Roberto Lopardo

Roberto Lopardo was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1975. He carries a Masters of Fine Art from the Rhode Island School of Design, a teaching certificate from Brown University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Philosophy from Whitman College. Lopardo previously taught at the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind, Dine College, Rhode Island School of Design, and the University of Arizona. He is the former Dean and Professor of Photography at the American University in Dubai. Lopardo has been exhibited in many prominent venues including the RISD Museum, the US Consulate in Dubai, the Tenri Institute in New York, Video-Appart in Paris, and Emerson Gallery in Berlin. Lopardo has curated several prominent emerging artist based exhibitions including No More [In]security, Basically Human, Rituals of Dinner, Sheep are Welcome, and Latent Discoveries. Roberto Lopardo is currently the Managing Director for Cuadro Gallery in Dubai, UAE with a focus on building sustainable and effective education and residency and outreach programs.

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