Dannys Montes de Oca Moreda

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Dannys Montes de Oca (Matanzas, Cuba, 1967). Directora del Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Wifredo Lam, en La Habana, desde octubre de 2016, y miembro del equipo curatorial de la Bienal de La Habana. Licenciada en Historia del Arte, Universidad de La Habana (1984-1989). Vicepresidenta de la Sección Cuba de la Asociación Internacional de Críticos de Arte (AICA) y de la Sección de Críticos y Curadores de la UNEAC. Premio de Curaduría, 1er Salón Nacional de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, 1995; Crítica de Arte “Marcelo Pogolotti”, 1998 y Crítica de Arte “Guy Pérez Cisneros”, 1998 y 2001. Becaria Hunter Collage, CUNY, 1997; Ludwig Forum-InternationaleKunst, Aachen, 1998; National Council for the Arts, Ontario, Canadá, 2003. Conferencista invitada de Queens University, Kingston, Canadá, 2004, 2006, 2009 y 2011, del Consorcio de Estudios Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Duke University-University of NC, Chapel Hill, North Caroline), 2012 y de Wishita State University, Kansas, 2014. Curadora de El oficio del Arte, La Habana, 1995; Comment peut-on être cubain?, París, 1998; Doble Seducción, Madrid, 2003; Labores Domésticas, Pinar del Río y La Habana, 2003-2004; Contactos y mediaciones. Poéticas digitales en Cuba, Regina, Canadá, 2005; Torbellino I y II, Santiago de Cuba y La Habana, 2010-2011; Open Score, La Habana/ Museum of South Florida University, 2012 y 2013. Co-autora de los libros: Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century (2002); Labores Domésticas. Género, Raza y Grupos Sociales en Cuba (2004) y José A. Figueroa. Un autorretrato cubano (2009). Curadora de la Galería-Taller “René Portocarrero”(1996-1997), de la Fundación Ludwig de Cuba entre (1997-2000). Miembro del Consejo Editorial de la Revista Arte Cubano (La Habana), del Consejo Asesor de Art Public (Toronto), y del Proyecto Internacional Cosmopolitanismo y Descolonización, Kingston, Canadá. Conferencista invitada a Congreso de Culturas, Bonn, 1999; Bienal Arte Nuevo Interactiva, Mérida, Yucatán, 2007; 1er Festival de las Artes de Argel, 2010; ISSEA, Albuquerque, NM., 2012; Hemisférica, North Caroline, 2012; BEBOP, Berlín, 2013; Decolonial Estetics from The Américas, Toronto, 2013; Bienal de DAK’ART, Dakar, 2014. Co-curadora de la 1ra Bienal de Asunción (sept.-oct. 2015). ------------------------------ Born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1967, Montes de Oca studied Art History at the University of Havana. Director of Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Wifredo Lam (Havana) and Director of the Havana Biennial. As a researcher, curator and art critic based in Havana, she has curated numerous exhibitions and has published widely on Cuban, Latin American and Spanish art. She has won several prizes, including Curaduría del 1er Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo (1995), the Premio de Crítica d'Arte “Marcelo Pogolotti” (1998), the Premio “Guy Pérez Cisneros” de Crítica de Arte in the category of Reseña (1999) and in the category of Essay (2001). Recently, she co-authored Memory: Cuban Visual Art of the 20th Century/Memoria, Artes Visuales Cubanas del Siglo XX (2002, edition in English, and 2003, edition in Spanish) and co-curated the project Doble Seducción (Sala Amadís, INJUVE, Madrid (2003). She also produced an exhibition and catalogue entitled Labores domésticas, Versiones para otra historia de la visualidad en Cuba: Género, raza y grupos sociales (Pinar del Río and Havana, 2003-2004). She coordinated the conference/theoretical event at both the 8th and 9th Havana Biennials (2003, 2006). -------------------------------------------- Curator, art critic, lecturer, contemporary art researcher and Cuban writer with several published books on art. She has participated as a judge in visual arts events. Since 2006 she has been Director General and curator of Havana Biennial and director of Wilfredo Lam Contemporary Art Center in Havana, Cuba. She is chief coordinator of the Biennial’s theoretical event. She is curator of Asuncion Biennial, Paraguay. She has a degree on Arts and Linguistics from the University of Havana, Cuba. She has won several awards, such as Guy Peréz Cisneros Art Critic Award (Essay Section) from National Council of Art, Havana, Cuba. She was granted the following scholarships: 1997. Researcher in residence. Hunter Collage, City University of New York (CUNY), New York. 1998. Researcher in residence. Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen. 2004. Researcher in residence. Summer Institute. Digital poetics and politics. The world of the local in the edge of globalization. Departments of Films Studies, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. 2004. Curator in residence. Grand Water Institute, Hurby Island, British Columbia/ Power Plant Center, Toronto, Ontario/ Queens University, Kingston, Ontario.

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