Programme:
Art - PhD/MPhil
Start date:
January 2018
Mode of study:
Full time
Research title:
Art and Social Movements: Protest Art in the Chilean student movement of 2011-2013
Rosa Santibáñez Núñez is a theory-based Art PhD candidate at the Edinburgh College of Art. She holds an MFA in Contemporary Art Practice from The University of Edinburgh, a Diploma in Communication and Cultural Management, and a BA (Hons) from the University of Chile. She is also an Associate Fellow of HEA.
Her doctoral research examines the role of contemporary art praxis in the social protest through the study of the Chilean student movement of 2011.
Visiting Lecturer in Art Theory course. Feb - Mar 2024. School of Art and Design, Hubei University.
Postgraduate Teaching Assistant for five hybrid postgraduate courses: Building Near Future; Relationality, Creative Practice and Education; Strategic Change Leadership for Creative Industries; Gamifying Historical Narratives, and; Critical Creative Diversity. Semester 1 and 2, Academic year 2022-2023. Edinburgh Futures Institute.
Guest Lecturer Visual Cultures. March 2021, Academic year 2020-2021. School of Art, Edinburgh College of Art.
Guest Lecturer in Critical and Cultural Theories of Contemporary Art. January 2021, Academic year 2020-2021. Edinburgh College of Art.
Tutor in Approaches to Visual Cultures. Semester 2, Academic year 2020-2021. School of Art, Edinburgh College of Art.
Tutor in History of Art 2B From Modernism and Avant-gardes to Postmodernism and Globalisation. Semester 2, Academic year 2020-2021. School of History of Art, Edinburgh College of Art.
Tutor in History of Art 2A Reason, Romance, Revolution: Art from 1700 to 1900. Semester 1, Academic year 2020-2021. School of History of Art, Edinburgh College of Art.
Tutor in Art Practice. Semester 1 and 2, Academic year 2014, and Semester 1, Academic year 2015. Faculty of Arts. University of Chile.
Tutor in History of Art. Semester 1. Academic year 2015. Faculty of Arts. University of Chile.
My areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
Collaborative art practices, Socially engaged art, Contemporary art, Public art, Visual culture, Decolonisation, Art theory, Protest art, Social movement theory, Feminism, Archival research, Migration and territory.
(Forthcoming congress presentation: Santibanez, R. Contemporary Art Praxis in the Social Protest: Reflections on Art and Resistance.
54° International Congress SLAS 2024, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. 1-4 July 2024)
Santibanez, R. Dialogic Art and Creative Processes: Analysis of the strategies and collaborative art practices in the Chilean student movement of 2011-2013.
XLI International Congress Latin American Studies Association LASA 2023, Vancouver, Canada. 25 May 2023
Santibanez, R. Visual repository of the student movement of 2011.
Seminar Art, Social Movements and Collectivities. National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Santiago, Chile. 7-14 January 2023
Santibanez, R. A critical approach to art praxis and protest.
Conference Student Movement of 2011: Micro-politics, Aesthetics and Rebellions. University of Valparaiso. 31 August 2021
Santibanez, R. Activism and Resistance: Rethinking the art praxis during the Chilean student movement of 2011-2012.
Webinar Acts of Defiance: Exploring protest art. Scottish Society for Art History, Public Statues and Sculpture Association and University of Dundee. 15 May 2021
Santibanez, R. Art interventions and the role of art during the Chilean student protests of 2011.
II National Conference in Art Research. University of Valparaiso, Mayor University, Academia Humanismo Cristiano University, Art & Humanities Research Association. 9-10 December 2020
Santibanez, R. Artivism: Art production in the Chilean student movement of 2011.
Postgraduate Research Symposium. Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. 11 December 2019
Santibanez, R. Art production and generational identity in the Chilean student movement.
Art + Identity: Latin American Art and Cultural Research Symposium. University of Oxford. 1 June 2019
Santibanez, R. Understanding Protest Art: A case study around the student movement of 2011.
Conference Thinking Chile: Fresh ideas and new perspectives. Global Seminars, Edinburgh. 22-23 Feb 2019
Santibanez, R. Artworks and political action in the Chilean student movement of 2011.
Conference Artivismo: The place of Art and Politics in Latin America. University of Cambridge. 10 Nov 2018
2019. Un lugar donde esconderse. Museum Nahim Isaías. Guayaquil, Ecuador.
2019. Territorios Ingrávidos. Art Gallery Balmaceda Arte Joven. Santiago, Chile.
2018. Dispositivos Cotidianos. Art Gallery Bech. Santiago, Chile.
2018. Dispositivos Cotidianos. Cultural Centre Artistas del Acero. Concepción, Chile.
2017. Degree Show 2017. Edinburgh College of Art. Edinburgh, UK.
2017. Sound Thought 2017. Centre for Contemporary Arts. Glasgow, UK.
2017. National Anthem. The Number Shop Gallery. Edinburgh, UK.
2017. MFA2 Exhibition. Sculpture Court. Edinburgh College of Art. Edinburgh, UK.
2016. It’s Liquid. Contemporary Venice International Art Show. Palazzo Flangini. Venice, Italy.
2016. Interim. Talbot Rice Gallery. Edinburgh, UK.
2016. HCM Hyper Contemporary Marketing. Embassy Gallery. Edinburgh, UK.
2016. Leave no Trace. Tent Gallery. Edinburgh, UK.
2015. Have Fun. Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art. Edinburgh, UK.
2015. Ciudad Fractal. National Museum Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna. Santiago, Chile.
2015. Ciudad Fractal. Art Gallery Juan Egenau. University of Chile. Santiago, Chile.
2015. Piensa en Cobre. Contemporary Art Museum. Santiago, Chile.
2014. Sitio. Art Gallery Conejo. Santiago, Chile.
2013. Reflejo Concreto. National Museum Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna. Santiago, Chile.
2013. Biblioteca de Santiago. XXXIV National Contest of Youth Art. Santiago, Chile.
2013. Centro Cultural Los Andes. XXXIV National Contest of Youth Art. Los Andes, Chile.
2012. Sala El Farol. XXXIV National Contest of Youth Art. Valparaíso, Chile.