Es fundador y director de MONOCHROME, una plataforma digital que ha documentado más de 60 exhibiciones en Ecuador, Miami y Nueva York, colaborando con museos y galerías para registrar y difundir prácticas artísticas contemporáneas. Actualmente, MONOCHROME está evolucionando hacia una revista digital que busca ofrecer una alternativa a los algoritmos de consumo masivo, creando un espacio curado por humanos donde convergen diversas disciplinas artísticas.
Ha curado exposiciones como “Sin Labia” (Q Gallery, 2024), que cuestiona la hiperteorización del arte, y “Everybody’s Body: Performance in Contemporary Photography” (Q Gallery, 2023), donde exploró las extensiones del cuerpo dentro de la fotografía. Desde MONOCHROME, también ha colaborado en exhibiciones actuando como moderador de charlas e intermediario entre artistas, instituciones y públicos. Su investigación ha sido citada en Lo Curatorial Desde El Sur y ha publicado en Coordenada (Q Galería, 2022).
Como educador, ha impartido conferencias y clases magistrales sobre historia del arte, práctica curatorial y estrategias digitales para la difusión artística en instituciones como +Arte Gallery y la Universidad Casa Grande. Su experiencia en archivo incluye la documentación de más de 100 obras para el Ministerio de Cultura y Patrimonio del Ecuador.
Su trabajo continúa evolucionando con el objetivo de ampliar el alcance del arte ecuatoriano en circuitos internacionales, promoviendo diálogos entre artistas y comunidades, y desafiando las formas tradicionales de exhibición y mediación cultural.
Norton Reyes-Vargas is a marathon runner, curator, and researcher specializing in decolonial curatorial practices, cultural policy, and sustainable art management models in Latin America. His work bridges theory and practice, exploring how Latin American artistic creation and exhibition-making can emerge from local cultural contexts rather than external theoretical frameworks.
He is the founder and director of MONOCHROME, a digital platform that has documented over 60 exhibitions in Ecuador, Miami, and New York, collaborating with museums and galleries to showcase contemporary artistic practices. MONOCHROME is currently evolving into a digital magazine, aiming to counter algorithm-driven content consumption by offering a curated space where creatives from different disciplines can share their work. This transformation seeks to provide a stable archive for artistic discourse, preserving content that would otherwise be lost in the immediacy of digital platforms.
He has curated exhibitions such as “Sin Labia” (Q Gallery, 2024), which questioned the over-theorization of art, and “Everybody’s Body: Performance in Contemporary Photography” (Q Gallery, 2023), which explored the body and its extensions through photography. His research has been cited in Lo Curatorial Desde El Sur, and he has published in Coordenada (Q Galería, 2022).
As an educator, he has led lectures and masterclasses on art history, curatorial practice, and digital strategies for artistic dissemination at institutions such as +Arte Gallery and Universidad Casa Grande. His archival experience includes documenting over 100 artworks for Ecuador’s Ministry of Culture and Heritage.
Looking ahead, he seeks to expand his curatorial practice beyond Ecuador, fostering dialogues between artists and communities across borders. His focus remains on emerging artists and their responses to contemporary realities, prioritizing artistic creation driven by passion rather than excessive academic validation. His work continues to evolve, questioning the role of exhibition spaces and institutional narratives in contemporary Latin American art.