Gala Garrido

Professional Services

Gala Garrido. Photo: Lisbeth Salas, Barcelona, 2015

I am Gala Garrido – a Venezuelan Visual Artist, Poet and Cultural Manager based in Mexico City, México. I’m an expert in creating networks and collaborative alliances. Through my artistic practice and my professional training as a visual communicator and photographer, I have been able to participate in different editorial and audiovisual projects. I enjoy working with creatives from different areas to develop cultural devices.

Between 2010 and 2022, I was the General Director of the self-managed cultural space La ONG, based in Caracas, Venezuela. I was  committed and dedicated to the development of a local and international and interdisciplinary community of creative talents within the arts, music, photography, theater, performance, among other fields. My role ranged from the coordination of exhibitions, events, meetings, seminars, talks, plays, performances, and concerts, to the design and management of an academic program in photography that took place every year. La ONG had three different exhibition spaces that hosted more than twelve exhibitions per year. I was in charge of selecting artists, the curatorship of the shows, and in some cases, of producing the exhibitions. The project also had a foothold on the blog of La ONG, a large repository on contemporary art in which various Venezuelan researchers came together and published reflections on the image.

Since 2021, I’m one of the guest curators of the collision Don’t Delete Art along with the artists Spencer Tunick, Savannah Spirit, Osman Can Yerebakan and Gruenholtz. This project is a global collaboration between institutions such as NCAC (U.S National Coalition Against Censorship), Free Muse, Article 19, Bex Collection, among others.

For commissions & collaborations: galagalo@gmail.com

Professional Services

Advisory Services for Cultural Project Development  
Comprehensive consulting for the management and execution of cultural initiatives.  

Specialized Content Curatorship
Selection and organization of engaging cultural content for diverse audiences.  

Effective Social Media Strategies
Creation and execution of personalized plans to enhance presence in digital media.  

Personalized Mentorship for Artists 
Individualized guidance and support for the development of creative projects.  

Specialized Workshops in Various Disciplines
Practical and theoretical training in specific areas of art and culture.  

Curatorship of Exhibitions and Cultural Events
Design and organization of experiences that connect with the audience.  

Creative Graphic Design Adapted to Diverse Needs
Creation of visual materials that reflect identities and messages.  

Colorization, Editing, and Digital Post-Production of Photography
Specialized services for image enhancement in the visual arts sector.

Skills

Curatorship  

⁠Editorial Coordination  

Project Management  

Management of Hybrid Communities  

Creative Direction  

Art Direction  

⁠Teaching 

Interests

Culture, Community, Psychology, Mythology, Literature, Art, Poetry, Astrology, Tarotism, Gender Studies, Disability Studies, Cultural Spaces, Gardening, Writing, libraries, cats and walking.

Gala Garrido

Professional Services

Photo: Lisbeth Salas, Barcelona, 2015

I am Gala Garrido – a Venezuelan Visual Artist, Poet and Cultural Manager based in Mexico City, México. I’m an expert in creating networks and collaborative alliances. Through my artistic practice and my professional training as a visual communicator and photographer, I have been able to participate in different editorial and audiovisual projects. I enjoy working with creatives from different areas to develop cultural devices.

Between 2010 and 2022, I was the General Director of the self-managed cultural space La ONG, based in Caracas, Venezuela. I was  committed and dedicated to the development of a local and international and interdisciplinary community of creative talents within the arts, music, photography, theater, performance, among other fields. My role ranged from the coordination of exhibitions, events, meetings, seminars, talks, plays, performances, and concerts, to the design and management of an academic program in photography that took place every year. La ONG had three different exhibition spaces that hosted more than twelve exhibitions per year. I was in charge of selecting artists, the curatorship of the shows, and in some cases, of producing the exhibitions. The project also had a foothold on the blog of La ONG, a large repository on contemporary art in which various Venezuelan researchers came together and published reflections on the image.

Since 2021, I’m one of the guest curators of the collision Don’t Delete Art along with the artists Spencer Tunick, Savannah Spirit, Osman Can Yerebakan and Gruenholtz. This project is a global collaboration between institutions such as NCAC (U.S National Coalition Against Censorship), Free Muse, Article 19, Bex Collection, among others.

For commissions & collaborations: galagalo@gmail.com

 

Professional Services

Asesorías para el desarrollo de proyectos culturales
Consultoría integral para la gestión y ejecución de iniciativas culturales.

Curaduría de contenido especializado
Selección y organización de contenido cultural atractivo para diversas audiencias.

Estrategias efectivas para redes sociales
Creación y ejecución de planes personalizados para potenciar la presencia en medios de difusión digital.

Mentorías personalizadas para artistas
Orientación y apoyo individualizado para el desarrollo de proyectos creativos.

Talleres especializados en diversas disciplinas
Formación práctica y teórica en áreas específicas del arte y la cultura.

Curaduría de exposiciones y eventos culturales
Diseño y organización de experiencias que conecten con el público.

Diseño gráfico creativo adaptado a diversas necesidades
Creación de materiales visuales que reflejan identidades y mensajes.

Colorización, edición y postproducción digital de fotografía
Servicios especializados en la mejora de imágenes para el sector artes visuales.

Skills

Curatorship  

⁠Editorial Coordination  

Project Management  

Management of Hybrid Communities  

Creative Direction  

Art Direction  

⁠Teaching 

Interests

Culture, Community, Psychology, Mythology, Literature, Art, Poetry, Astrology, Tarotism, Gender Studies, Disability Studies, Cultural Spaces, Gardening, Writing, libraries, cats and walking.

Experience

Creative and project management (associate artist)
Simple 7 Lab
New York, USA
Remote
2012-present

Guest Curator
Don’t Delete Art
New York, USA
Remote
2021-present

Graphic design, colorization and photographic post production (freelance)
Studio Caribe
San José del Cabo, México
Remote
2015-present

Multimedia Department (freelance)
The Stylist Manifesto
Miami, USA
Remote
2016-present

Cultural Manager (self-employed)
La ONG (Organización Nelson Garrido)
Caracas, Venezuela
2010-2022

Colorization and photographic post production (freelance)
Miniserie, La Línea Invisible, Movistar+
Still Photo by Lisbeth Salas
Madrid, España
Remote
2019-2020

External consultancy for cultural and academic programming (freelance)
Lugar Común Bookstore
Caracas, Venezuela
2014-2018

Audiovisual art direction (freelance)
Blnd Studio
Amsterdam, Holanda
Remote
2014-2018

Audiovisual art direction (freelance)
Sexy Bicycle, Mesmerising Gun
Direction by  Nicolas Manzano
Lintern Studio
Caracas, Venezuela
2016

Curatorship, colorization and printing supervision (freelance)
Book, Nelson Garrido
Editorial La Cueva
Caracas, Venezuela
2014-2016

Colorization and photographic post production (freelance)
Book, El Lenguaje de los Diablos
Banesco Banco Universal
Caracas, Venezuela
2014

Colorization and photographic post production (freelance)
Book Una América diversa, el idioma silente de las formas, by Ariel Jiménez
Design by Teresa Mulet
Ediciones María Gil de Oberto, with the support of Seguros Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela
2013

Colorization and photographic post production (freelance)
TFR Studio | The Front Row
Venezuela
2011-2013

External consultancy for academic and cultural programming (freelance)
Los Palos Grandes Library
Under the direction of Rosa Virginia Urdaneta
Caracas, Venezuela
2010-2012

Graphic Design (freelance)
AECID (The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation)
Cultural coordination Marc Caellas y Ana Monge
Caracas, Venezuela
2006-2011

Graphic Design (freelance)
Centro Cultural Chacao
Caracas, Venezuela
2006-2007

Education

Visual Communication
Prodiseño, Caracas, Venezuela
2005-2007

Art and Photography 
My professional training has been guided by the wisdom of teachers in art and photography. Through their mentorship, I have cultivated my skills and explored my creativity, thus developing my creator’s voice authentically.  
1987-Present

Preschool, Elementary and High School
Emil Friedman School, Caracas, Venezuela
1992-2004

Lenguages

Spanish (native)
English (intermediate)

Workshops and Courses

2024 | Workshop on Mythology: Mythology, Archetypes, Classics, and Tarot, taught by Yolanda Ramírez Michel, Trithemius Literary Workshops. Online. Guadalajara, Mexico.

2024 | Diploma in Art Therapy, Badra Institute. Online. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2024 | Workshop on Mythology: The Wounded Healer, taught by Michael Meade, Mosaic Voices. Online. Chicago, USA.

2024 | Workshop on Mythology: Biblical Mythology, taught by Yolanda Ramírez Michel, Trithemius Literary Workshops. Online. Guadalajara, Mexico.

2023 | Mythology Workshop, Biblical Mythology, by Yolanda Ramírez Michel, Trithemius Literary Workshops. Online. Guadalajara, México.

2023 | Tarot Workshop, Major Arcana, by Luis Bond, Astrum Psicopompo. Online. Miami, USA.

2023 | Mythology Workshop, Myths of Love, by Yolanda Ramírez Michel, Trithemius Literary Workshops. Online. Guadalajara, México.

2023 | Literary Workshop, Biographies, by Yolanda Ramírez Michel, Trithemius Literary Workshops. Online. Guadalajara, México.

2023 | Literary Workshop, The Book of Life, by Yolanda Ramírez Michel, Trithemius Literary Workshops. Online. Guadalajara, México.

2023 | Mythology Workshop, Latin American Myths and Legends, by Yolanda Ramírez Michel, Trithemius Literary Workshops. Online. Guadalajara, México.

2023 | Astrology Workshop, Level 1, by Mines Pernuzzi, Astrology-Tarot Training School. On line. Santa Fe, Argentina.

2022 | Mythology and classics Workshop, The Thousand and One Nights, by Yolanda Ramírez Michel, Trithemius Talleres Literarios. Online. Guadalajara, Mexico.

2022 | Literary Workshop, The Book of Life, by Yolanda Ramírez Michel, Trithemius Literary Workshops. Online. Guadalajara, México.

2022 | Mythology Workshop, The Kalevala and The Tain, by Yolanda Ramírez Michel, Trithemius Literary Workshops. Online. Guadalajara, México.

2022 | Literary Workshop, The Quijote, by Yolanda Ramírez Michel, Trithemius Literary Workshops. Online. Guadalajara, México.

2022 | PÚBLICA 22, Professional Meetings of Culture. Organized by La Fábrica and Fundación Contemporánea. Online. Madrid, Spain.

2022 | Mythology Workshop, The Mahabharata, by Yolanda Ramírez Michel, Trithemius Literary Workshops. Online. Guadalajara, México.

2021 | Workshop, Tarot & Symbols, by Enrique Enriquez. Online. NY, USA.

2021 | Workshop, Scherezade and her Thousand and One Nights, The feminine in the characters of The Thousand and One Nights, dictated by Isabel Fonseca, Center for Jungian Studies. Online. Caracas, Venezuela.

2021 | PÚBLICA 21, Professional Meetings on Culture. Organized by La Fábrica and Fundación Contemporánea. Online. Madrid, Spain.

2017-2020 | Poetry Workshop, by Santos López.

2019 | Poetry Workshop, Poesía y Oráculos, by Santos López and Daniel Medvedov, Fundación La Poeteca. Caracas, Venezuela.

2016-2019 | Poetry Workshop, Las ventanas mas altas, by Igor Barreto.

2016 | Writing Workshop, by María Teresa Torres, Programa de Estudios Liberales del Valle de San Francisco. Caracas, Venezuela.

2016 | Workshop about José Lezama Lima, by Octavio Armand, Programa de Estudios -Liberales del Valle de San Francisco. Caracas, Venezuela.

2009 | Photography Seminar, by Claudi Carreras Guillén, La ONG. Caracas, Venezuela.

2008 | Photography Workshop, by Alberto García-Alix, La ONG. Caracas, Venezuela.

2008 | Photography Seminar, Idiomas y dialectos, by Alejandro Castellote, La ONG. Caracas, Venezuela.

2007 | Photography Workshop, by Marcos López, La ONG. Caracas, Venezuela.

2006 | Photography Seminar, La fotografía en la era de la sospecha, by Joan Fontcuberta, La ONG. Caracas, Venezuela.

Exhibitions

Individual exhibitions: 

2014 | Espacios para Decir Lo Mismo. Festival PhotoMérida. Galería La Otra Banda, University of Los Andes (ULA).  Mérida, Venezuela.

2013 | Incessant Suicides. III Anniversary No Lugar. No Lugar, Contemporary Art. Quito, Ecuador.

2011 | Suicidio Incesantes. Galería Espacio MAD, Complejo Cultural Los Galpones, Caracas, Venezuela.

Group exhibitions:

2023 | Visual Line: Contemporary Photography. Curator María Teresa Boulton. Reset Gallery. Caracas, Venezuela.

2023 | 238/Arturo. Curator Elizabeth Marín. Galería Espacio Proyecto Libertad (Space-Freedom-Project Gallery). Mérida, Venezuela. 

2019 | Jóvenes con FIA, Iberoamerican Art Fair, Honorific Mention. Nomads: living in a world in transformation. Curator Humberto Valdivieso. Centro Cultural UCAB (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello). Caracas, Venezuela.

2018 | 233: La Conciencia del Lugar. Curator Elizabeth Marín. Galería Espacio Proyecto Libertad (Space-Freedom-Project Gallery). Mérida, Venezuela.

2018 | Résistance, Tobe Gallery. Budapest, Hungry.

2017 | Arte en Emergencia, Rhizome Gallery. Madrid, Spain.

2017 | La Transferencia del Sentido: Un diálogo entre Arte, Ciencia y Erotismos (The Transfer of Meaning: A dialogue between Art, Science and Eroticism). Festival de Arte Hybrid (Hybrid Art Festival). Curator Tania Gonzlez. Rhizome Gallery. Madrid, Spain.

2016 | Curiositas. Curator Gerardo Zavarce. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia (MACZUL). Maracaibo, Venezuela.

2016 | Muestra Itinerante: FotoFémina. Curator Benjamín Villares. Museo de Arte de Acarigua, Centro de Arte El Hatillo y el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia (MACZUL). Acarigua, Caracas and Maracaibo, Venezuela.

2015 | Salón Banesco Jóvenes con FIA. Iberoamerican Art Fair of Caracas. Metaphors of emergency or the Medusa’s rafts. Curator Gerardo Zavarce. Cultural Los Galpones. Caracas, Venezuela.

2015 | Sintaxis. Curator Josefina Manrique. Sala Mendoza, Metropolitan University. Caracas, Venezuela.

2015 | La Doubt: Questions around the conceptualism of the body in Venezuela. In the framework of the first International Performance Biennial of Caracas (BIPCA 2015). Project by P3 Plataforma para Performance. Organized by Carlos Salazar Lermont and Erika Ordosgoitti. Made possible thanks to Sala Mendoza, Goethe Institut, Embassy of Poland, Alcaldía Sucre, Alcaldía El Hatillo, La Pizarra, Centro de Arte El Hatillo, Centro de Arte Los Galpones, Oficina #1, VLC Hosting, Art Connection, The Chill Concept and Fundación República de Guarimure. El Hatillo Art Center. Caracas, Venezuela.

2015 | Caracas Horizontal. Curator Ernesto Guevara. La Caja Gallery, Chacao Cultural Center. Caracas, Venezuela.

2014 | Panorámica: Arte Emergente en Venezuela 2000/2012. Curator Félix Suazo.  Sponsored by Fundación Telefónica. TAC Gallery, at Centro Cultural Trasnocho. Caracas, Venezuela.

2013 | Salón Jóvenes con FIA 2.0. Iberoamerican Art Fair of Caracas. Save as…Curated by Lisa Blackmore. Caracas, Venezuela.

2013 | United for Art. First AIAP Regional Meeting of Latin America and the Caribbean. Alfredo Atala Boulos Art Gallery. Lebanese Center. DF, Mexico.

2012 | Zosial Body Action, Didactic Exhibition. Curators Ender Rodríguez, Oscurraldo and Hector Baptista. Fototeca. San Cristobal, Venezuela.

2012 | 1st Edition, Art is Auctioned for a Smile. Curator Gerardo Zavarce. Made possible thanks to Fundación Telefónica. San Juan de Dios Hospital. Caracas, Venezuela.

2011 | Salón de Fotografía de Caracas.  Curator Félix Suazo. Caracas, Venezuela.

2011 | Arte Joven Venezolano I. Galería 39. Curator Pedro Terán. Caracas, Venezuela.

2011 | Muestra Itinerante: Forces, Lyon, Francia.

2010 | Retaking the red, Espacio MAD Gallery, Los Galpones Cultural Complex. Caracas, Venezuela.

2009 | Salón Supercable de Jóvenes con FIA (Iberoamerican Art Fair). Curator Gerardo Zavarce. Caracas, Venezuela.

2008 | Pavilion on horseback: culture without complexes. Curator Carles Poy. Made possible by the Embassy of Spain and AECID. Periférico Caracas, Luis Peraza Theater and La ONG. Caracas, Venezuela.

Transmedia Actions

Gala Garrido has been invited to participate in national and international projects.

2021 | A.I.R. Virtual Post Poetry action. Along with Enrique Enriquez and Elizabetta Balasso. Organized by Mafe Izaguirre. Made possible by Queens Council on the Arts and Jerome Foundation.  Invited communities: LIC-A Long Island City Artists and La ONG. Via Zoom. NY, USA.

2021 | Take over at La Concha Acústica. Guest artist for a week. Intervention via Instagram. Mexico.

2021 | Poetic action. Ulysses the cat, Hanni Ossott. Transfer Order. Argentina.

2015 | Philosophy of the Dresser: Homage to Sade. Along with Rolando Peña, Vladimir Vera and Nelson Garrido & Ana Chin-A-Loy. La ONG. Caracas, Venezuela.

2015 | Barthes, Mon Amour. Collaborative virtual project. Organized by Beto Gutierrez. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2014 | Nuestra Señora del Jabillo. Along with Willy Mckey, Jimmy Flamante, Juan Carlos Gómez, Tabire Diaz and Tibisay Guerra. Made possible thanks to the support of El Enroque TLP and La ONG. Trasnocho Lounge, Trasnocho Cultural Foundation. Caracas, Venezuela.

2011 | A Season in Hell: Homage to Carlos Contramaestres, Homage to Necrophilia. Along with Rolando Peña, Giovanna Esperandai, Nelson Garrido, Andrea Pedron, Mariangelica Ramirez, Miosothis Pineda, Nicolas Mendiz, Vladimir Vera, Caracaos, Fedora Freites and Alvise Sacchi. La ONG. Caracas, Venezuela.

Conferences, Seminars and Talks

Gala Garrido has been invited as speaker in national and international seminars, congresses and talks to present her work and research on visual art and poetry.

2024 | Conversation, The Feminine Uncomfortable and other illegible registers. Moderated by María Teresa Boulton. As part of the exhibition Deseo Cultural in the context of the celebration of Women’s Day. Organized by Casa Samambaya. Caracas, Venezuela.

2023 | Conversation, The Feminine uncomfortable and other illegible registers. Moderated by Gabriel Guevara Jurado. As part of the exhibition Visual Line: Contemporary Photography. Organized by Reset Gallery. Caracas, Venezuela.

2023 | The Poetics of Death. Together with Tibisay Guerra, Sofía Saavedra, Yoyiana Ahumada, Tibisay López, Ernesto Borges, Giann Di Giuseppe, José Bordón, María Di Muro and Corales. Within the framework of CCS Klandestina, artistic, poetic, philosophical, Jungian, esoteric and supernatural encounters. Organized by El Otro Rock. Kalathos Bookstore, Los Galpones Cultural Center. Caracas, Venezuela.

2023 | Cinema as an Excuse 3: Disability Pride Month – Cinema with a Crip Perspective. Sick: “The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist”. Together with Pedro Marrero. Organized by La Casa Disiente. Caracas, Venezuela.

2023 | Abajo Cadenas, homage to Rafael Cadenas. Together with Santos López, Daniel Medvedov, Yoyiana Ahumada, Tamara Adrián, Erik Del Búfalo. Moderator Kara Kables. Poetic musical ritual Sofía Insomnia, Rafael Jiménez, Tuki Ilustrado and Wincho Schafer. As part of CCS Klandestina, artistic, poetic, philosophical, Jungian, esoteric and supernatural encounters. Organized by El Otro Rock. La Poeteca Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela.

2023 | Visibilizing culture, inclusion, women, representation and art. Together with Malu Valerio and Jariana Armas. Moderated by Mariandreína Montilla. Organized by Compromiso Compartido. Caracas, Venezuela.

2023 | The feminine subversion, homage to María Calcaño. Together with Susana Marciana, Dr Tibisay López, Andrea Quiñones Rubio, Ingrid Serrano. Moderator Kara Febles. Sound Ritual Miguel Noya and Blanca Haddad with Rachael Noisemaker. Within the framework of CCS Klandestina, artistic, poetic, philosophical, Jungian, esoteric and supernatural encounters. Organized by El Otro Rock.  La Poeteca Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela.

2022 | A Garden of Epicurus. Organized by Mollusca: Art, Pleasure and Thought. Parque del Este. Caracas, Venezuela.

2022 | Photographers LATAM. Together with Vera Lentz (Peru), Carla Motto (Chile), Celeste Martínez (Argentina), Mayra Martell (Mexico) and Natasha Pons (Chile). 1st International Festival FOTOLATINA 2022. Organized by Terapia Fotográfica. Via Zoom. Nuevo León, Mexico.

2021 | Incessant Suicides. Organized by Terapia Fotográfica. Via Zoom. Lima, Peru.

2020 | Photography, Body and Dissidence. With Pedro Marrero. Organized by Elisabetta Balasso. Photography and Visual Culture. Department of Integral Development. Metropolitan University. Caracas, Venezuela.

2020 | Cycle of meeting “Politics of memory: the rarx in the archives“. Organized by Arqchivo Rarx Latinoamérica. Via Instagram. Brazil.

2020 | Historical background of the LGBTI rights movement in Venezuela. Organized by Provea and Desiguales. Via Zoom. Caracas, Venezuela.

2020 | Porn Lives: Your sexuality in quarantine. Via zoom. Lima, Peru.

2020 | We Are Separated, But We Are Together. Organized by Uberbau_house. Via Instagram. Brazil.
Link: https://vimeo.com/425288515

2019 | Poetry without words. Along with Yolanda Pantin and Pamela Rahn. Organized by Jacqueline Goldberg. La Poeteca Foundation. Caracas, Venezuela.

2019 | The possibility of the we: weaving, action, memory, future. 1st Cycle of knowledge and activism. Organized by Provea, Laboratorio de Paz and Sin Mordaza. Caracas, Venezuela.

2018 | Thea Segall and women photographers in Venezuela. Along with Lorena González and Johana Pérez Daza. Sala Trasnocho Arte Contacto (TAC) at the Trasnocho Cultural Foundation. Caracas, Venezuela.

2018 | Orange Economy, PechaKucha 20×20. Chacao Cultural Center Theater. Caracas, Venezuela.
Link: https://www.pechakucha.com/users/gala-garrido

2017-2018 | Latin American Meeting of Residency Models (Virtual Platform). Organized by VADB. Brazil.

2017 | Encounter #1: Experiences in artistic residencies, exchange policies and craft practices. Organized by La Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. Los Galpones Art Center. Caracas, Venezuela.

2017 | Spaces for Resilience. Cycle of talks, Imagine and Act, Design for Democracy. Organized by Prodiseño. Cabrujas Theater. Caracas, Venezuela.

2016 | Conversations with Camille Claudel, Gala Garrido. Organized by the group Teatro Nueva Era. Center for Latin American Studies Rómulos Gallegos (CELARG). Caracas, Venezuela.

2015 | Photography and social mutations. PRISMA Critical Conversations. Along with Diana Rangel. Organized by Textvra. Made possible thanks to the support of Movistar and British Council. Banco del Libro. Caracas, Venezuela.

2015 | Incessant Suicides. La Caníbal Bookstore. Barcelona, Spain.

2015 | Put one’s foot in it. El Palomar. Barcelona, Spain.

2015 | Incessant Suicides. Organized by Espacio Fotográfico Cubo7 as part of the exhibition “Barco Encallado” by Fina Gómez. Hacienda La Trinidad Cultural Park. Caracas, Venezuela.

2014 | E-CO 14 (Iberoamerican Meeting of Photographic Collectives). Organized by Estudio Madalena. Santos, Brazil.

2013 | Seminar Fundación Cisneros: Promises of the Public. Aula Magna, Central University of Venezuela (UCV). Caracas, Venezuela.
Link: https://www.coleccioncisneros.org/es/seminario/2013

2011 | Incessant Suicide. Espacio MAD Gallery, Centro de Arte Los Galpones. Caracas, Venezuela.

2011 | Social Fridays. Taller Multinacional. Mexico City, Mexico.

Publications

2019 | Nuevo país de la fotografía Tomo II (New country of photography Volume II). Compiler Antonio López Ortega. Banesco Publishing Fund. Caracas, Venezuela.

2017 | A Goddess in Motion, Visual Creativity in the Cult of María Lionza. Roger Canals. Berghahn Books. New York, USA.

2015 | #GenteQueEmprende (#PeopleWhoEntrepreneur). Editorial coordination Lorena González, Consuelo DiCarlo and Maribel Osorio. Banesco Publishing Fund. Caracas, Venezuela.

2014 | VV.AA.: Panorámica, Arte emergente en Venezuela 2000-2012 (VV.AA.: Panoramic, Emerging Art in Venezuela 2000-2012). Author Félix Suazo. Telefonica Foundation. Caracas, Venezuela.

2013 | Gente que hace escuela, Distrito Capital (People who make school, Capital District). Compiler Antonio López Ortega. Banesco Publishing Fund. Caracas, Venezuela.

2013 | Santa al Vacío (Saint into the Void). Authors Willy Mckey and Gala Garrido. Caracas Horizontal. Caracas, Venezuela.

2011 | Suicidios Incesantes (Incessant Suicides). La Cucaracha Ilustrada publishing fund in collaboration with Espacio MAD gallery. Caracas, Venezuela.

Cultural Management and Curatorship

Between 2010 and 2022, Gala Garrido was the General Director of the self-managed cultural space La ONG (Nelson Garrido Organization), based in Las Acacias, Caracas, Venezuela.

As cultural manager, Gala’s strategic vision has been defined by her commitment and dedication to the development of a local and international and interdisciplinary community of creative talents within the arts, music, photography, theater, performance, among other fields. Her role ranged from the coordination of exhibitions, events, meetings, seminars, talks, plays, performances, and concerts, to the design and management of a professional development program in photography that took place every year. La ONG had three different exhibition spaces, that hosted more than twelve exhibitions per year. Garrido was in charge of selecting artists, the curatorship of the shows, and in some cases, of producing the exhibitions. Among the workshops dictated by Garrido stand out: Everyday life and Eroticism, Dialogue Made Noise, Fashion Photography and Basic Photography I, II and III, Analogic Laboratory Techniques, Photography Lighting Techniques, and Photography History.

Since 2021, Garrido has been one of the guest curators of the collision Don’t Delete Art with the artists Spencer Tunick, Savannah Spirit, Osman Can Yerebakan and Gruenholtz. This project is a global collaboration between institutions such as NCAC (U.S National Coalition Against Censorship), Free Muse, Article 19, Bex Collection, among others.

Editorial

Gala Garrido in collaboration with diverse artists, poets, curators and writers, has been the editor in chief of the Independent Editorial Fund La Cucaracha Ilustrada, which has produced printed and digital publications ranging from artists’ books, fundamental texts of literature and art, and other experimental poetic and essayist artifacts.

The project also had a foothold on the website of La ONG, a large repository on contemporary art in which various Venezuelan researchers come together and published reflections on the image. La ONG’s Blog also included an archive of portfolios of national and international artists. Garrido has a column in the blog named Leitmotiv, around contemporary photography.

During 2014, Gala Garrido conducted a series of interviews for Contrapunto Magazine, in its section: Contraposición.

Theater Art Direction

Garrido has ventured into Art Direction in a variety of theatre productions. She has collaborated with the Forte Theatre Group. 

2015 | De que Hablo Cuando Hablo de Ella, written by Gustavo Ott, Gennys Pérez, Pablo Ley and Carlos Be. Directed by Vladimir Vera. Caracas, Venezuela.

2013 | Goya, written by Rodrigo García. Directed by Vladimir Vera. Caracas, Venezuela.

2012 | Versus, written by Rodrigo García. Directed by Vladimir Vera. Caracas, Venezuela.

2011 | Amén, written by Carlos Be. Directed by Vladimir Vera. Caracas, Venezuela

Audiovisual Art Direction

2015 | Mesmerizing Gun, Videoclip, Sexy Bicycle. Direction by Nicolás Manzano. Caracas, Venezuela.

2014 | Ninguna Parte Obtiene lo que se Merece. Direction by Vladimir Vera. Caracas, Venezuela.

2013 | Al Otro Lado de la cámara. Direction by Vladimir Vera. Caracas, Venezuela.

2012 | Pornostar. Direction by Vladimir Vera. Caracas, Venezuela.

Juror

Garrido has also been invited to participate as a juror in various national and international calls for awards, artist residencies and competitions.

2022 | XIII Edition of the Encounter for Cinephiles. Film-art festival on the border. Organized by Fundación Cultural Bordes  and the Cine-Club of the Universidad de Los Andes (ULA). Táchira, Venezuela.

2020 | Open call, Vidas Porno: your sexuality in quarantine. Jury selection in the photography category. Lima, Peru.

2020 | Festival Juvenil de Artes Escénicas Breve 2020 (JAEC). Petare Musical Theater School. Caracas, Venezuela.

2017 | Artist residency program in Venezuela for foreigners. El Avispero Arts Residency. Cúa, Venezuela.

2017 | 8th National Salon of Coexistence 2017. Selection jury in the category Urban Art/Graffiti. Organized by Espacio Anna Frank. Caracas, Venezuela.

2016 | GAMA National Contest of artistic photography. Barquisimeto, Venezuela.

2016 | Salón Octubre Joven 2016. Art Museum of Valencia. Valencia, Venezuela.

2015 | Antibienal de Artes Gráficas de Caracas (ABAGC). La ONG. Caracas, Venezuela.

2015 | Photography Contest #GenteQueEmprende. Banesco Banco Universal. Caracas, Venezuela.

2015 | Festival FILA (Festival of Imaginaries of the Arts). Jury selection in the photography category. Caracas, Venezuela.

2014 | Call for entries for the book: A través del espejo. Mundo Foto. Lima, Perú.

Press

2024 | Notes on the Role of Women in Venezuelan Photography. María Teresa Boulton and Johana Pérez Daza. Communication Journal, Year 50, Issue 207-208. Centro Gumilla, Venezuelan Communication Studies. Caracas, Venezuela.

2023 | Women who quote the world. Ana Sanchez. Terapia Fotográfica Magazine, year 02 number 02. Iberoamerican publication. 

2022 | Todo era verdad: las iniciales eran ONG (It was all true: the initials were La ONG). Milagros Socorro. Prodavinci. Venezuela.

2022 | La celebración más triste (The saddest celebration). Inger Pedreañez. Prodavinci. Venezuela.

2022 | Gala Garrido: Apuntes sobre el hastío (Gala Garrido: Annotations on the Boredom). Underexposed Magazine. USA.

2022 | Interview, María Angelina Castillo. Gala Garrido: Hemos heredado una gran confusión (Gala Garrido: We have inherited a great confusion). El Diario Newspaper. Caracas, Venezuela.

2022 | Issue#2, Uncensored, the Newsletter of Don’t Delete Art. Editors Savannah Spirit and Emma Shapiro. USA.

2022 | Interview, Carlos Egaña. Making Art Amid Mayhem. North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). USA.

2022 | Interview, José Pulido. Gala Garrido: el cuerpo es una biblioteca, es un jardín (Gala Garrido: the body is a library, it is a garden). Letralia Magazine. Caracas, Venezuela.

2022 | Interview, José Pulido. Gala Garrido: el cuerpo es una biblioteca, es un jardín (Gala Garrido: the body is a library, it is a garden). Creando en Salamandra Magazine. Spain.

2021 | Issue#48, Poesía Magazine. Caracas, Venezuela.

2021 | Anotaciones sobre el placer en los procesos de trabajo II (Notes on pleasure in work processes II). Mollusca: Substrate of creation and research. Art, pleasure and thought. Caracas, Venezuela.

2021 | Interviews, Thamara Bryson. Las flores del bien (The flowers of goodness). Francia.

2021 | Issue#15, ArtHole Magazine, print edition, UK.

2021 | Cover Image. Fever, Amarú Vanegas. Wild Museum Collection, New York Poetry Press. NY, USA.

2021 | Ulysses the cat, Hanni Ossott. Transfer Order. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2021 | Las Hetairas. Pornceptual, A visual study of unusual pornography. USA.

2020 | Interview, Alejandro Sebastiani. Vidas de La ONG (y III) (The ONG Lives (and III)). La Cueva Casa Editorial. Caracas, Venezuela.

2020 | Interview, Alejandro Sebastiani. Vidas de La ONG (II) (The ONG Lives (II)). La Cueva Casa Editorial. Caracas, Venezuela.

2020 | Interview, Alejandro Sebastiani. Vidas de La ONG (I) (The ONG Lives (I)). La Cueva Casa Editorial. Caracas, Venezuela.

2020 | Carpetas (Folders). Project by Diego Arregui Desulovich and Julián Barón García. Peru and Spain.

2019 | Hoja de artista Gala Garrido (Artist sheet Gala Garrido). Fundación Sala Mendoza. Caracas, Venezuela.

2019 | Poesía e Imagen (Poetry and Image). Interview by Kira Kariakin, Jorge Gómez Jiménez and Yoyiana Ahumada. Interview by Kira Kariakin, Jorge Gómez Jiménez and Yoyiana Ahumada . Librería Sónica. Radio Caracas Radio. Caracas, Venezuela.

2019 | Atrapadas por la historia: Las Hetairas, los raros enunciados femeninos de Gala Garrido (Trapped by history: The Hetairas, the rare feminine statements of Gala Garrido). Elizabeth Marín Hernández. Fundación Sala Mendoza. Caracas, Venezuela.

2019 | The Bacchae: The Feminization of Violence. Introduction by Elizabeth Marín Hernández, PhD. Translated by Daniel Esparza. ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action. NY, USA.

2018 | La Feminización de la Violencia, Las Bacantes de Gala Garrido (The Feminization of Violence, The Bacchantes of Gala Garrido). Dr. Elizabeth Marín Hernández, PhD. VADB. Brazil.

2018 | Bex Authors. Bex Latin American Photography. Argentina.

2017 | Guía para «hybridarse» en la escena alternativa madrileña (Guide to “hybridize” in Madrid’s alternative scene). Javier Díaz-Guardiola. Siete de un Golpe column. ABC Cultural. Madrid, Spain.

2016 | Interview, Dulce Katz. Gala Garrido, Lo Normal para Mí (Gala Garrido, The Normal for Me). Epix. Caracas, Venezuela.

2016 | Interview, Michelle Bolet. Gala Garrido: una artista desde antes de nacer (Gala Garrido: an artist before she was born). Guayoyoyo en Letras. Caracas, Venezuela.

2015 | Interview, Mafe Izaguirre. Gala Garrido: Mi vida es una investigación sin fin (Gala Garrido: My life is an endless research). CervezaZulia.com, Venezuelan cultural magazine sponsored by Cerveza Zulia. Caracas, Venezuela.

2015 | Interview, Mariokissme and R. Marcos Mota. Put One Foot in it, Gala Garrido. EL Palomar. Barcelona, Spain.

2015 | Interview, Melanio Escobar and Rafael Uzcategui. Gala Garrido: fotografías selectas (Gala Garrido: selected photographs). Humano Derecho Radio. Caracas, Venezuela.

2015 | Interview, Oitenta Mundos. E·CO Santos. Brazil.

2015 | El anzuelo en la memoria (The hook in the memory). Literary Paper. El Nacional Newspaper. Caracas, Venezuela.

2015 | Interview, Sergio Moreno González. La resistencia se manifiesta en una antibienal (Resistance manifests itself in an antibiena)l. First Row. El Nacional Newspaper. Caracas, Venezuela.

2014 | Interview, Alice Speri. Why More People Are Murdered in Caracas Than in Baghdad. Vice News. USA.

2014 | Foto Féminas, Interview with Gala Garrido. Literary Paper. El Nacional Newspaper. Caracas, Venezuela.

2013 | Gala Garrido’s “I wanna be loved by you”. Juxtapoz Magazine. USA.

2013 | Interview, Oriana Rivas. Gala de Curiosidades (Curiosities Gala). Periódico D-Day. Caracas, Venezuela.

2013 | Santa al Vacío (Saint into the Void). Gala Garrido and Willy Mckey. Fragment, Caracas Horizontal. El Nacional newspaper. Caracas, Venezuela.

2012 | Interview, José Pulido. La vida es una cámara (Life is a camera). El Mundo Newspaper. Caracas, Venezuela.

2012 | Un espacio para curiosos (A space for the curious). Todo en Domingo Magazine. Newspaper El Nacional. Caracas, Venezuela.

2012 | Interview, Rafael Barragan. Gala Garrido: La comandante del barco pirata (Gala Garrido: The commander of the pirate ship). Issue#14, Zipper Magazine. Caracas, Venezuela.

2011 | Photo Essay. Edition#9. Ojo Magazine, University Culture. Caracas, Venezuela.

2011 | Interview, Gerardo Zavarce. Gala Garrido: Suicidios Incesantes (Gala Garrido: Incessant Suicides). Globedia.com. Caracas, Venezuela.

2008 | Tres propuestas para redefinir el arte (Three proposals to redefine art). Marco Bell. Newspaper El Nacional. Caracas, Venezuela.

2007 | Portafolios. Edición#13, Revista Plátano Verde. Caracas, Venezuela.