DIRECTION

Alicia Candiani

Founding Director

alicia@proyectoace.org

A visual artist, architect, independent curator and adventurous traveller, Alicia thinks that movement (of concepts, techniques  and places) as well as diversity (of people and ideas) are essential in creative processes. She roots her professional practice on three strategies, which she develops together: her artistic work, curatorial practices and the making/direction of artistic projects -in collaboration with creators around the world- in the fields of printed and digital media, photography and design.

Our director is in ´ace, even though she may be traveling or heading projects in other parts of the globe. With a presence -that seems to develop simultaneously- she evaluates applications, manages and directs the team, reviews portfolios, provides technical guidance and works in the exhibitions´ design and curatorship. She advises, beyond each residence, on the next steps that each artist can take in their career to expand it globally. Her comprehensive gaze, product of her training in different disciplines of art, theory and design, helps artists to think their work differently as well as to generate international networks with other spaces and actors of the international art and residences circuits.

Belonging to a large family, she likes to be surrounded by people, knows how to share and is a good hostess. The artists, creators and thinkers who meet her are inspired by the inexhaustible energy and enthusiasm of this generator of dreams that become reality.

A TEAM OF CREATORS AND THINKERS

We are a bilingual team of artists, cultural managers and educators specialized in production and research of contemporary art. We transition the same questions and difficulties as the artists and curators we support and work with. We understand your needs, and we are prepared and eager to support and collaborate with you. During the last 15 years we have hosted and work with more than 500 artists and relevant artistic institutions producing residencies, international exhibitions, urban interventions, educational projects with and for the community, workshops and multiple editions. We come from different fields of contemporary art, including print and digital media, photography, performance, design, installations and curatorial practice with a focus on expanded field artistic practices.

´ace team distinctive way of working is rooted in the vision of its founder, who in her university years participated in the “Total Workshop” at the School of Architecture and Urbanism, National University of Córdoba in Argentina. This was an unprecedented political and pedagogical experience in Argentine and Latin American higher education, in which professors taught and students learned inside of a non-hierarchical structure, where individuals with different levels of knowledge worked collaboratively as a team. Many years later, without being aware of it at the beginning, Alicia have applied this format to the ´ace residency programs, which have been developing a unique and collaborative way of artistic production. Here, there are no artistic hierarchies. A horizontal structure embraces all the participants: the team, residents (whether they are emerging or career artists), visiting artists and volunteers. All of them are required to contribute to the same subject but in different degrees, according to their knowledge and experience. This apply for both personal and group projects. At the end, those with the most refined skills are responsible for the final synthesis and all of us for a reflective and critical vision.

STAFF

Andrés Knob

Executive Coordinator

A polymath with vast experience in cultural projects and art production management, having worked in collaboration with national and international institutions both public and private. Our coordinator also has knowledge of and is involved with international art residencies, art education, image theory studies and diverse art disciplines such as photography, performance and relational art.

Andrés also has a fascination for ideas and a passion for techniques, a passion that he spreads simultaneously over such diverse paths as his experience as a ski instructor, practicing cooking in a meticulous manner or DJ with vinyl turntables.

andres@proyectoace.org

 

Daniela Ruíz Moreno

Curator-in-Residence

Currently curator of the Invisible Caregivers Program in Madrid, Spain, Daniela was part of the ´ace team from 2012 to 2018, serving as Program Coordinator and currently, from Madrid, continuing with curatorial tasks in our online programs. In 2019 she won the Brooks International Scholarship and moved to London to work at Tate Modern in the Tate Exchange Program and in 2020 she received the Shanghai Curators Lab 2 Award.

Daniela was born and raised between two cities that border the Río de la Plata, the geographical limit  between Argentina and Uruguay. She has Austrian heritage on her mother’s side. In her personality she blends, in balance, the tranquility of the Charrúa people with the Saxon precision. She likes dance, experimental music and movies.

Sebastián Podbersich

Workshop Coordinator

With studies in Visual Arts, specializing in Printmaking and Print Media, his knowledge and passion for formulas, procedures and reactions -from the combination of elements- allows Sebastián to develop and apply his knowledge in the workshop, while seeks to produce the ideas that arise  working in collaboration with the artists in residence. In addition, in his personal work he expands printmaking allowing himself to investigate and produce in fields that go through two-dimensionality.

Amateur scientist and foodie, his techniques go beyond the workshop into the kitchen, another area where his skills and love for making, makes us delight with incredible meals and desserts.

ace.taller@proyectoace.org

Mora Iriarte

Volunteer in residence

Photographer and visual artist, interested in multidisciplinary art, finds in photography the most genuine and cathartic means of expression. In her work she addresses multiple aspects, from social problems and the portrait of her emotional relationships to her personal experiences. She is currently completing her Bachelor’s Thesis in Photography at the National University of San Martín.

Mora really enjoys being outdoors, she is interested in getting to know new places and people, as well as experimenting in the kitchen and trying new things. She silently walks around the studio with her camera and captures the residents in creative moments during their stay with us.

Lidia Quipildor

Kitchen and maintenance

Lidia grew up in a very small town in northern Argentina, in an area of alfalfa plantations. Her first bond with the kitchen was, as for many, through her mother, who was very fond of cooking and even sold empanadas for special occasions in Cachi. At the age of 13, she moved to the capital city of Salta, where she completed high school and  finally, in 1993 she moved again to Buenos Aires.

In ‘ace she maintains our space and cooks a meal that does not go unnoticed and that many artists say they miss when they leave. The repulgue of her empanadas is perfect and the mashed potatoes priceless!

Florencia Alborcén

Colaborator

A nomadic and eclectic soul, Florencia is an artist who gave herself to the photographic world from an early age. Currently, she is collaborating in our program in the construction of artists’ digital web profiles.

In her artistic knowledge, she experienced different stages and types of learning, studying Audiovisual Arts at the National University of Arts / UNA and Communication and Image at the Walter Benjamin Foundation in Argentina. She is currently continuing her studies in Cultural Management at UNDAV- National University of Avellaneda, Argentina.

Her travels and her spiritual quest are also part of her learning. The integration of all these elements constitute the person and the artist of the present.

INTERNATIONAL HONORARY ADVISOR BOARD 2023- 2024

Liz Ingram C.M. FRSC RCA 

Edmonton, Canada

Order of Canada, Governor General of Canada, Ottawa
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada and Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Ottawa
Distinguished University Professor Emerita, Department of Art and Design,University of Alberta, Edmonton
Director Emerita, Proyecto´ace, International Artist-in-Residence Program, Buenos Aires
Artist and curator
Écuyère

Alvaro de Salvo

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Business Administrator specialized in non-for-profit organizations; OKR and Marketing/Strategy Couch.
Currently he is the Marketing Director at Storyteq, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Former Head of Global Marketing and Communications at Akvo Foundation, Amsterdam. Former Communications Manager, ResArtis,the International Artist in Residence Network.
Co-founder. Proyecto´ace, Artist-in-Residence International Program, Buenos Aires.
Sailor

Aleksandra Janic, PhD

Wroclaw, Poland

Visual artist and curator.
Head of the Digital and Experimental Printmaking Studio at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including the 56th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia in Italy in 2015.
Reader and traveller

 

 

Wang Huaxiang

Beijing, China

Deputy Dean of the School of Fine Arts and PhD Supervisor, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
President of the International Academic Printmaking Alliance (IAPA)
Dean of the International Printmaking Institute (IPI)
Member of the China Artists Association
Artist and curator
Sommelier

Rimer Cardillo

Montevideo, Uruguay | New Paltz-New York, United States

Emeritus Professor, State University of New York at New Paltz
Director,  “Association Rimer Cardillo: The graphic image”. Montevideo, Uruguay
Landscape and garden designer
Artist and curator
Cook

Joseph Scheer, MFA

Alfred - New York, United States

Distinguished Professor, SUNY- State University of New York
Co- founder and Director, IEA-Institute for Electronic Arts, Alfred University, New York
Profesor, Expanded Media Division, Alfred University, New York
Vice President, IAPA- International Academic Printmaking Alliance, Beijing, China
Fulbright Scholar, artist and curator
Cook

Zhao Jiachun, PhD

Guanlan, China

Vice-Director. China Print Museum, Shenzhen
Director of The Office of Guanlan International Print Biennial
Director of International Exchange Department, China Printmaking Museum
Member of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of CPPCC
Chines People´s Political Consultative Conference
Curator and art writer
Tai Chi instructor

María Jesús Román, MFA

Valdivia, Chile

Professor at the Institute of Visual Arts -Faculty of Architecture and Arts. UACH-Austral University of Chile. Valdivia, Chile
Former UACH Contemporary Art Museum, Director. Valdivia, Chile
Visual artist and curator

 

David Arteargoitia, PhD

Bilbao, Spain

Professor, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao
Director, Open Portfolio, FIG Bilbao
Artist and curator
Trekker

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International Airport

Ministro Pistarini- Ezeiza (EZE)
Buenos Aires
45' to 60' trip

Domestic Airport

Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
Buenos Aires

Buses

38, 39, 41, 42, 59, 63, 65, 67, 68, 151, 152, 161, 184, 194 and 168 (stop in the front door)

Subway/Metro

D Line (Green)
Olleros Station (4 blocks, 4')

Train

Mitre Line (either to Leon Suarez or Mitre)
Colegiales Station (1 block, 1')

The Latin America's Paris

Buenos Aires is Argentine Republic's capital city. With 15,000,000 inhabitants, it is one of the largest cities in Latin America and one of the 10 most populous urban centers in the world. Its cosmopolitan and urban character vibrates to the rhythm of a great cultural offer that includes monuments, churches, museums, art galleries, opera, music and theaters; squares, parks and gardens with old groves; characteristic neighborhoods; large shopping centers and fairs. Here we also find a very good lodging facilities, with accommodation ranging from hostels to five-star hotels of the main international chains. Buenos Aires also show off about its variety of restaurants with all the cuisines of the world, as well as to have cafes and flower kiosks on every corner.

A neighborhood founded on the Jesuit farms in the 17th century

We are located in Colegiales neighborhood where the tree-lined streets, some of which still have their original cobblestones, invite you to walk. Although the apartment buildings advance, low houses still predominate. It is a district of the city where about 20 TV production companies, design studios, artist workshops and the Rock&Pop radio have been located. The neighborhood also has six squares, one of which pays homage to Mafalda, the Flea Market, shops, restaurants and cafes like its neighboring Barrios de Palermo and Belgrano, with which it limits.

Proyecto´ace
Artist-in-Residence International Program

2024 Open Call #2
Residencies 2024

Extended Deadline 
May 15th, 2024

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