Mercedes Perez Bergliaffa

A visual artist from Argentina, Mercedes Perez Bergliaffa is involved in both art production and Art History research as they are related to social isues. She studied in Visual Arts and Art History at the National University of La Plata (UNLP), Argentina. In 1999, she effected a residency at the Center for Multimedia in the Czech Republic. In 2001, with a grant from the Antorchas Foundation she went to work at the Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada). During 2000 and 2002, she organised art exhibitions and events, and was a curatorial assistant in Argentina and Italy.