About the author

I am a Venezuelan art critic, researcher and curator based in Miami, specialized in Venezuelan and Latin American art.

I hold a degree in Fine Arts from the Universidad Central de Venezuela and a Master's in Contemporary Latin American Literature from the Universidad Simón Bolívar in Venezuela.

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

From 1987 to 1994 I worked at the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas, institution in which I developed tasks in the areas of Education, Registration and Research, and held the position of Chief Curator of the Collection of Latin American Art. I carried out there curatorships as: "Pancho Quilici. A trip to the origin"(1991), "Oscar Pellegrino. Pact with Art pact with Life" (1993), "Maria Eugenia Arria. About Light and Emptiness" and "Beatriz Gonzalez. Retrospective" (1994).

My work as curator of exhibitions also includes the shows: "Angel Vivas Arias. Rootlessness Anthology" (Museo de Arte de Maracay and Galería Los Espacios Cálidos of Ateneo de Caracas, 1992); "Mario Abreu. Tribute to the Great Magician –1943/1992–" (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Maracay Mario Abreu, 1994); "Armando Reveron: Light and Warm Shadow of the Caribbean" (Museo Nacional, Bogota, Colombia; Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Museo de Arte Costarricense, San Jose of Costa Rica; Museo de las Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia, Maracaibo, 1996 and 1997), "Diego Barboza. The feast of nostalgia" (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Maracay Mario Abreu, Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia, Maracaibo, 2000 and 2001); "Geometry as avant-garde" (Museo de Arte Moderno Jesus Soto, Ciudad Bolivar; Museo de Barquisimeto, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia and Museo Alejandro Otero in Caracas, 2001-2002); "Antonio Edmundo Monsanto and his legacy" (Fundación Banco Provincial, Caracas, 2002); "Elsa Gramcko. Geometry and Informalism"(Fundación Mercantil within the framework of the Ibero-American Art Fair, FIA, Caracas, 2004), "Synchronous. Venezuelan Young Art" (Galería Pedro Esquerré Gallery, Centro Provincial para las Artes Visuales, Matanzas, Cuba and Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, 2007-2008), "Francisco Martinez. Collective disassociations" (GBG Arts, Caracas, 2011),  "Francisco Masó. Surreptitious Stripes" (Connect Now Room, Miami, 2017), "Toña Vegas. Energy Matters" (Imago Art in Action, Coral Gables, 2019), and "Rhythms. Felix Carmelo (Imago Art in Action, Coral Gables, 2021), "Al Pan Pan. Rayma" (Imago Art in Action, Coral Gables, 2021), "Water Glances" (Imago Art in Action, Coral Gables, 2022), "Simple. KK Bicalho" (Bag Art Gallery, Houston, 2023), "Folds. Sandra Szkolnik" (Imago Art Center, South Miami, 2023), "Color Pools. Carmen Smith"(Imago Art Center, South Miami, 2024), "Rosario Bond. Emotionally Charged. 2013-2023" (Miami International Fine Arts, Doral, 2024), "In & Out. KK Bicalho" (Imago Art Center, South Miami, 2024), "Ocho. Eight Flourishing Geometric Artits in Miami (Miami International Fine Arts, Doral, 2024), "Geométricas. Mariana Copello & Luisa Duarte" (Imago Art Center, South Miami, 2024).

I acted as Coordinator of the Venezuelan exhibition in the XII Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil, 1991, and as Commissar of the Venezuelan show in the 51st edition of the Venice Biennale, Italy, 2005.

ACTIVITY AS AN ART CRITIC

My activity as an art critic is reflected in the texts of my authorship that are regularly published in national and international newspapers and magazines, such as "Papel Literario" of Diary El Nacional (Caracas), Art Nexus (Bogota), publication of which I am a correspondent in Venezuela, Arte al día International (Miami) and Artishock (Santiago de Chile) as well as catalogs of galleries, museums and cultural institutions. I also frequently participate in conferences, lectures, forums and meetings on art and literature and, as a jury, in art salons of Venezuela and Latin America.

BOOKS

• Conocer y reconocer la estampa (Knowing and recognizing prints) (Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1989).
• Colección de Pintura. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Maracay Mario Abreu. Catálogo Razonado (Painting Collection. Museum of Contemporary Art of Maracay. Catalog Raisonné) (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Maracay Mario Abreu, 1992).
• Arte en el paisaje venezolano (Art in Venezuelan landscape) (Fundación Mercantil, Caracas, 2006).
• Hayfer Brea (Colección Arte Venezolano, N° 118, Ministerio de la Cultura-Instituto de las Artes de la Imagen y del Espacio, Caracas, 2008).
• J. J. Moros (Colección Arte Venezolano, N° 91, Ministerio de la Cultura-Instituto de las Artes de la Imagen y del Espacio, Caracas, 2008).
• Gaudi Esté (Colección Arte Venezolano, N° 36, Ministerio de la Cultura-Instituto de las Artes de la Imagen y del Espacio, Caracas, 2008).
• Francisco Narváez (Colección Arte Venezolano, N° 15, Ministerio de la Cultura-Instituto de las Artes de la Imagen y del Espacio, Caracas, 2010).
• José Caldas (Colección Arte Venezolano, N° 44, Ministerio de la Cultura-Instituto de las Artes de la Imagen y del Espacio, Caracas, 2010).
• Mario Abreu (Colección Espiral Arte Venezolano y Cubano contemporáneo, N° 44, Consejo Nacional de Artes Plásticas-Instituto de las Artes de la Imagen y del Espacio, Caracas, en imprenta).
• Francisco Narváez (Colección Espiral Arte venezolano y cubano contemporáneo, Consejo Nacional de Artes Plásticas-Instituto de las Artes de la Imagen y del Espacio, Caracas, in press).
• El «Bolívar de Torano», Galería Freites, Caracas, 2016 (with Anny Bello). Link to the book in Spanish
• Martha Zuik sobre papel, Buenos Aires, 2018.
• Martha Zuik. Pintura y escultura, Buenos Aires, 2018.
• Jorge Chacón. El paisaje renovado, Rojo Espeso Editorial, Miami, 2024.
  
  
  

CULTURAL MANAGEMENT

I have been General Director of the Armando Reveron Museum (1994-2001), the Museum of Prints and Design Carlos Cruz-Diez (2001-2006) and Alejandro Otero Museum in Caracas (2006-2008). As director of museums I did a prominent work in the areas of institutional development and in the creation, enrichment and preservation of collections.

From 2005 to 2008 I was a member of the Management Board of the National Museums Foundation.
From 2008 to 2011 I served as Deputy Director of the Cultural Heritage Department of the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, having under my direct supervision the collection of works of art of that organization.

From 2014 to 2016 I worked as Project Manager of Freites Gallery, perhaps the most prestigious Venezuelan gallery and undoubtedly one of the most important ones in South America.

I am currently a member of the Board of the cultural organization Imago X Las Artes, and I am the Director of the organization Rjo Epeso.

MEMBERSHIPS

I am a regular member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA). From 2011 to 2016 I was a member of the Awards Committee of this organization in its Venezuelan Chapter.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

I worked as a professor of Latin American Art at the Academic Institute of Advanced Studies of Plastic Arts "Armando Reveron". From 1992 to 1995 I was director of  Umbrales magazine, specialized in the genre of the essay. My professional activity also includes the conceptualization and coordination of cultural events of high level, and the editorial coordination of art publications.

Interviews about my professional activity here 
Entrevista con Katherine Chacón por Fidel Gómez (in Spanish) 
Meet Katherine Chacon Art Curator 

Meet Katherine Chacon

Last updated: December, 2024.