Luis Pérez Oramas, essayist and poet, was born in Caracas in 1960. He holds a PhD in Art History from the School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences (Paris, 1993). He was curator of the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection (1995-2002), curator of Latin American Art at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (2003-2017), and curatorial director of the Thirtieth International Art Biennial of Sao Paulo (2012-2013). At present, he resides in New York and works as an independent writer and curator, curatorial advisor for the Hochschild Correa Collection (Lima), and curatorial director of the Nara Roesler Gallery (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and New York). He has published the poetry books Poemas (1978), Salmos (y boleros) de la casa (1986), La gana breve (1994), Gacelas y otros poemas (1999), Prisionero del aire (2008), La dulce astilla (2015), Animal vesperal (2022), and La mano segadora, selección antológica (1983-2021). He is also the author of several catalogues and books on visual art, art theory, and sociopolitical issues.