Mateo Chacon-Pino

Mateo Chacon-Pino (Switzerland/Colombia, 1991) is an independent curator based in Zurich. He graduated in Art History, Theory and History of Photography, and Modern German Literature at the University of Zurich. Chacon-Pino has contributed texts to various publications, and assisted the artist Teresa Margolles on her project for Manifesta 11 in Zurich. Since 2013 he has curated various shows and projects in informal spaces as well as at the Peter Kilchmann Gallery in Zurich. In 2013 he co-founded and ran the art space Arbenz in Zurich. In the curriculum year 2016-17 Chacon-Pino participates in the De Appel Curatorial Programme.