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About the Curator

ronald LOPEZ

Ronald Lopez, 33, is an artist and curator with a devotion to emerging art and social justice. He has produced provocative art for more than a decade and has helped to implement city art programs in Los Angeles and Istanbul, Turkey.  While in Istanbul, Lopez founded and developed the Aden Art Center (March 2002), a national, non-profit creative center for young and emerging artists. The Center featured an international program that included an artist-in-residence program and an exchange component for festivals.  

Last year Lopez helped evaluate the artist-in-residency program at 18th Street, an internationally renowned Art Center in Santa Monica.  It was there that he also introduced audiences to the U.S. version of “Does Religion Kill?” (November 2006), a thought provoking group exhibition featuring video, illustration, drawing and an interactive dialogue mural.  “Does Religion Kill?” first premiered at Turkey’s 9th International Istanbul Biennial in September 2005.

Lopez has also participated in public art forums, including speaking engagements at the Alliance for Artists Communities’ annual conference at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA and at the Res Artis’ annual  conference at Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo in Mexico City.  

Previously, Lopez managed Couturier Gallery in Los Angeles, an establishment known for showcasing Latin American and American art, but he recently accepted the position as Program Coordinator at 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica.  Lopez is a native Angeleno and has returned to his roots after several years in the Middle East.