{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"La Biennale d\u2019art contemporain autochtone","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/","title":"Armando Perla | La Biennale d\u2019art contemporain autochtone","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"m9iWhks5Uq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/newsletter\/armando-perla\/\">Armando Perla<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baca.ca\/en\/newsletter\/armando-perla\/embed\/#?secret=m9iWhks5Uq\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Armando Perla&#8221; &#8212; La Biennale d\u2019art contemporain autochtone\" data-secret=\"m9iWhks5Uq\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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Armando Perla (iel) est un\u00b7e conservateur\u00b7rice, universitaire et consultant\u00b7e mus\u00e9al\u00b7e queer non-binaire (m\u00e9tis\u00b7e, nahua et euro-salvadorien\u00b7ne) originaire de Kuskatan (El Salvador). Iel est conservateur\u00b7rice ind\u00e9pendant\u00b7e et consultant\u00b7e mus\u00e9al\u00b7e. Perla est \u00e9galement doctorant\u00b7e en histoire de l'art et en mus\u00e9ologie de l'Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, o\u00f9 ses recherches, financ\u00e9es par la bourse d'\u00e9tudes sup\u00e9rieures du Canada Joseph-Armand Bombardier, portent sur les mus\u00e9ologies autochtones transnationales. Perla a \u00e9t\u00e9 directeur\u00b7rice artistique et conservateur\u00b7rice en chef du Mus\u00e9e du textile du Canada, et a occup\u00e9 le poste de vice-pr\u00e9sident\u00b7e du conseil d'administration de l'Association des mus\u00e9es canadiens (2021-2024). Iel a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 conservateur\u00b7rice en chef des mus\u00e9es d'histoire de Toronto et membre du comit\u00e9 international sur les dilemmes \u00e9thiques (IC-Ethics) de l'ICOM. Entre 2021 et 2022, iel a organis\u00e9 une exposition historique pour les enfants sur la m\u00e9moire historique et les droits de l'homme pour le Programme des Nations unies pour le d\u00e9veloppement et l'Agence suisse pour la coop\u00e9ration internationale en Am\u00e9rique centrale. En 2025, Perla a re\u00e7u la m\u00e9daille du couronnement du roi Charles III pour sa contribution au secteur mus\u00e9al canadien et international. Sa carri\u00e8re s'\u00e9tend sur plusieurs r\u00e9gions g\u00e9ographiques : iel a \u00e9t\u00e9 conseillier\u00b7i\u00e8re internationale en mati\u00e8re de mus\u00e9es, de droits de la personne et d'inclusion sociale pour la ville de Medell\u00edn, en Colombie ; iel a fait partie de l'\u00e9quipe fondatrice du Mus\u00e9e canadien des droits de la personne ; et iel a \u00e9t\u00e9 chef\u00b7fe de projet au Mus\u00e9e su\u00e9dois de la migration et de la d\u00e9mocratie. Iel a \u00e9galement enseign\u00e9 en tant que professeur\u00b7e adjoint\u00b7e sur la d\u00e9colonisation et la race dans les mus\u00e9es dans le cadre du programme de ma\u00eetrise en mus\u00e9ologie de l'Universit\u00e9 de Toronto, et en tant que professeur\u00b7e auxiliaire \u00e0 la facult\u00e9 de droit de l'Universit\u00e9 du Manitoba et au Global College de l'Universit\u00e9 de Winnipeg. Titulaire d'une licence en droit de l'Universit\u00e9 Laval et d'une ma\u00eetrise en droit international des droits de l'homme de l'universit\u00e9 de Lund et de l'Institut Raoul Wallenberg en Su\u00e8de, Perla poss\u00e8de une formation qui allie le droit, les droits de l'homme et la mus\u00e9ologie. Avant de se lancer dans le domaine des mus\u00e9es, iel a travaill\u00e9 avec des organisations de d\u00e9fense des droits de l'homme en Am\u00e9rique du Nord, en Am\u00e9rique latine et en Europe. Photo : Yuma Dean Hester \u200c \u200c \u200c We are thrilled to share that Armando Perla has been selected as the co-curator of the 8th edition of BACA. Armando Perla (they\/them) is a non-binary queer mestizo (Nahua and Euro-Salvadoran) curator, scholar, and museum consultant originally from Kuskatan (El Salvador). They are an independent curator and museum consultant. Perla is also a PhD candidate in Art History and Museology at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, where their research\u2014recognized with the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Doctoral Fellowship\u2014focuses on transnational Indigenous museologies. Perla was Artistic Director and Chief Curator of the Textile Museum of Canada, and has served as Vice-President of the Board of the Canadian Museums Association (2021\u20132024). They have also been Chief Curator for the Toronto History Museums at the City of Toronto and a board member of ICOM\u2019s International Committee on Ethical Dilemmas (IC-Ethics). Between 2021 and 2022, they curated a landmark children\u2019s exhibition on historic memory and human rights for the United Nations Development Program and the Swiss Agency for International Cooperation in Central America. In 2025, Perla was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal for their contributions to the Canadian and international museum sectors. Their career has spanned multiple geographies: serving as International Advisor on Museums, Human Rights, and Social Inclusion for the City of Medell\u00edn, Colombia; as part of the founding team of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights; and as Project Leader at the Swedish Museum of Migration and Democracy. They have also taught as Assistant Professor on Decolonization and Race in Museums at the University of Toronto\u2019s Master of Museum Studies program, and as adjunct professor at both the Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, and the Global College, University of Winnipeg. Holding a Bachelor of Laws from Universit\u00e9 Laval and a Master of Laws in International Human Rights Law from Lund University and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Sweden, Perla\u2019s background bridges law, human rights, and museology. Before moving into the museum field, they worked with human rights organizations across North America, Latin America, and Europe. 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