1968)
Architect. He graduated in the Ricardo Palma University (URP) and held the grade of architect in 1995. He has combined his teachings with his work in different architect studios for years. Since 2002 he is a professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the PUCP, where he is also a member of the Architect and City Research Center. He has participated as a guest professor at the TEC in Monterrey, in the San Diego University and in Reggio di Calabria. Since 2000 he runs his architect studio along with his teaching practice.
Augusto del Valle Cárdenas (Chiclayo, 1963)
Art critic and independent curator. He graduated in Philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM). He has published articles and critics in several print media. He has been in charge of important art exhibits, such as Cartografías [Cartographies] (2001), Intersticios [Gaps] (2004) and Constelaciones [Constellations] (2006), within the cycle called Glances of the End of the Century of the Lima Museum of Art (MALI). He has been a professor at the National School of Fine Arts and is currently teaching at the Communications and Art faculties at the PUCP.
Sharon Lerner Rizo-Patrón (Lima, 1979)
Visual artist. Graduated in Plastic Arts majoring in Painting at the PUCP, where she also took two years of Liberal Arts. She is founder and member of the editorial committee of the art magazine Prótesis. She worked as an assistant teacher in the Faculty of Arts at the PUCP. As a visual artist, she has participated in collective exhibits in Lima and other cities. As a curator, she has collaborated closely with art critic and curator Jorge Villacorta, with Rodrigo Quijano in the Department of Visual Arts of the Municipality of Miraflores and with Miguel López. She is currently studying a master degree in curatorship at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
Miguel López López (Lima, 1983)
Visual artist, researcher and independent curator. Member of Espacio La Culpable. Member of the editorial committee of Prótesis magazine (2003-2006), co-editor of Juanacha magazine (Lima) and Des-bordes. He was the curator for exhibits like The Persistence of the Ephemeral, Origins of Peruvian Non-Objectualism: Settings / Happenings / Conceptual Art (1965-1975), among others. He is a member of the Southern Conceptualisms Network. He was awarded a scholarship by the Barcelona Museu d'Art Contemporani (MACBA)and currently studies in the Independent Studies Program (PEI). He lives and works between Lima and Barcelona.
Jorge Villacorta Chávez (Lima, 1958)
Art critic and independent curator. He graduated in Genetics at the University of York, in the UK. Next to his scientific activity, he thoroughly researched and spread contemporary Peruvian art. He has been a teacher at the Gaudí Institute and at the Image Center, as well as in the PUCP. He has supervised public and private galleries, and has been the curator for retrospective exhibits. He was the curator for the Peruvian delegations at the Venice biennial (2003 and 2005) and at the Sao Paulo biennial (2004). He is the chairperson of the Alta Tecnología Andina (ATA) [Andean High Technology] and member of the Cultural Committee of the Lima Art Museum-MALI. |