José Roca, Artistic Director - Philagrafika 2010
José Roca, the Artistic Director of Philagrafika 2010, is a Colombian curator working from Bogotá and Philadelphia.
Among his recent curatorial projects are: Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence, a traveling exhibition produced by iCI (Independent Curators International) currently on tour (2007-2009); Botánica política, Sala Montcada, Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona (2004); Traces of Friday, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (2003); TransHistorias, survey of the work of José Alejandro Restrepo, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá (2001); Define “Context", APEX Art Curatorial Program, New York (2000); Ruins; Utopia, survey of Cuban artist Carlos Garaicoa, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Bronx Museum for the Arts, New York and Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas (2000-2001).
Roca was the Director of Arts at the Banco de la Republica cultural center in Bogota (1994-2008). He co-curated the Trienal Poli/gráfica de San Juan, Puerto Rico (2004), the 27th São Paulo Bienal (2006), and served as curatorial adviser for the newly structured Medellin Encuentro (2007). He was most recently part of the awards jury for the 2007 Venice Biennale.
Roca edits Columna de arena, an online column on art and contemporary culture: http://www.universes-in-universe.de/columna/index.htm