Jesús Alcaide is a researcher, art critic, and independent curator based in Córdoba. His practice focuses on critical narratives rooted in the Andalusian context, where he has spent a large part of his career. He has curated exhibitions at institutions such as the Centro de Arte Andaluz Contemporáneo (CAAC), Sevilla; Centro Párraga, Murcia; Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía (C3A), Córdoba; Fundación Botín, Santander; I+CAS, Sevilla; El Palomar, Barcelona; Casal Solleric, Palma; and Es Baluard, Palma, among others.
A particularly significant line of work has been his sustained research on the figure of Pepe Espaliú, to whom he has dedicated various exhibitions in Córdoba, Barcelona, Murcia, and Madrid. He was also the director of the program Pepe Espaliú. Aquí y ahora (Córdoba, 2018), organised across different venues in the city on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the artist’s death, and the editor of the first critical compilation of his writings, Pepe Espaliú. La imposible verdad. Textos 1987–1993.
Throughout his career, he has developed curatorial projects that engage with contemporary Andalusian creation, paying particular attention to issues of identity, memory, performativity, and institutional critique, while accompanying artists who work from or about Andalusia.
