Teké Gallery
Location CENTRO
Art Gallery and Info-point
We cheer for rebellion, we want the Teké.
The Teké originated in Greece in the first half of the 20th century as a tavern, brothel, smoking den, theater, and stage in general. It is a lively place where a participatory and shared culture thrives, where form is subordinate to substance.
This stands in opposition to today's daily life, where a regimented global culture, lacking any appeal for those who do not participate in the regime, is imposed "by force" on people who are too dull to perceive how art is life. Just think for a moment about the difference between a patron of the Teké and a representative of what is now called culture: life versus boredom.
We cheer for rebellion, we want the Teké. Our flight of fancy is a living culture that saves us from this melancholic downward homogenization.
Ospiti:
Maria Ginzburg
An artist of Russian origin, Maria Ginzburg is an illustrator and a student of painting and graphic arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
She specializes in children’s illustration, focusing particularly on promoting themes such as disability and relationships with the different and foreign.
Later on, she developed a strong interest in topics related to environmental sustainability, anthropization, and the changing relationship between humans and nature in the contemporary context. Recently, she has also begun to explore the incorporation of artwork into urban spaces, aiming to revitalize and beautify the cityscape through mural techniques.
Nora
Nora was born in Monterotondo in 1995 and began her artistic journey by earning a degree in Painting, followed by a specialization in Illustration and Art Publishing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
Her education was further enriched by a Master’s in Illustration at Ars in Fabula in Macerata. She has published picture books with Piedimosca Edizioni and Rizzoli, working as both author and illustrator on projects that explore imaginary and poetic worlds. She currently lives and works in Rome, where she is dedicated to animation, drawing, and painting.
Her work originates from drawing, which she sees as a daily tool for introspection and interpreting the world. Her creations range from painting to printmaking to animation, giving life to dreamlike and suspended universes, free from specific spatial or temporal references. The characters that inhabit these worlds seem to be in constant search—of something, someone, or a lost time—offering a narrative experience that weaves together nostalgia and imagination.
Lancelott A.G. Belaunde Gomez
Lancelott A.G. Belaunde Gomez was born in Arica, Chile. He graduated in Art from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. In 2013, he participated in a student exchange program in Barcelona, Spain. Upon returning, he continued his studies while deepening his artistic research in the field of printmaking, joining the prestigious Taller 99, a printmaking workshop founded in 1956 by Nemesio Antúnez. Since 2014, he has been involved in teaching graphic arts:
From 2014 to 2020, he served as assistant for the graphic printing chair at PUC.
From 2015 to 2020, he worked as a lithography assistant at Casa Plan printmaking studio in Valparaiso, Chile.
From 2017 to 2020, he was assistant for the graphic printing chair at Taller 99.
In 2021, he furthered his education with a master’s degree in artistic research and production at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. The following year, he completed a second master’s degree in contemporary printmaking at the International Center for Contemporary Printing Foundation (CIEC) in La Coruña, Spain. He is currently pursuing a PhD in creation and research at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He has participated in numerous contemporary printmaking biennials and exhibited both collectively and individually in Chile and abroad. While his main expressive medium is printmaking, he also works with ceramics and photography. He currently resides in Tuscany, Italy, where his studio is located and where he continues his studies and research.