ABOUT US
The ArtsLibris team is flexible, and it grows or transforms every year depending on the projects and the needs of the event, but always has the good fortune to include some professionals from different fields, who take interest in the artist’s publications and the photobooks from different perspectives. Currently, the people who collaborate with the project in a stable way to give shape and substance to the three calls of ArtsLibris in 2023 are the following:
Rocío SC Santa Cruz, founder and general director of ArtsLibris, studied at the École Estienne in Paris and is the initiator of the publishing label Raíña Lupa, created in the French capital in 1994 and moved to Barcelona in 2002. Involved in the world of galleries since several years, since 2015 she runs a gallery that bears her name in Barcelona.
The interconnection between art and literature, through projects such as the edition of illustrated books and the curating of exhibitions —such as Leer imágenes: el archivo fotográfico de Julio Cortázar and La palabra y su sombra, José Ángel Valente—, are her main interests. In her activity as a gallerist, her focal points are photography, experimental cinema and the publication of artist’s books. She conceives the gallery as a container of ideas, and a space for discussion and dissemination of contemporary artistic practices.
Joana Hurtado Matheu coordinates ArtsLibris. She is a curator, critic, and researcher specializing in the relationships between artistic practices, photography, and cinema. She served as Director of Fabra i Coats: Barcelona Contemporary Art Centre and of Can Felipa Arts Visuals (Barcelona City Council). She holds a degree in Art History from the University of Barcelona and a Master’s degree in Art Criticism and Communication from the University of Girona. She also holds a DEA in Film and Audiovisual Research from Université Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle and teaches theory in the Bachelor’s Degree in Arts and Design at Escola Massana (UAB). She has curated exhibitions and film programs, edited art books, contributed essays to exhibition catalogues and journals, and was a regular contributor to Cultura/s, the cultural supplement of La Vanguardia.
Pedro Hugo Carmo, graphic designer formed by the Facultad de Bellas Artes of Porto and master in interaction design by the Elisava School. They highlight their projects in print and digital media in collaboration with artists, art centers, the Barcelona library network, architecture studios, dance companies and fashion brands.