Ramiro Martínez is Executive Director at Museo Amparo in Puebla, Mexico since 2010. During this time has led a new project at the Museum, including its complete update designed by renowned Mexican architect Enrique Norten, completed in April of 2015.

In terms of programming and acquisitions, his focus at Museo Amparo has been to promote research and new exhibition design schemes for the permanent collection as well as to coordinate a program of temporary exhibitions balancing pre Columbian, viceregal, and contemporary art. He has also directed the expansion of the Museum’s Contemporary Art Collection, reorganizing public services and generating alliances with civil society and academic institutions in Puebla and abroad.

Last update: 16th November, 202o

Fernanda Brenner is a curator and writer based in São Paulo, Brazil. She is the founder and artistic director of Pivô, a non-profit art space in São Paulo. She joined the curatorial team of the Present Future section at Artissima in 2020, and recent projects include group show A Burrice dos Homens (2019), Bergamin Gomide Gallery, São Paulo, Residents Section Art Dubai, UAE (2019), group shows Neither (2017) and the co-curating of Nightfall (2018), Mendes Wood DM, Brussels and Black Box (2018) at Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil. She is a contributing editor for Frieze Magazine and her writings featured in number of publications and catalogues, such as Artreview, Mousse, Cahiers d’Art, Terremoto and The Exhibitionist, where she is part of the editorial board. Brenner also works as an art advisor for Kadist Art Fondation and is a member of Ordet’s developing committee in Milan.

Last update: 16th November, 2020

He has worked as head of programmes at the MACBA since 2016. He has been in charge of Education and Public Activities at the CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Móstoles, Madrid (2009-2016) and associate lecturer in the History of Contemporary Art at the Fine Arts faculty of the Complutense University of Madrid (2011-2015). He edits the et al. series of essays (MACBA-Arcàdia). His lines of research include educational work with the body, as well as research into the power of images to produce political subjectivity. He is editorial secretary of the academic research journal Re-visiones and a member of the research and action group on education, art and cultural practices Las Lindes.

Last update: 16th November, 2020

Salma Tuqan is a Contemporary Art and Design curator and cultural strategist. She is Deputy Director of Delfina Foundation, a non-profit inter-disciplinary foundation dedicated to artistic exchange through global residencies, exhibitions, commissions and public programming. Prior to this, she held the inaugural role of Contemporary Middle East curator at the V&A where she helped shape programming and laid the foundation for its permanent Contemporary Arab art and design collection.

Last update: November 16th, 2020

José Ruiz is a Colombian artist, living and working in Bogotá. He studied art and art history at the Universidad de los Andes. His artistic and curatorial practice revolves around working with archives of art, cinema, architecture and popular graphics. He has carried out projects for La Tertulia Museum in Cali, the CAPC Bordeaux Museum of Contemporary Art, Odeon Space and the Biblioteca Luis A. Arango in Bogotá, among others.

Last update: 17th November, 2020