Alejandro Castellote (Spain)
Alejandro Castellote began working as photography curator in 1982. He was director of the Photography Department at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid from 1985 to 1996, during which he organised five editions of the Festival FOCO (Fotografía Contemporánea) and was also responsible for programming exhibitions, workshops, seminaries and other activities. In 1987, he launched the Minerva Photography Gallery at the Círculo de Bellas Artes, a space devoted to young photographers.
He was artistic director and founder of the International Photography Festival PHotoEspaña in Madrid from 1998 to 2000. He worked for Lunwerg Publishers, and was responsible for the Contemporary Photography section, publishing amongst others the book Mapas Abiertos: Fotografía Latinoamericana, 1991-2002. In 2005 and 2006, he was the contents adviser for C Photo Magazine in London and curated the exhibition C on Cities for the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2006.
He is an academic member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid. He teaches workshops and collaborates with different national and international publications as a photography critic and essay writer. He has been a guest curator for Latin America of Photoquai – a Biennial organized by the Museum Quai de Branly at Paris – and curator for the first three editions of the Festival Getxophoto, Bilbao, Spain.
Presently, he works freelance, and is guest curator of the Festival of visual arts (Picha) of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, curator of the Spanish representation at the Seoul Photo Fair in Seoul, South Korea, director of the collection Latin American photographers Library-PHotoBolsillo edited by La Fábrica, Madrid, and teaches at the Master of Photography of the School EFTI in Madrid. In 2006 he was awarded with the Prize Bartolomé Ros fort the best professional track record in photography in Spain.
Patricia Levasseur de la Motte (France/Singapore)
Patricia Levasseur de la Motte earned an MA in Museology and an MRes in Art History (Asian Arts) from the Ecole du Louvre, Paris. She then worked as a Research Assistant at the National Museum of Asian Arts-Guimet, Paris. In her former role as Assistant Curator for Photography and New Media at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM), she curated and co-curated several exhibitions including Alain Fleischer, Time Exposures, SAM (2008), TRANSPORTASIAN: Visions of Contemporary Photography from Southeast Asia, SAM (2009); Rainbow Asia, Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Museum (2010); and Video, an Art, a History 1965-2010: a Selection from the Centre Pompidou and Singapore Art Museum collections, SAM (2011). She has contributed to several essays and reviews for exhibition catalogues and international publications. She is presently an Independent Curator, working on The Philanthropic Museum, an on-line database project dedicated to photography and new media art.
Zeng Han (China)
Zeng Han is an independent Curator & Photographer born 1974 in Guangdong, China. He started out as a photojournalist at New Express from 1998 – 2000, was Photographer and Editor at 21st CENTURY BUSINESS HERALD from 2000 – 2001, and the Director of photography at City Pictorial from 2001 – 2008. Zeng Han is currently the Founder & Director of Authtic Vision, and is based in Guangzhou China.
Zeng Han has curated an impressive number of photography exhibitions to date, which include the exhibitions Invisible City: photography exhibition at Star Photography Gallery in Shanghai, Dark Corner: Feng Li solo exhibition in 2006, and CHINESCAPE: Contemporary Chinese Landscape Photography Exhibition, Times Museum, Guangzhou, China in 2010. He was invited to curate at the 1st Lianzhou International Photography Exhibition, Lianzhou, China in 2005, and the 3rd Dali International Photography Festival, Dali, China in 2011, and was awarded the Best Curator Prize at both festivals
Zeng Han has participated in the 2009 Photo Global, Artist residency program, School of Visaul Arts, New York, U.S.A. and has held exhibitions for his works since 2000. His most recent exhibition was held in 2011 at the Nina Torres Fine Art gallery, Miami, U.S.A, and titled China Now!