
He studied Literature at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, followed by an art education at Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá and later at the Academy of Art University to study Fine Arts in San Francisco where he also learnt about Motion Pictures and Television. Its curatorial team, between others, have been invited to be part of the opening activities of the Portuguese Pavillion at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013), as well as to talk about what is happening in the Portuguese art scene at the international conferences of PINTA Forum, Miami (2015), and the curatorial team was also invited to present ProjectoMap at the international conference - Uncertain Spaces, Virtual Configurations in Contemporary Art and MuseumsFundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon. 7.3K views, 44 likes, 0 loves, 1 comments, 4 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from LATAM Airlines: Immerse yourself in the best modern and contemporary art from Latin America. Santiago Parra was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1986. ProjectoMap has been a Portuguese phenomenon, with national and international recognitation, developing and executing conferences, presentations and exhibitions in Portugal and abroad: ProjectoMap has been presented from Lisbon to Miami, Venice, Madrid and Berlin. Bilingual, in Portuguese and English, each artist has an individual profile, with a biographical text, visual representations of his / her most important works and an interview, which is put into place as part of a bigger artistic universe. Continuing with its long-time mission to internationalize Latin-American art and create a visualization platform, this edition of PINTA Miami will feature over 60 leading galleries from around the world showcasing the best of what Latin America can offer. Since then, and seven years later, ProjectoMap has become one of the biggest online platforms presenting itself as a database – always growing and developing – and an interactive map, offering a differenciated reading of the geography of Portuguese contemporary creation.

His work is both an aesthetic exploration and a questioning of the essence of abstract image making.

With an audacious manner he redefines abstract structures with bold sculptural brushstrokes. The curatorial team of ProjectoMap does not interfere with the selection process. He explores the expressive possibilities of the quintessential abstract form. ProjectoMap is therefore a map of artistic relationships, as well as a map of mutual legitimation between artists. It is from here – the direct nomination between artists that the map develops exponentially. PINTA MIAMI A woman walks past a piece by artists Carla Arocha and Stephane Schraenen at Pinta Miami 2015 art fair in Wynwood. Hip hop star Swizz Beatz launched No Commission, his roving art and music experience that gives 100 percents of all sales proceeds to artists, in Miami in 2015.

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ProjectoMap is a curatorial non-profit project of research and mapping the universe of contemporary art in Portugal it began in 2009, and was publically launched in 2011, by the Cultural Association Colectivo de Curadores.Įach artist invited to belong to Map – Map of Portuguese Artists – must suggest two names of other artists, who are central to his / her personal and or professional universe.
