Ximena Caminos

Ximena Caminos is the Creative Director and Cultural Place Maker for Blue Heron Ocean Society and Honey Lab. She is also the Artistic Visionary Planner for The Underline, the largest public art project  in the country. She was former Chair of Faena Art,[1] and was formally Executive Creative Director and partner in Faena Group.[2][3] She was also Chief Curator of the Faena Arts Center in Buenos Aires from 2004.[4][5] Caminos founded the Faena Prize for the Arts (see: Faena Arts Center), one of the largest art prizes in Latin America.[6][7] Formally Artistic Director of Faena Forum, "a new kind of multidisciplinary centre in a flexible building that can house dance, theatre, political debates, lectures and a wide range of other cultural happenings," opened in Miami Beach in 2016 and designed by Rem Koolhaas[8]

With her ex-husband Alan Faena,[9][10] she has been cited as a major contributor to the arts scene in Buenos Aires.[8] They have one son named Noa.[11] Caminos is a member of the New Museum Leadership Council.[12]

Early career

Caminos was a curator at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires until 2004,[8][11] and previously, a curator and producer for the Buenos Aires Secretary of Culture[3] She trained with Eduardo Stupía and Pablo Suarez[4] and worked with Miguel Briante at the Recoleta Cultural Center[13]

References
  1. "Faena District to Launch with Fanfare". Miami Herald. 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  2. "Miami's New Creative Class: Ximena Caminos", New York Post, 2014, retrieved 2015-02-25
  3. "The best shops in Buenos Aires: an insiders' guide", The Telegraph, 2013, retrieved 2015-02-25
  4. "Los caminos de Ximena". Harpers Bazaar. Hearst Corporation. 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  5. Emma O'Kelly (2014), The Insider Guide to Art Basel Miami Beach, Christie's, retrieved 2015-02-25
  6. "2015 Faena Prize for the Arts Awarded to Cayetano Ferrer", Artforum, 2015, retrieved 2015-02-25
  7. "Cayetano Ferrer Wins 2015 Faena Prize", Artnews, 2015, retrieved 2015-02-27
  8. Ted Loos (2015), "In Miami Beach, the Faena Forum is to Open in December", New York Times, retrieved 2015-03-17
  9. "Ximena Caminos: El arte se convirtió en un commodity y ése es el gran problema", La Nacion, October 12, 2014, retrieved 2015-02-25
  10. "The Parties at Art Basel Miami Beach", The New York Times, December 6, 2014, retrieved 2015-05-15
  11. Elisa Lipsky-Karasz (2013), "Alan Faena's Argentine Residence", Wall Street Journal, retrieved 2015-02-25
  12. New Museum Leadership Council, New Museum, retrieved 2015-02-25
  13. Lorelay Gaffoglio (2014), "Ximena Caminos: El arte se convirtió en un commodity y ése es el gran problema", La Nacion, retrieved 2015-02-25
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