2021 WOPHA Congress

Biographies

Team

© Melanie Metz. Courtesy of Aldeide Delgado.

Aldeide Delgado

WOPHA Founder & Director
(Miami)

Aldeide Delgado is the founder and director of Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA). She has a background in advising and presenting at art history forums based on photography including, lectures at the Tate Modern, Perez Art Museum Miami, The New School, and California Institute of the Arts. Delgado is a recent recipient of a 2019 Knight Arts Challenge, 2018 School of Art Criticism Fellowship, and a 2017 Research and Production of Critic Essay Fellowship. She is the author of the online archive Catalog of Cuban Women Photographers, as well as the namesake ongoing book. Publications, where she has contributed, include Cuban Art News, Artishock, Terremoto, C&America Latina, Arcadia, as well as diverse independent art blogs. She writes for Artishock, Terremoto, ArtNexus, and C&America Latina. She is an active member of PAMM’s International Women’s Committee, IKT International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art, US Latinx Art Forum and Art Table.

© James Pérez. Courtesy of Francisco Maso.

Francisco Maso

WOPHA Founder & Creative Director
(Miami)

Francisco Masó is an AfroLatinx visual artist living and working in Miami, FL. He is the co-founder and creative director of Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA). Masó’s artwork delves into the contemporary understanding of socially shaped “unconscious behaviors” and challenges what is accepted by society as natural, necessary, and normal.

Amanda Bradley

Associate Curator of Programming
(Miami)

Amanda Bradley is a Belizean American artist, curator, and arts professional. She received a BFA in Photography from New World School of the Arts. Her work has been included in both solo and group exhibitions internationally. Bradley is a recipient of the 2024 Catalyst Award from DVCAI and a two-time Suncoast Regional Emmy award-winning producer. She has worked in several arts institutions like Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA), Forgotten Lands, Oolite Arts, Bakehouse Art Complex, and Peréz Art Museum Miami (PAMM), amongst others.

Courtesy of Sebastian Diaz Herrera.

Sebastian Diaz-Herrera

Sebastian Diaz-Herrera
Curatorial Intern
(Miami)

Sebastian Diaz-Herrera is a Latinx art historical scholar finishing his BA in Art History and Museum Studies at Florida State University. Sebastian specializes in contemporary Latinx art and has had his writing on intertwined mediums in feminist photography featured in the SUNY New Paltz International Art History Symposium. He has also participated internationally in education programs alongside the Fundación Amigos at the Prado Museum. Sebastian aims to spend his career highlighting the glaring gaps in artistic representation towards queer women and eliminate traditional misconceptions that pertain to Latinx culture, heritage, and lifestyle.

Zonia Zena

Event Production and Exhibition Coordinator
(Miami)

Zonia Zena is a photo-based artist and archivist born in Peru and based between Miami and Lima. Graduated with a BFA in Visual Arts from the University of Florida and New World School of the Arts. Currently earning a MLIS degree with concentration in Study of Archives at the University of Alabama. A member of Women Photograph and The Journal Collective. Zena applies photography as a bridge to speak about the relationships between nature and individuals which opens into worlds where folktales and myths take over. Whilst personal movements and migrating had sparked a sense of nostalgia, a lack of belonging always turns up and it becomes another venue to explore. A Fulbright recipient in Spain and field archivist in art-related projects in Miami.

Daniela Salazar

WOPHA Social Media Intern
(Orlando)

Daniela Salazar is an Ecuadorian-born Social Media Strategist and Content Creator with a unique blend of business acumen and artistic flair. Holding an Integrated Business degree from the University of Central Florida, Salazar brings strategic thinking to her creative process. She understands the importance of data-driven decision-making and is skilled at analyzing audience behavior and performance metrics to optimize strategies and achieve measurable results. With a passion for storytelling and the ability to seamlessly blend cultural insights and digital trends, she delivers account growth.

2024 WOPHA Congress Advisors

Pablo Helguera

Visual artist, performer, author, and educator
(New York)
Courtesy of Amy Rosenblum-Martín.

Amy Rosenblum-Martín

WOPHA Curator of Programming
(New York)

Amy Rosenblum-Martín is an independent curator of contemporary art and a Guggenheim educator with expertise in Latinx art. Having worked with various international museums, including The Bronx Museum, MoMA, MCA Chicago, London’s National Portrait Gallery, Reina Sofía, and MACBA in Barcelona, she is committed to equity and community engagement.

Courtesy of Marie Vickles.

Marie Vickles

Senior Director of Education, Pérez Art Museum Miami
(Miami)

Marie Vickles is the Director of Education at the Pérez Art Museum Miami and administers programs at the museum that directly serve over 100,000 youth and adults annually. Marie has organized arts educational programs, workshops, and exhibitions across the United States and the Caribbean for over 15 years. She is currently the Curator-in-Residence at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex and maintains an active practice as an independent curator producing over 30 exhibitions and curatorial projects. Her curatorial work includes the co-curation of Prizm Art Fair, Miami, FL (2013), Visionary Aponte: Art and Black Freedom, Little Haiti Cultural Complex, Miami, FL (2017), walls turned sideways are bridges: narratives of resistance at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL (2019), and Dust Specks on the Sea, Little Haiti Cultural Complex, Miami, FL (2019). In her work as an arts educator and cultural practitioner, she is concerned with the relationship between creativity and community engagement – with the goal of supporting equity, sustainability, and access for all, through the arts.