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Catalina Bunge (Argnetina, 1985)

www.catalinabunge.com

Visual artist and curator. In 1994 she relocated to Uruguay. She has a degree in Industrial Design from, ORT University of Uruguay. In 2010 she joined the Fundación de Arte Contemporáneo (FAC), in Montevideo, where she initiated her practice as an artist and curator. In 2014 she moved to England to continue her curatorial training at the University of Essex with a Master's in Curating Contemporary Art. She received the scholarship fund FEFCA 2015 for her Master's provided by the Mec (Ministry of Education and Culture), as support for the Master's degree. In 2016, together with three Uruguayan artists, she founded the art collective COCO; together they produce and coordinate artistic research and diverse projects that delve into gender, art, identity, etc. She moved to Madrid in 2017 and completed the Master's degree in Internalization of the Management of the Cultural and Creative Sector (2017/18), at the Complutense University of Madrid. In 2021 she returns to Uruguay and associates with Gallery ZOCO (Punta del Este) and develops curatorial consultancies for emerging contemporary artists. Since 2011 she has participated as an artist in various group shows in Uruguay, London, Brazil and Buenos Aires. She has curated and co-curated art exhibitions in London, Paris, and Montevideo, and collaborated with curatorial texts in art publications.


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Natalia de León (Uruguay, 1971)

www.nataliadeleon.com

Visual artist, researcher and teacher of visual arts at UDELAR (University of the Republic), Faculty of Architecture FADU. She has a degree in Arts from Université Paris VIII Vincennes-Saint-Denis and a degree in Communication from Udelar. After studying photography in Montevideo, she specialized in black and white laboratory and ancient techniques at the Center Iris, Paris, and at the Penumbra Foundation, New York. Since 2011 she is a member of the Fundación de Arte Contemporáneo (FAC) Film Laboratory in Montevideo, where she develops her research work and artistic production. She collaborates with texts in diverse research and artistic publications about photography and contemporary art in Uruguay. In 2016, together with three Uruguayan artists, she founded the art collective COCO; together they produce and coordinate artistic research and diverse projects that delve into gender, art, identity, etc. Since 2009 she has participated in national and international art exhibitions. She is currently working on an artistic-academic research project framed within the master's degree in Contemporary Philosophy at UdelaR (FHUCE), having carried out studies and academic exchanges at Princeton University.


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María Mascaró (Uruguay, 1971)

www.mariamascaro.com.uy

Visual artist. She began his artistic career in a self-taught way in 1990, when she emigrated to Buenos Aires, where she experienced silk print techniques. She travels to different countries in Europe and the United States assisting with different art workshops. In 2003 she joined the Guillermo Fernández Workshop in Uruguay, where she studied drawing and painting. Between 2004 and 2006 she settled in London, where she continued her studies in art, and held her first solo show at Nolia's Gallery. In 2012, already in Uruguay, she joins the Contemporary Art Foundation (FAC) in Montevideo. In 2016, together with three Uruguayan artists, she founded the art collective COCO; together they produce and coordinate artistic research and diverse projects that delve into gender, art, identity, etc. In 2021 she completed an artistic residency at AADK Spain in the city of Blanca, Murcia, Spain. Currently, she lives and works in Montevideo, Uruguay. She has been jury of the Open call Fondos Concursables 2020 Cultura (a fund provided by the Ministry of Education and Culture for artistic production). Since 2014 she participates in group exhibitions in Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, France, England, and Spain, and individual shows in England, Argentina, and Uruguay. She has won various awards and recognitions on a national and international scale.