Gerardo Salinas (1973) is an artist, dramaturg, curator, and cultural manager. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he studied literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He worked as an editor and editor-in-chief on various projects and publications. He has been – and continues to be – actively involved in the struggle and legal processes against the last Argentine dictatorship. He published –1 (2010, a collection of poems and essays) and El Cañón de Vladivostok (2012, a novel), both released by Editorial Clase Turista.

Since 2002, he has developed his artistic practice in Belgium, focusing on narrative transformation processes that arise from urban growth, migratory movements, and the impact of new technologies.

He was involved in CORDOBA, an initiative of the Flemish Community aimed at promoting the inclusion of people from diverse cultural backgrounds in leadership positions within the cultural sector. He specialized in cooperative working and organizational transformation. In this context, he initiated projects such as Dialectica (a learning program for institutions and civil society organizations), Murga Traject (a network of social-artistic neighborhood groups), MAF (Mestizo Arts Festival), WIPCOOP (Work In Progress COÖPeration), PRÓXIMAMENTE (a platform for artists and organizations from Latin America and its diaspora), and TERRITORIO (a festival exploring artistic practice in Spanish contexts). He developed the concept of Urban Dramaturgy, which he first applied within MAF and now within KVS.

As a dramaturg, he collaborated on productions such as Dear Winnie, L’Homme de la Mancha, Who’s Tupac?, Drarrie In De Nacht, Vaderlandloos, Hannibal, R.I.S.A., Mimi’s Shebeen, Burning City, Barber Shop Chronicles, among others. He also created installations, exhibitions, and performances around intangible heritage, including What the Foc?! (Barcelona, TNC), The Altar of Antwerp (MAS, ongoing from 2012–2024), MURAL (2015), PLAYLIST (2020), MAPping (in Mechelen, Antwerp, and Brussels), and Colección (2021).

He has collaborated with cultural institutions such as De Warande, the Open Doek Film Festival, Arenbergschouwburg, and the Mestizo Arts Festival. He is currently part of the artistic team at KVS, where he serves as urban dramaturg.