José Luis Falconi, PhD

Honors

Honors

The Estrellita Brodsky Fellow of Latin American Art, Department of History of Art and Architecture (FAS) and Harvard University Art Museums

July 2010-July 2011
Harvard University, First Estrellita Brodsky Fellow of Latin American Art at Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Grant Recipient,
Summer Travel Research Grant, Department of Romance Languages and Literature

June - August 2003, July 2004
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Summer Research Grant,
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

August - September 2000, August - September 2004
Cambridge, MA

Art Forum Fellowship,
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

2007-2009
Harvard University, First Art Forum Fellow at Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Grant Recipient,
Nancy Clark Smith Fund, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

August 2001, 2002, 2003
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Grant Recipient,
Arthur Mellon Foundation - Boston University, “The Writing of the Americas” Seminar

June 2000
Boston, MA

Dissertation Completion Fellow,
Graduate Society

2006 - 2007
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Grant Recipient,
Summer School Tuition Waiver. Faculty of Arts and Sciences

June - August 2001
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Grant Recipient,
Dillon Fellowship Fund

Spring 2000
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Founding Member and Board Member,
Symbolic Reparations Research Project

July 2016 - present
Boston, MA

Board Member,
“Young Audiences of Massachusetts”

July 2010 - July 2012
Boston, MA

Steering Committee Member

2021 - present
Renaissance Now Coalition of Scholars Boston, MA

Board Member,
Editorial Board

2020 - present
Investigations of Lens and Screen Art: A Publication Series from SVA
School of Visual Arts
New York, NY

Member,
Advisory Board

2018 - Present
Center for Justice and International Law
(CEJIL)
Washington, D.C.

World Wide Ambassador, LifeWtr - PepsiCo

2017 - Present
Purchase
New York, NY

Keynote Speaker, “Realisms: Politics, Art, and Visual Culture in the Americas”

April 2016
Graduate Student Conference
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
New York, NY

Jury Member,
Semi-Final Stage. Concurso Nacional VIII Premio Luis Caballero [Luis Caballero Prize VIII National Award]

September 2014
Instituto Distrital de las Artes (IDARTES)
Bogotá, Colombia

Jury Member,
II Bienal de Arte Veracruz 2014

2014
Veracruz, Mexico

Jury Member,
Photographic Contest “Bordes: Paisajes en Alerta’ [Borders: Landscapes in Danger]

September - 2012
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)/ Colombian Society of Landscape Architects (SAP)
Regional Conference
Medellín, Colombia

Jury Member, II Premio “Cátedra de México”

August 2011
Harvard University and CONACULTA
Mexico city, Mexico

100 Most Important Latinos in New England, 2010

March 2010
Boston: El Planeta Newspaper
Boston, MA

Guest Editor, Bomb Magazine, “The Americas” Anniversary Issues

July 2008 - July 2009
New York, NY

Jury Member, Premio Botero - Fundación Jóvenes Artistas Colombianos

February 2006
Bogotá, Colombia

Member, “Cultural Agents Seminar”

December 2003
Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Member, Student Advisory Board

2002
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Cambridge, MA

Nominee for Deanship,
School of Arts

2021
California Institute of Art (CalArts)
Valencia, California

Board Member,
Advisory Board

2019 - present
Editorial Proyecto Bachué
Bogotá, Colombia

Jury Member,
Primer Concurso Internacional de Fotografía Contemporánea

November 2018
Festival NL Foto
Monterrey, México

Jury Member,
Juannio Premio y Concurso de Artes Visuales Latinoamericano de Guatemala

March 2017
Guatemala City, Guatemala

Guest Editor,
Revista Kaypunku [Kaypunku Journal], Journal of Art History Special Number on Contemporary Photography

December 2015
Universidad San Marcos
Lima, Perú

Jury Member,
Annual Selection Committee 2014-2015

2014 - 2015
Cisneros Fontanals Foundation
Miami, Florida

Expert,
Iquique/Antofagasta Region Evaluation- Art Program, Programa Formación en Regiones, Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes

2013
Santiago de Chile, Chile

Nominee,
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) Grants and Commissions

November 2011 - November 2012
Miami, FL

Selected as one of the “Most Influential Curators in Latin American Art” - 1st Arte al Día International Annual Acknowledgment Issue

July 2011
Arte Al Día
Miami, FL

President of Jury, Concurso “Entre Ch.ACO y Finlandia”

June - September 2010
Santiago de Chile, Chile

Foster Prize Art Prize Nominator - The Institute of Contemporary Arts

2004, 2006, 2008 - present
Boston, MA

Member of Advisory Board, Visual Arts - The Americas Society

October 2005 - October 2008
New York, NY

Member, Steering Committee on the Future of the Humanities

2003
University of California Humanities Research Institute
Heredia, Costa Rica

Member, Steering Committee on “Cultural Agency in the Americas”

2002
Rockefeller Foundation
Bellagio Center, Italy

Jury Member,
Language Out Loud (LOL) competition

2021
ThinkSeries, Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (Scholar)
Hong Kong, China

Member,
Advisory Board

January 2019 - Present
Creative Time Summit
10th Year Anniversary Summit
New York, NY

Jury Member,
Concurso “En Blanco”

Mayo 2018
Espacio El Dorado
Bogotá, Colombia

Jury Member,
Final Stage (2015) and Final Prize (2016). Concurso Nacional VIII Premio Luis Caballero [Luis Caballero Prize VIII National Award]

September 2015 - 2016
Distrital de las Artes (IDARTES)
Bogotá, Colombia

Board Member,
Proyecto C-41

2015 - 2017
Antigua, Guatemala

Host Committee Board Member,
Bienal de las Fronteras 2015

2015
Matamoros Tamaulipas
Mexico City, Mexico and New York, NY

Member,
Expert Steering Committee for Latin America “USB MAP Global Initiative”

October 2012 - present
Salomon R, Guggenheim Museum,
New York, NY

Acting/Voting Member, Academic Steering Committee

October 2011 - March 2012
International Colloquium of the 1st Biennale of Photography of Lima:
Municipalidad de Lima/Centro de la Imagen
Lima, Perú

Awarded “Premio Orgullo Hispano” by the Reading School District

October 2010
Reading Boston, MA

Nominee,
Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers

2009
San Francisco, CA

Jury Member, SMFA Traveling Scholars Awards, Museum of Fine Arts

March 2008
Boston, MA

Second Prize, Cuento de las 2000 Palabras

July 2004
Revista Caretas
Lima, Perú

Member, Steering Committee on the Future of the Humanities

2002
University of California Humanities Research Institute
Mexico City, Mexico

First Prize of Visual Arts, The Gallery

Fall 1996
Williamsburg, VA