Artists
Martha Naranjo Sandoval
Martha Naranjo Sandoval is a Brooklyn-based visual artist, photographer, publisher and cataloger from Mexico City. She joins us at Te Whare Hēra for the event of Photobook Fair NZ as a keynote speaker and critical practice reviewer.
Gabby O'Connor
Dr Gabby O’Connor is an artist, transdisciplinary researcher, Antarctican, science communicator and educator. Her work operates across multiple disciplines and audiences– between contemporary art, science communication, social science and community action, and looks at different entry points to conversations to science, place and our changing climate. She frequently collaborates with scientists, other artists, researchers, policy-makers, audiences and school students, thinking beyond normal definitions of stakeholder and public. This strategy acts as an access-point for diverse communities to be part of the conversation around science with art as the delivery system.
Rubén Darío Díaz Chávez
Rubén Darío Díaz Chávez is a contemporary artist and researcher, curator and cultural manager, with a background in management, visual arts, and cultural studies. He has exhibited in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. He has researched about Quantum Realism, independent spaces in Latin America, and Sapara culture. He has received notable national and international awards. He actively collaborates with Sapara leader Gloria Ushigua. He is the founder, director, and curator of No Lugar – Arte Contemporáneo.
Camille Bleu-Valentin
Camille Bleu-Valentin is a French multidisciplinary artist with an approach that reflects the singularity of a complex French heritage, as she herself is a descendant of both colonizers and the colonized.
She is currently continuing her research in several countries, with the goal of taking visual and plastic arts beyond major urban centers to benefit territories that are sensitive, traumatized, and far removed from cultural offerings. Camille will be joining us at Te Whare Hēra for February to April 2026
Armando Perla
Armando Perla (they/them) is a non-binary queer mestizo (Nahua and Euro-Salvadoran) curator, scholar, and museum consultant originally from Kuskatan (El Salvador). They are an independent curator and museum consultant.