Gabriel Virgilio Luciani (Atlanta, USA, 1995) is a curator, editor-in-chief of exibart.es and contemporary art history professor based in Barcelona. Their sphere of research is situated at a liquid intersection between neo-corporealities, poetry, queer theory, magic and objectual affectivity. Over the past eight years, they have curated shows in various galleries, art centres and alternative spaces in the Barcelona area, some within the framework of festivals such as LOOP Barcelona, Art Nou and Barcelona Gallery Weekend. They hold a Masters degree in Digital Arts Curation from the Universitat Ramon Llull – ESDi and a Bachelors degree in Fine Art from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona – Escola Massana.

Angel Leung is a moving image and media art curator who works in HK, Paris, and London.

She is the curator of Micromégas (2021-2023), Video Gaze (2023) at Videoex, and Ersilia – Body of Gateway Cities (2022). Her co-curated programmes include Foundation: A Web3 Media Art Festival (2022-23), Virtual Bodies Micro Residency in Peer to Peer: UK/HK (2022), Birds without Legs: Body & Mobility (2022) and Digital Birth: Zooming in on NFT (2021) at Art Basel Hong Kong.

She finished her Master’s degree in Screen Art at Université de Strasbourg in 2016 and received her Bachelor’s degree in Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong in 2009. She is also a researcher and writer on cinema. She co-edited the book David Lynch (Kubrick, 2017) while her articles were published in various media.

She showed an interest in art, culture, and the creative world from a young age. In 2010, she began studying at the Barcelona School of Architecture (UPC), but after two years she decided to focus her studies in a completely different field. She transferred to the University of Barcelona where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Heritage. During that period, she worked in the restoration workshop at CRAI Biblioteca de Fons Antic as a document and paper restorer. She completed her university education at the Faculty of Geography and History in 2019, where she discovered her passion for heritage management beyond the material aspect.

She has worked on cultural and educational projects as a freelancer and in collaboration with small companies in the cultural sector for institutions such as the Catalan Heritage Agency, Casa Vicens, Railway Museum, Mémora, Archaeological Museum of Catalonia, Playmedia, Hospitalet Museum, Empordà Museum, Catalonia Toy Museum, Barcelona Provincial Council, Agbar Water Museum, What’s Up, and Gem. Currently, she works as a
cultural manager and conservator at the Ernesto Ventós Foundation.

Born in Mumbai, India (1993), Priyanka holds a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication, specializing in Advertising & Journalism from the University of Mumbai. She is a cultural manager and an independent curator working with Casa Asia. Since 2019, has also been in charge of the programming, production and film traffic management at the Asian Film Festival Barcelona.

Owing to her profound interest in cinema, literature and postcolonial studies, she also acts as an advisor and as a curator at the AFFBCN and has also imparted classes on Indian Cinema and Literature in the Postcolonial Era. With a Master’s in Arts & Cultural Management from the International University of Catalunya (UIC, Barcelona) & currently a doctoral student at the same university, her research, encompasses a comparative analysis of the collections of New Media Arts over the European & Asian contexts, more specifically, Spain and the UAE. Her research interests also include cultural diplomacy, media archaeology, cultural memory, and visual studies.