Gabriel Perez-Barreiro is director of visual arts at The Americas Society in New York. Prior to this appointment he was curator of the University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art (UK), and exhibition coordinator at the Casa de America in Madrid. He has written extensively on Geometrical Abstraction in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil, and holds a Ph.D on the subject from the University of Essex.

Carina Plath holds a Ph.D in Art History from Rhur-Universitåt Bochum, and is currently studying at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. She has curated exhibitions since 1985 in Germany and the US. And since 1994 has regularly written reviews, articles and interviews for Das Kunst-Bulletin (Zurich) and neue bildende kunst (Berlin). She has also made research at The Getty Research Institute, the Special Collections Department of UCLA.

Monika Szczukowska is a curator and compulsive cultural rhythm maker currently based in NYC. She is associated with Galeria Foksal, a non profit art place in Warsaw, Poland, and has two years of modelling experience. She is currently working on a project oscillating around electronically generated sounds, images, and thoughts. All this while collaborating with an international independent agency of researchers TLA (Three Letter Acronym) on the presentation of new Polish independent film in NYC and a website for Polish net.art.

Graciela Hasper is an artist and teacher in Argentina. She received the Fulbright-Fondo Nacional de las Artes grant for non degree studies at apexart Fellowship Program.

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Ms. Hasper was an Exchange Visitor from Argentina under the auspices of the Fulbright Program of the Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs administered by the Institute of International Education. apexart was the academic institution for her fellowship.