Miguel López (born 1983) is an artist, researcher, and writer. He studied Photography at the Center of Photography, Lima (2002–2005) and was scholarship holder of MACBA’s Independent Study Program (PEI), Barcelona (2008–2009). In autumn 2010 López participated in BAK, basis voor actuele kunst’s Research-in-Residence (RIR) program. His recent co-curated exhibitions include: Subversive Practices. Art under Conditions of Political Repression. 60s–80s/South America/Europe, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, 2009 and Trafó Galéria, Budapest, 2010; and La Persistencia de lo Efímero. Orígenes del no-objetualismo peruano: ambientaciones/happenings/arte conceptual (1965–1975), Spanish Cultural Center, Lima, 2007. He is a regular contributor to Ramona and Artecontexto and has written for Afterall, Papel Alpha, and Papers d’Art, among others. López is co-author of Post-Ilusiones. Nuevas visiones. Arte crítico en Lima, 1980–2006 (2007). Since 2007 he has been a member of the editorial group of the art and politics magazine des-bordes, and the group Red Conceptualismos del Sur. López lives and works in Lima. [Last updated 2010]
