Currently, the president and founder of the Cultural Association Centro Selva Arte y Ciencia is artist and researcher Diana Riesco-Lind. The vice president of Centro Selva is Hilma Lind del Aguila, general manager of the company Márgenes del Bosque. With the support and guidance of Dr. Manuel Mauricio Gonzales, artist Karen Niemczyk, artist Kike Riesco, and artist Liz Tania Díaz Vela, Centro Selva Arte y Ciencia began its activities in 2012.
Centro Selva Arte y Ciencia – Timeline
2012:
Foundation of Centro Selva Arte y Ciencia by artist and researcher Diana Riesco-Lind. She holds a Master’s degree in Fine Art with a specialization in Digital Media from the Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, where she developed a thesis on migration and the construction of identity. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art with a specialization in Painting from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, with a thesis analyzing the evolution of Shipibo-Konibo art and its influence on contemporary Amazonian art.
2012–present:
Organization of artistic residencies with the participation of artists from more than 20 countries, including Australia, Argentina, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Slovakia, the United States, France, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Sweden, Japan, the United Kingdom, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, Zambia, and Peru. The residencies take place in Ucayali, Peru, with exhibitions and public talks open to the public in Ucayali, Lima, and virtual formats.
2012:
Centro Selva presentation at Fundación Telefónica, Lima.
2013:
Exhibition Centro Selva in Lima: Tránsitos y Confluencias at Casa O’Higgins, Lima. Participating artists included artists from Ucayali, program residents, Shipibo-Konibo master artisans, and works from the Torre Tagle Museum collection, coordinated by museologist and cultural manager Luis Repetto.
2016:
First Casa Abierta Seminar of Centro Selva, with the participation of invited artists Antonio García Castillo, Efraín Bedoya Schwartz, and Karen Macher Nesta.
2017:
Exhibition Centro Selva: Fifth Anniversary at the ICPNA Gallery, La Molina, Lima.
2018:
Casa Abierta Centro Selva Seminar with invited artists Benny Ríos, Graciela Arias, Melissa Torres, Rember Yahuarcani, and Oscar Lara, held in Ucayali, Peru.
2019:
Awarded funding from the Ministry of Culture for the organization of festivals, enabling the realization of the first Amazonian Art Biennial in Pucallpa, Ucayali.
2020:
Participation in the Hello World event organized by Transcultural Exchange. Development of virtual meetings that led to the formation of the Centro Selva Arte y Ciencia collective, composed of former residency participants.
2022:
Participation in Transcultural Exchange, Boston. Participation of the Centro Selva collective (former residency artists and coordinators) in Espacios Revelados Lima with the project De Velos Existentes, an initiative by the international foundation Siemens Stiftung that activates public and disused spaces through a social and historical approach.
2023:
Collaboration with the IPANAMU Festival. Awarded funding from the Ministry of Culture for Proyecto Origen, a series of exhibitions addressing the disappearance of tributaries of the Amazon River. The project was developed by the Centro Selva collective.
2024:
Beginning of a collaboration with Amazónicas, directed by Nora Carrasco Apaza, exploring new formats for artistic residencies.
2025:
Recipient of an AWLC education grant for the workshop Tejiendo Fibras y Procesos Sociales in the Bora community of Paucarquillo, Loreto. Participation in Transcultural Exchange 2025, Boston, USA.
More about Diana Riesco-Lind: dianariescolind.com
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