DORCAM’s Curator Conversations with Omar Lopez-Chahoud
July 1, 2020 @ 5:00 pm
Wednesday, July 1st at 5pm join the Doral Contemporary Art Museum DORCAM for an art talk webinar with renowned independent art curator and UNTITLED Art Fair Artistic Director Omar Lopez-Chahoud, in conversation with other independent art curators. Listen to seasoned and up-and-coming curators talk about their process and strategies to bring their ideas to life in an ever-changing world. In this first installment, Lopez-Chaoud will be in conversation with New York-based curators Danny Baez and Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy. Broadcasting via Zoom. RSVP here.
Omar López-Chahoud
Artistic Director and Curator of UNTITLEDÂ @UNTITLED Art Fair
Omar López-Chahoud has been the Artistic Director and Curator of UNTITLED. Since its founding in 2012. As an independent curator, López-Chahoud has curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions in the United States and internationally. Most recently, he curated the Nicaraguan Biennial in March 2014. López-Chahoud has participated in curatorial panel discussions at Artists’ Space, Art in General, MoMA PS1, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. López-Chahoud earned MFAs from Yale University School of Art, and the Royal Academy of Art in London.
Danny Baez
Co-Founder | Director of Gallery and External Affairs @MECA® Art Fair
Danny Baez is a Cultural Curator originally from Quisqueya (Dominican Republic) and now living and working in the greater New York Area. A former student of Advertising at UNAPEC and Printmaker at LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies (Columbia University), Mr. Baez has been dedicated to the Art business for the past 10 years under the tutelage of renowned Thai Contemporary artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, and in New York via NY Art Dealer Gavin Brown. Baez has also represented Gavin Brown’s Enterprise at multiple art fairs around South and North America as a Sales Associate with emphasis on the Latin American Market, allowing him to create an extended network within the demanding and competitive art world while connecting different artists with collectors, galleries, and projects. Danny Baez is also the Co-Founder and Director of MECA International Art Fair in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Co-Founder and Board Member of the ARTNOIR Collective in New York City.
Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy
Curator and writer @Assistant Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)
Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy (She/Her) is a Los Angeles and New York-based curator, writer, and arts administrator who focuses on contemporary art and craft, with a particular interest in increasing the visibility of artists of color. She is currently the Assistant Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York. Since 2016, she has been part of MAD’s curatorial team, helping organize over twenty exhibitions. She also manages MAD’s Burke Prize, a contemporary craft award, and curates its accompanying exhibition. She holds a BA in Art History from the University of Florida with minors in Anthropology and Ceramics and an MA from the Bard Graduate Center, New York in Decorative Arts, Design History & Material Culture. Vizcarrondo-Laboy was born and raised in Puerto Rico.
