Speaker Series: Michèle Faguet

Michèle Faguet is the new Director/Curator of the Or Gallery. Faguet received her MA in art history from Columbia University. From 1999 to 2001 she was the director of La Panadería, an artist-run space in Mexico City. In 2002 Faguet founded Espacio La Rebeca an independent, non-profit space in Bogotá, Columbia. During her three year tenure, she curated projects such as The World Won’t Listen, a Smiths Karaoke machine created by U.K. based artist Phil Collins; All about George, an international group exhibition about her dog; and Breakdance Season, a breakdance championship and week long workshop co-organized with artist Carolina Caycedo and veteran breakdancers Eduardo Peña and DJ Fresh. She also curated projects outside of La Rebeca including, FREEWAVES: Latin America, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and Sin título: había una vez, Giovanni Vargas, Alliance Française, Bogotá. Faguet has published essays in Arts Atlantic, Parachute, and Luna Córnea and has written and lectured about artist-run spaces both in a Latin American and international context.