About the Speakers
Laura González-Flores, PhD, is a teacher, curator, and researcher of photography theory and criticism. She is a senior researcher at the Institute of Aesthetic Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico (IIE-UNAM) and teacher at the Postgraduate Visual Arts and Art History Programs at UNAM. She is a member of the National Research System (CONACYT) and is on the advisory board of the National Photographic Archive System.
Eugenia Vargas Pereira, born in Chillán, Chile, is a multidisciplinary artist with extensive international experience in performance, installation, video, and photography. Throughout her career, she has explored gender issues and the natural environment. Her reflections mostly come from her own experience, her nomadic way of life, and her need to redefine her identity due to constant geographical changes.
Nereida García Ferraz is a Cuban-born artist whose practice encompasses painting, photography, video, sculpture, and social art projects exploring identity and feminist themes, nature, beauty, and the physical world. Her work has been exhibited by or is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, Yale University, and the San Francisco Art Institute, among many others.
Nereida García Ferraz (in collaboration with Eugenia Vargas and Laura González). El Picnic, 1987-1988. © Nereida García Ferraz. Courtesy of the artist and Catálogo de Fotógrafas Cubanas.
Nereida García Ferraz (in collaboration with Eugenia Vargas and Laura González). El Picnic, 1987-1988. © Nereida García Ferraz. Courtesy of the artist and Catálogo de Fotógrafas Cubanas.
Nereida García Ferraz (in collaboration with Eugenia Vargas and Laura González). El Picnic, 1987-1988. © Nereida García Ferraz. Courtesy of the artist and Catálogo de Fotógrafas Cubanas.