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BBAX PORTFOLIO REVIEW SESSIONS 2024

Building Bridges Art Exchange is now offering portfolio reviews of all media, including but not limited to visual arts, video, performances, and installation. Since 2022, BBAX has expanded our curatorial residency program to include artist portfolio, project reviews, and guidance sessions. These reviews, available online from August 1st to October 1st, 2024, will be held in both English and Spanish and are open to all artists from different countries. 

 

Participants will receive candid and profound feedback about their images, as well as professional advice and ideas about future projects they are working on. All participants should create a pdf file of their work in advance and be prepared to share their images (and screen) via zoom during review. All meetings will take place online via zoom.

 

Building Bridges Art Exchange brinda la oportunidad de revisión de portafolios de todos los medios, incluidos, entre otros, artes visuales, fotografía, videos, performances e instalaciones. Desde 2022, BBAX ha ampliado su programa de residencia curatorial para incluir portafolios de artistas, revisiones de proyectos y sesiones de orientación. Estas reseñas, disponibles en línea desde el 1 de agosto hasta 1 de octubre de 2024, se realizarán tanto en inglés como en español y están abiertas a todos los artistas de diferentes países.

 

El objetivo es que los participantes reciban comentarios que profundicen sobre sus obras, tomando en consideración aspectos conceptuales, técnicos, compositivos, culturales, como así también consejos profesionales e ideas sobre proyectos futuros en los que estén trabajando.

Todos los participantes deben crear un archivo PDF de su trabajo con anticipación y estar preparados para compartir sus imágenes (y pantalla) mediante Zoom durante la revisión. Todas las reuniones se llevarán a cabo en línea a través de Zoom.

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INDIVIDUAL REVIEW:

120 minutes total meeting with a curator, art advisor, and broker to go over portfolios and projects.

 

Reunión de 120 minutos en total con curador y corredora de arte para revisar portafolios y proyectos.

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ONE PORTFOLIO REVIEW INCLUDES:

 

  1. Consultation and evaluation of work – finding strongest work

  2. Discussion of how to grow and taking your work to the next level

  3. How to propose your work

  4. How to show your work to buyers

  5. How to pair your work with your statements

  6. How to price your work

  7. Guidance for streamlining portfolios, organizing, curators’ preferences

  8. Objectives of what to show to galleries, buyers, and collectors

  9. Recommendations on how to achieve your personal ambitions

 

Registration is open and will close October 1st, 2024

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PORTFOLIO REVIEWERS:

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Bernardita Mandiola is an independent art advisor and broker with over 30 years of international art market experience.  She has lived and worked in Los Angeles, New York, and Santiago, Chile. Since 2019, she has been an independent advisor, following her role as Director of Fundación AMA in Santiago, where she collaborated with major museums and renowned curators globally. Her past positions include roles at Christie’s, Sotheby’s, the J. Paul Getty Museum, among others. She has lectured at numerous art fairs, museums, and universities, and has published extensively. Bernardita has expertise in Latin American and Contemporary art, Antiquities, Medieval art, Fashion history, and the art market. She has taught at Universidad del Desarrollo and lectured on the art market at UCLA's Anderson School of Management. She holds a B.A. in Art History from UCLA and a Fine Art and Appraisal Studies Certificate from NYU. She currently resides and works in Los Angeles.

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Bernardita Mandiola es una asesora y corredora de arte independiente con más de 30 años de experiencia internacional en el mercado del arte. Ha vivido y trabajado en Los Ángeles, Nueva York y Santiago, Chile. Desde 2019, se desempeña como asesora independiente, tras haber ocupado el cargo de Directora en la Fundación AMA en Santiago, donde colaboró con museos y curadores internacionales de renombre. Anteriormente, ha trabajado en Christie’s, Sotheby’s, el J. Paul Getty Museum y otras instituciones de prestigio. Ha impartido conferencias en ferias de arte, museos y universidades, y ha publicado extensamente. Bernardita cuenta con experiencia en arte latinoamericano y contemporáneo, antigüedades, arte medieval, historia de la moda y el mercado del arte. Ha enseñado en la Universidad del Desarrollo y ha dictado conferencias sobre el mercado del arte en Anderson School of Management UCLA. Posee un título de Licenciatura en Historia del Arte de UCLA y un Certificado de Estudios en Tasación y Bellas Artes de NYU. Actualmente reside y trabaja en Los Ángeles.

 

Jonathan Feldman is a researcher, professor and curator of arts from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He holds a PhD in Comparative Art Theory and a Masters in Curation. Feldman works as researcher and professor in the topics of contemporary art, exhibitions and curatorial studies, and art markets. He is also a curator in modern and contemporary art, having produced over 15 exhibitions in different art institutions of Argentina and the United States. His practice offers a de-colonial and trans-disciplinary gaze into exhibitions, collections, projects and public programs at art institutions and spaces. He has published over 30 articles and presented numerous papers in specialized publications and events, and has received multiple fellowships, like a Graduate Research Fellowship (UNTREF, 2015), a Doctoral Research Fellowship (CONICET, 2016), and a fellowship for the Emerging Curators Retreat (Otis College of Art and Design, 2019). Between 2022 and 2023, he was a Graduate Intern at the Exhibitions (Curatorial) department of the Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles, California), and in 2023 he received an Emerging Scholar Award from the Common Ground Research Networks (Canada and United States).

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Jonathan Feldman es un investigador, profesor y curador de artes de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tiene un doctorado en Teoría de Arte Comparada y un máster en Curatoria. Feldman trabaja como investigador y profesor en temas de arte contemporáneo, exposiciones y estudios curatoriales, y mercados de arte. También es curador de arte moderno y contemporáneo, habiendo producido más de 15 exposiciones en diferentes instituciones de arte de Argentina y los Estados Unidos. Su práctica ofrece una mirada decolonial y transdisciplinar a las exposiciones, colecciones, proyectos y programas públicos en instituciones y espacios de arte. Ha publicado más de 30 artículos y presentado numerosos trabajos en publicaciones y eventos especializados, y ha recibido múltiples becas, como una Beca de Investigación de Posgrado (UNTREF, 2015), una Beca Interna Doctoral (CONICET, 2016), y una beca para el Retiro de Curadores Emergentes (Otis College of Art and Design, 2019). Entre 2022 y 2023 fue pasante en el departamento de Exposiciones (Curatorial) del Getty Research Institute (Los Ángeles, California), y en 2023 recibió un premio Emerging Scholar de la Common Ground Research Networks. (Canada and United States).

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PRICING:

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$300 (2 hours total / 120-minute review with a curator and art critic)

Individual artist review with both a curator and art critic

 

*Once a review is requested, reviewers will evaluate your work according to your website and/or social media

and get back to you regarding schedule and payment.

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Questions? Email buildingbridgesax@gmail.com.

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