2024 Curatorial Research Fellow: Eduardo Carrera

Apr 18, 2024

Eduardo Carrera’s research explores LGBTQ+ BIPOC representation and resistance in queer photography from the southern United States, a region intricately linked to Latin America and the Caribbean due to its territorial and cultural proximity.

Informed by a selection of work by artists active in the 1970s-80s, through to today – including George Febres, George Dureau, and Judy Cooper, alongside contemporary photographers like Trenity Thomas and Tommy Kha – his Fellowship project examines queer BIPOC experiences and depictions during the HIV/AIDS crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Tracing histories of photography alongside developments in queer culture throughout the American South, Eduardo will mine archives and museum collections. Additionally, he will conduct interviews with curators in order to better understand the integration of queer photography into broader museological narratives of American art history.

Eduardo Carrera (b. Quito, 1987) is a curator, art historian, and writer based in Philadelphia. His research interests include postcolonial and queer approaches to curatorial practices, art history, and writing. He is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program in History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania, with a focus on Latin American art, Latinx art, and Queer art. Carrera holds an M.A. in Cultural Management from the International University of Catalonia and has completed the Independent Study Program at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona (PEI). Carrera earned a B.A in Visual Arts from PUCE, Ecuador. Most recently, Eduardo served as the Director and Curator at the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Quito - CAC, where he curated the annual exhibition program from 2017 to 2022. He also held the position of Artistic Director of the Salón de Julio of the Museum of Guayaquil in its 62nd edition, 2023. Carrera co-founded and directed the exhibition and artist residency platform No Lugar (2010 – 2016). His writings have been published in catalogs and specialized magazines, including Phaidon Editorial, Artpress, L'internationale, Artishock, La-Escuela, and Terremoto. With over a decade of experience, he has worked and collaborated with a wide range of museums and cultural institutions, including Visual Aids, Matadero Madrid, Han Nefkens Foundation, MACBA Barcelona, ARCO Madrid, Felipa Manuela, the United Nations, the Ministry of Culture and Heritage of Ecuador, Fundación Museos de la Ciudad, IILA, Museo di Roma, PIVO Sao Paulo, and the Cisneros Institute at MoMA. Eduardo was part of the Curatorial Intensive Buenos Aires 2013.