the founders

Jorge Sanguino

Born in Cali, Colombia, Sanguino graduated with a B.A. in Fine Arts, a B.A. in Philosophy, and Magister in Philosophy at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá. Later he moved to Berlin, Germany, where he graduated with an M.A. in Art History from the Humboldt-University. He worked with institutional projects, such as Schinkelpavillion, KW, Berlin Biennale, and running his own exhibition projects, and co-founded wildpalms.

Further, he was always the cultural connection for Latinamerica and Europe, working as an advisor with various galleries and embassies of Colombia and Mexico.

Also, he has a great passion for teaching, being the youngest lecturer at Politecnico Grancolombiano, Bogotá, creating seminars for UDK in Berlin, UDEM in Monterrey Mexico, as well as Albert University, NY.

Find more of his writings: www.artoftheamericas.net

Alexandra Meffert

Born in Düsseldorf, in her tender age she learned to love animals and art. Deciding to respect life and the environment, she became vegan, and pursued a career within the artworld. She earned a B.A. in Art History and Bussiness Administration from Humboltd University of Berlin, and moved to New York for her M.A. in Art Bussiness at Sotheby’s. There she engaged in perfectioning her years of yoga practice, becoming a Strala Instructor with more than 700 hours trainings, and developing her own Strala Studio, named Light Space Movement.

During her B.A. studies, she co-founded wildpalms, becoming the youngest gallery dealer to be with her own project at the UNTITLED Art Fair in Miami Beach.

Also, she is a PhD candidate at Heinrich-Heine-University, researching on the development of local art markets.