Our Team
Director of Development
geraldine@echoartfoundation.com
Géraldine Guardia is a trilingual cultural manager and exhibition strategist whose work moves fluidly between logistics, storytelling, and community engagement across the Americas and Europe. Her practice sits at the intersection of art and infrastructure — the quiet, exacting labor that brings exhibitions, murals, and public programs vividly to life. She currently coordinates activities and grant applications at Unchained Mothering in Miami, and as Artistic Project Director for Open Walls, led the creative and logistical direction of a large-scale mural project at a Miami elementary school, forging partnerships with school districts, the Chilean consulate, and cultural foundations. Her formative years were shaped by her tenure as Senior Supervisor of Cultural Projects at Chile’s Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, where she oversaw a national portfolio of public art initiatives and trained project leaders across the country. Earlier, she coordinated international festival logistics for audiovisual works at Cannes, Berlinale, and Ventana Sur; directed exhibitions of Chilean cinema, including at Expo Shanghai; and led an arts workshop for Save the Children in Lebanon. She holds a Master’s in Art and Politics from New York University and a degree in Journalism from the Universidad de Chile.
Technology and Development Manager
jzambrano@echoartfoundation.com
Responsible for managing technology infrastructure, application development,and digital solutions at Echo Art Foundation. Oversees automation projects,web platforms, system integrations, and technology process optimization.
curadora
Profesional con más de 40 años de experiencia en el ámbito de las artes visuales, con formación en Historia del Arte (Universidad de La Habana) y una sólida trayectoria en curaduría, tasación y gestión cultural.
Ha dirigido instituciones y galerías en Cuba y Panamá, participado en ferias internacionales y promovido el coleccionismo institucional y privado.
Experiencia destacada:
• Curadurías y tasaciones de arte contemporáneo (2020–2025)
• Coordinadora de proyectos en Galería NG – Panamá (2017–2020)
• Directora de la Galería Nacional de la UNEAC (2015–2017)
• Directora Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Fondo Cubano de Bienes Culturales (2000–2015)
Curadurías y proyectos relevantes:
Cofundadora de Subasta Habana (2002) | Curadora de los proyectos HB (paralelo a la Bienal de La Habana) y Post-it (arte emergente) |
Participación en ferias de arte en EE. UU., México, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, España, Francia y Dinamarca.
Publicaciones y docencia:
Autora de textos en catálogos y libros en Francia, España, México, Panamá y Cuba.
Conferencista sobre el mercado del arte contemporáneo y tutora de tesis en la Universidad de La Habana.
Miembro de la Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC).
Executive coordinator
Yoindra Maestre de Armas is a director, educator, and cultural manager with over 22 years of experience in arts infrastructure, visual programming, and international exhibition logistics. Trained in Dramatic Arts, she taught Acting at Cuba’s Higher Institute of Arts (ISA) and spent nearly a decade as Assistant Director to renowned theater director Flora Lauten at Teatro Buendía, coordinating international tours across the United States. She has since directed and produced visual and audiovisual projects across the U.S., Europe, and the Caribbean, and currently collaborates on production and project coordination with curator Elvia Rosa Castro at the Copperbridge Foundation, while also serving as executive coordinator at La Lavandería Art Space in Havana. Her independent projects include co-curating El Arsenal at Madrid’s ArtMadrid fair and directing the Visual Arts Department of the Gibara International Film Festival.