Education

La Laguna University, Tenerife, Studies of Philosophy and Letters, 1971-74.

Professional Experience

since 1998
Contributor for Art Nexus, Colombia.
since 1997
US-correspondent for Flash Art, Milan.
Co-editor of Arco Noticias, Madrid.
Consulting Editor of Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, New York.
since 1992
Co-editor of Atlántica, Las Palmas.
1989 - 93
Co-editor of Balcon Magazine, Madrid.
1985 - 88
Co-editor of Blanco Magazine, Las Palmas.
1984 - 86
New York correspondent of El Paseante Magazine, Madrid.
1981 - 93
New York correspondent of the daily newspaper Diario 16, Madrid.
since 1980
Editor to Spanish and international newspapers und magazines including El Pais, Madrid; El Europeo, Madrid; Vuelta, Mexico; Art & Auction, New York; Purple Prose, Paris; aRude, New York; Creative Camera, London; Trans, New York.1978 - 80
New York correspondent for the art magazine Guadalimar, Madrid.

Curatorial Works (Selection)

2001
Eztétyka del Sueño, a selection of Versions of the South, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (Co-curator: Carlos Basualdo)
2000
Beyond the Document, MCARS, Madrid.
Espacio Marica, by Civil Disobedience, Oslo.
1998
Interferencias (featuring works by 10 artists, including Oladélé Bamgboyé, Olafur Eliasson, Shirin Neshat, Miguel Calderón and Lovett/Codagnone), Canal de Isabel II, Madrid; Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla; Salamanca University.
Transatlantico (works from 26 artists including Rosangela Rennó, Olafur Eliasson, Gregory Green, Yinka Shonibare, Jac Leirner, Touhami Ennadre, Laura Kurgan, äda web, Superflex, Sergio Vega, Miguel Angel Rios, Moshekwa Langa und Kay Hassan), Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas.
The Garden of Forking Paths (featuring works by 26 Latin American artists including Victor Grippo, Eugenio Dittborn, Juan Fernando Herrán, Los Carpinteros, Tania Bruguera, José Alejandro Restrepo, Cildo Meireles, Vik Muniz, Miguel Rio Branco, Luis Benedit, Rivane Neuenschwander, Alfredo Jaar and Rosangela Rennó), Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Kopenhagen.
1997
Latin America in ARCO. Selection for 34 Galleries from Central and South America for the art com.
Alternating Currents. 2. Johannesburg Biennale. Co-curator of Okwui Enwezor.
1996
Interzones (including artists: Xu Bing, Shjrin Neshat, Kcho, Meyer Vaisman, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Yutaka Sone, Bili Bidjocka, Lyle Ashton Harris und Inez Van Lamswerde), Kunstforeningen GI. Strand, Copenhagen; Uppsala KonstMuseum.
In/Sight. African Photographers, 1940, to the Present. With Okwui Enwezor. Guggenheim Museum, New York.
1995
Black Looks, White Myths. With Tumelo Mosaka. (featuring works by 18 artists and photographies from South Africa and 4 artists from Spain), 1. Johannesburg Biennial, Africa Museum, Johannesburg.
1992
Altrove: Fra Imagine e Identità, Fra Identità e Tradizione. Museo per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato (featuring works by Cindy Sherman, Saint Clair Cemin, Meyer Vaisman, Wim Delvoye, Cherri Samba, Haim Steinbach, Lorna Simpson, etc.).
1991
Displacements: Aspects of Identity and Culture, CAAM, Las Palmas, Canary Islands.

Publications (Selection)

Fresh Cream, Phaidon Press, London 2000.
Reading the Contemporary. Ed. Okwui Enwezor and Olu Oguibe, Iniva, London 1999.
The Gardens of Forking Paths. Exhibition Catalogue, Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen 1998.
Transatlantico. Exhibition Catalogue, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderna, Las Palmas 1998.
Interferencias. Exhibition Catalogue, Canal de Isabel II, Communidad de Madrid 1998.
Alternating Currents. In: Trade Routes. History and Geography, Exhibition Catalogue of the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg 1997.
Interzones. Exhibition Catalogue, Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen 1996.
In/Sight. African Photographers, 1940, to the Present. Exhibition Catalogue, Guggenheim Museum, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York 1996.
Black Looks, White Myths. Published by Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Madrid 1994.
Altrove: Fra Imagine e Identita, Fra Identita e Tradizione. Exhibition Catalogue, Museo per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato 1992.
Desplazamientos: Aspetos de la Identidad y la Cultura. Exhibition Catalogue, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas 1991.