Echoes: Videos from the Han Nefkens Foundation Donation

Claudia Segura, head of the MACBA Collection, she holds a BA from Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, and an MA in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths University, London. She was director and chief curator of NC-arte in Bogotá, Colombia (2015-2019), where she curated several exhibitions and site-specific projects by different artists (Amalia Pica, Luis Camnitzer, Xavier Le Roy, Nicolás Paris, Nicolás Consuegra, Los Carpinteros, Alia Farid and others). She was coordinator of cultural initiatives at the ”la Caixa” Foundation, Barcelona (2010-2012); an external curator of the Mardin Biennial, Turkey (2014-2015); and a mentor at the Sala d’Art Jove, Barcelona (2014), and at the Cano Laboratory at the Art Museum of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2018). In addition, she has been a visiting lecturer at the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (2017

Segura has curated and co-curated projects including To be known as Infinite: María José Arjona, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá (MAMBO), Bogotá (2018); Here the border is you, LA projects, Los Angeles (2017); Límites Nómadas, Biennial of the Borders of Mexico (2015); Fifty (Pipilotti Rist) from Han Nefkens H+F Collection, collectorspace, Istanbul (2014); Copy/Paste. Recodifying the gesture, Instituto Cervantes, London; Like Tears in Rain, Palace of the Arts, Porto, and Producing Urban Order, Goldsmiths University, London (2008).

 

She was the editorial coordinator of Florae 2015 magazine of Flora ars+natura, Bogotá, and writes regularly for diverse specialised arts platforms. Segura is part of various research platforms such as De Vuelta y Vuelta and Para abrir Boca.