Latin America

●Texts — 2026

Beyond the Book, but Still Attached: Publishing by Artists in Chile in the 1990s and 2000s

As in other Latin American countries, post-avant-garde artistic practices in Chile suffered the impact of a ferocious dictatorship. Forced to resist censorship and prosecution, they were often connected to positions of political dissent, showing a desire to reclaim public spaces and involve spectators in the production of meaning. Despite these difficulties, artist publishing under Pinochet … Continued

●Texts — 2025

«Pensar es un acto revolucionario»: las publicaciones de artista de Marie Orensanz

This text, published here in the University of Salamanca’s Umática online journal, analyzes Marie Orensanz’s artist publications.  After beginning her career as a painter in the 1960s, Argentine artist Marie Orensanz (La Plata, Argentina, 1936) created a significant number of artist publications in the 1970s and 1980s, alongside her sculptural and pictorial practice. These publications, … Continued

●Self-publishing — 2024

Ensayo 6: Lotty Rosenfeld, die Gruppe CADA und Mujeres por la vida: Kunst und Feminismus in Chile in den 1980er Jahren

Throughout her career in 1980s Chile, the artist Lotty Rosenfeld moved from political action onto feminist activism, employing strategies for visibility and outreach that remained consistent throughout her career. Ensayo 6 was the flyer announcing a talk on this topic at the Central Library for Women’s, Gender, and Queer Studies at the Center for Gender … Continued

●Exhibitions — 2023

Off-Register: Publishing Experiments by Women Artists in Latin America, 1960-1990

Off-Register: Publishing Experiments by Women Artists in Latin America, 1960-1990 was on view at Center for Book Arts, New York, from October 5 to December 16, 2023. This exhibition set out to explore the creative practices of a series of Latin American women artists who, between 1960 and 1990, channeled part of their artistic impetus … Continued

●Talks — 2023

Conversación entre Mela Dávila y Paola Peña | Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia

What have been the main publishing initiatives by women artists in Latin America? Why might one say that they have been “off-register”? So as to answer these questions, the National Library of Colombia and Center for Book Arts in New York organized a meeting where I had the opportunity to speak with Colombian historian Paola … Continued

●Talks — 2023

Conversación entre Mela Dávila y Sol Henaro | Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia

What have been the main publishing initiatives by women artists in Latin America? Why might one say that they have been “off-register”? So as to answer these questions, the National Library of Colombia and Center for Book Arts in New York organized a meeting where I had the opportunity to speak with Mexican historian and … Continued