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Arte Nómada: Art gallery-meets-festival for emerging artists in Latin America

Emerging artists in Panamá have historically had limited opportunities to showcase their work, find mentorship, and grow into mid-career trajectories. Galleries are typically reserved for career artists, often international, and our national museums have a long way to go. 

Arte Nómada is our vision to support cultural development in Panamá by being a bridge between emerging artists and the art world. From 2016–2020 we transformed abandoned spaces—two houses, one bar, one prison—into temporary and nomadic galleries for visual arts in all its forms: painting, photography, street art, film, installation, intermedia, and so on. Live music, food and drinks made it so that people came for the art and stayed for the party. 


2016–2020
Co-Founder and Creative Director
with Mana Pinto (Artist + Curator), Val Schnack (Photographer + Producer) and Gabriel Trius (Urban Artist + Community Liaison)

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Currently (re)reading: Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara