About Speaker

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Felix Suazo

Art Critic, Researcher and Curator

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Adriana Meneses

Cultural Manager and Visual Arts Curator

Felix Suazo

Félix Suazo (Havana, Cuba, 1966) is a professor, art critic, researcher and curator. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Art of Havana in 1990, and in 2003 he received a Master in Museology from the University of Valladolid, Spain. He has served as a researcher at the National Art Gallery (1997-2003) and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Caracas (2004-2008).

From 2008 to 2013, he was the Coordinator of Exhibitions and Curator of Periférico Caracas / Arte Contemporáneo. He is currently the Manager of the Sala TAC, a member of the El Anexo / Arte Contemporáneo curatorial team, and a professor at the Universidad Nacional Experimental de las Artes. He is the author of the book “A diestra y siniestra.” Comentarios sobre arte y política (Right and Left. Comments on Art and Politics) (2005), Umbrales. Museo, Curaduría, Investigación (Thresholds. Museum, Curatorship, Research) (2013) and Panorámica. Arte Emergente en Venezuela, 2000-2012 (Panoramic. Emerging Art in Venezuela, 2000-2012) (2014).

Suazo currently lives in Miami, Florida, where he works as a curator and advisor for art projects. He is co-editor of the About Images newsletter, an ArtMedia Gallery initiative, and IDArtLab Curator.

Adriana Meneses

Adriana Meneses Imber is a cultural manager and visual arts curator with an illustrious career of 40+ years creating, developing, and organizing various cultural events and supporting artistic endeavors. She graduated from Communication at UCAB (Caracas, Venezuela) and has a post-graduate degree in Arts Administration from Drexel University, (Philadelphia, USA). As a Director of Culture of the Government of the Federal District, Venezuela, she developed an extensive program of exhibitions, musical events, and training workshops, among other activities. Displaying a robust work ethic, technical expertise, effective team collaboration, and leadership, she became Director-founder of the Museum Jacobo Borges in 1995. During her eleven-year tenure in this position, she developed a series of exhibitions and activities that linked artistic and social issues.
From 2006 to 2007, she directed the Museum Carlos Cruz Diez and later became the coordinator for Special Projects for IARTES, Caracas. In August 2015, Adriana relocated to the United States, where she has been organizing exhibitions as part of the I AM MONUMENTS Institutional Assets and Monuments team.
As an independent curator, Adriana has worked on numerous projects and exhibitions in the United States and internationally, overseeing comprehensive tasks, including research, piece selection, database management, and event coordination. Some of her exhibitions are For Now: Contemporary Venezuelan Art of the Miami Diaspora (2019) and Visados para la Libertad (2020), Coral Gables Museum; Botero at Full Volume (2022), The Doral Contemporary Art Museum; and Synergies, Geometric Art, MIFA (2022). Adriana is working on safekeeping the Legacy of Venezuelan journalist, art manager, and supporter of the arts, Sofia Imber, with the University of Miami, FL.

Conference Details

  • Start Time

    Saturday 4th, 1:00 pm

  • End Time

    Saturday 4th, 2:00 pm

  • Event Type

    Conference

Organizer

  • Doral International Art Fair

    Manager

  • Phone Number

    +1 (305) 209-5101

  • Email Address

    info@artdoral.com