Consultancy

Evaluation for academic institutions and journals

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Image: Fernando Cruz, from Suroriente Series, 1985 – 2009

Juror and Evaluator: Research and Creation Grants and Subsidies

2026. Juror, Arts (and Cinema) Area, COLFUTURO
2025. Juror, Arts (and Cinema )Area, COLFUTURO
2024. Juror, National Art and Nature Grant. Ministry of Culture, Colombia.
2021. Juror, Artist Residencies – Gráficas Molinari, Idartes, Colombia.
2021. Juror, Artist Residencies – Parque Nacional, Idartes, Colombia.
2020. Juror, 17th Art History Essay Competition, Idartes, Colombia.
2020. Arts (and CInema) Area, COLFUTURO.
2020 Juror (invited), Apexart International Open Call 2020–21. International.
2019 External Evaluator, Research-Creation Project, Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia.
2018 External Evaluator, Research-Creation Project, Universidad del Tolima, Colombia.
2016 Juror, Otto de Greiff National Award. National University of Colombia, Colombia..

Scientific, editorial, and museum committees and boards

2026. Collection Committee.John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art.
2025. Member, Scientific Committee, 4to Congreso Internacional y 8vo Congreso Nacional de Investigación en Danza. Bogotá-Colombia. May 2-9.
2025. Scientific Committee. 7th International ART and the CITY Conference. Côte d’Azur University, Nice-France. June 5-8.

Evaluator: indexed scientific journals and university presses

2026 – 2018. Arte, Invididuo y Sociedad. Universidad Complutense. Madrid, Spain. Scopus-SJR Q1.
2025, 2020. Revista (pensamiento), (palabra)…Y obra. Journal published by Universidad Pedagógica Nacional.
2024. Photographies. UK. Scopus-SJR Q1.
2024. RHINOCERVS: Cinema, Dança, Música, Teatro, Portugal.
2021 Revista Kepes. Universidad de Caldas. Colombia. Scopus-SJR Q1.
2021 .Calle 14: Revista de investigación en el campo del arte. Universidad Distrital. Bogotá, Colombia.
2019. A book for Universidad Nacional de Colombia Press. Medellín, Colombia.
2019. Revista Humanidades. Universidad de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica.
2018. A book for Universidad del Cauca Press. Popayán, Colombia.
2017. Revista de Estudios Colombianos. University of San Diego. San Diego (CA), USA.
2016. Contemporaneity: Historical Presence in Visual Culture. University of Pittsburg. Pittsburg (PA), USA.
2013 Cuadernos de Música, Artes Visuales y Artes Escénicas. Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá, Colombia. Scopus-SJR Q3.

Art Consultancy and Acquisition

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(Image: Cristina García Rodero, Waterfall (from Haiti), 2001, and Magnum Photos)

Acquisition Team (2024-25) The John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, USA.

Between 2024 and 2025, based on my expertise in Global South Art, I led the acquisition of the following work as part of the Museum’s task of expanding the collection:

Cristina García Rodero, four B&W photos from the Rites in Haiti (2000) series, (30.00 x 44.50 in. total). García Rodero is a famous member of Magnum and her Haiti series is one of the best series she has produced
George Osodi, Delta Conflict (2004) and Delta Rebel 1 (2006), Digital Photography (23.60 x 33.50 in and 33.50 x 23.60 in). This series extended Osodi’s recognition beyond Africa and made of him one of the leading figures of Photography in Africa, developing a photo documentary production blended with an idiosyncratic poetics. I have also an article on this series.
Navin Rawanchaikul, Fly With Me To Another World (2003), Acrylic on canvas (48.82 x 29.13 in). Rawanchaikul is one of the more important artists from Thailand, and represented the country at the 54th Venice Biennale (2011).
Huang Yan, Couple Landscape No. 6 (2006), six pieces, Cprint (47.00 x 39.00 in each). These pieces are part of the larger series Chinese Landscapes, where this multimedia artist explores traditional Chinese landscape paintings, using the human body and nudity as centerpieces and breaking from traditions that consider nudity taboo.

Member of the Collection Committee (2026) – The John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art, USA.

In 2026, I formally became a member and have continued accompanying the acquisition as well as the other activities and changes taking place at the Museum

Art Criticism and Artists Advisory

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(Image: Doris Salcedo, Unland: The Orphan’s Tunic, 1997. Photograph: Patrizia Tocci)

Art Criticism

2026. “A língua and the Heart in the Mouth / A língua et le cœur au bord des lèvres”, Esse 118 [Buy at Esse] Ask me for a personal copy.
2026. “Hac Vinent’s Disca and Cuir Meshes / Disca et cuir : les maillages de Hac Vinent”, Esse 117: 52-59 [Buy at Esse] Ask me for a personal copy.
2007. “Unland: The Orphan’s Tunic. La escultura como lugar del testimonio y trazo de la memoria.” In Premio nacional de crítica: ensayos sobre arte contemporáneo en Colombia, tercera versión, 11-37. Bogota: Universidad de Los Andes and National Ministry of Culture. ISBN: 978-958-695-294-1 [Download here] [Also on Academia]

Advisory

Fernando Cruz. I have advised this Colombian photographer for more than decade. With my support, he won the First prize of ‘Bogotá, Living Heritage!’ photography contest.