Vik Muniz, Brazilian artist and photographer. Initially a sculptor, Muniz grew interested with the photographic representations of his work, eventually focusing completely on photography. Primarily working in series, Muniz incorporates the use of quotidian objects such as diamonds, sugar, thread, chocolate syrup and garbage in his practice to create bold, ironic and often deceiving imagery, gleaned from the pages of pop culture and art history. His work has been met with both commercial success and critical acclaim, and has been exhibited worldwide. In 2010, Muniz was featured in the documentary film Waste Land, directed by Lucy Walker, which featured Muniz’s work on one of the world’s largest garbage dumps, Jardim Gramacho, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. The film was nominated to the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 83rd Academy Awards.

Bruno Assami, Executive Director of Unibes Cultural. Mr. Bruno Assami is responsible for the planning, structuring and implementing projects like Unibes Cultural where th São Paulo leg of the No-Boundaries Art Project will be exhibited.. Acting in both strategy and business operations management, he has a large expertise in cultural affairs and in the nonprofit sector. He has occupied key positions in institutions such as São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), Tomie Ohtake Institute, Itaú Cultural Institute and Brazilian Graphic Designers Association (ADG). With a Bachelor degree in Public Relations and a Master degree in Technology for Education, Bruno is currently the Executive Director of Unibes Cultural, the Director of Barretos’ Cultural Arena for Cancer Prevention (under implementation) and the Cultural Consultant for The Portuguese Consulate-General in the City of São Paulo. He also represents The PROA Foundation in Brazil, in charge of a series of international activities.

Roger Mello, Brazilian writer and illustrator. He was born in Brasilia in 1965. Winner of the International Hans Christian Andersen 2014 Award in Illustrator Category. the Prize is awarded by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), considered the Nobel Prize for Children’s and Youth Literature. The patroness of the Prize is Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. In November 2014 Roger received the Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Award as Best Foreign Author in China and the book “The Feather” with Cao WenXuan’s history illustrated by Roger received the award: China’s Most Beautiful Book of the Year. Roger’s exhibition in September / October 2014 at the Seoul Arts Center, Korea’s most prestigious arts center, was a public and critical success with an average of 1,300 visitors per day, more than 100 articles published and around 2,000 blogs created specifically about exposure. The exhibition was considered one of the 10 best exhibitions in Korea by the most widely read newspaper in Seoul, appearing alongside exhibitions such as those of Munch and Van Gogh. He has received numerous awards in Brazil and abroad for his work as an illustrator and writer. It is considered hours concours by the National Foundation of Children and Youth Book that, besides granting him several prizes, nominated him for the International Prize Hans Christian Andersen 2010 and 2012 in the category illustrator, being classified like one of the 5 finalists in 2010 like in 2012 and in 2014, when he won the Prize. From the Brazilian Chamber of Books, Roger was awarded nine times with the Jabuti Prize. He was awarded by the Brazilian Academy of Letters and, in the Brazilian Union of Writers, by the set of his work. He participated in several international book fairs such as Catalonia, Rome, Frankfurt, Bologna, Gothenburg, Brooklyn (Brooklyn Public Library), Sarmede (Le Immagini Della Fantasia), New Dehli, Padova (I Colori del Sacro), Nami Island South), Bogotá, Santo Domingo, Havana. His book “Meninos do Mangue” received the International Best Book of the Year award from Fondation Espace Enfants (Switzerland) in 2002. Together with other Brazilian authors, he was honored at the Escale Brésil of the Montreuil Hall in France in 2005. In the same year, his illustrations on the popular verses of the book “Nau Catarineta” were in itinerant exhibition by the libraries of Paris. Three of his books (The Flower on the Side of It, All Care is Little !, Boys of the Mangue) consisted of the “list of books that every child should read before becoming adult”, published by Folha de S. Paulo in 2007.

Ding Yu, Professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Doctoral Supervisor, Doctor of Art History, Dean of the School of Art and Education and the School of Sino-French Art and Design, Vice President of the Chinese Art and Education Institute, Vice Director of both the Art Education Committee of China Artists Association and Art Research Professional Committee of China Literature and Art Critics Association. He has been selected by the Ministry of Culture as Chief Expert of “Cross-century Talents Plan”, “Research on Development and Training of Talents in Art Institutes” – a major research project in National Philosophy and Social Sciences, and three national arts fund projects. He has served as the general director of “Happy Spring Festival – Chinese Arts” in New York, and won the first prize on the 8th Chinese Literary Criticism Award. His main research focuses on national arts and cultural policies, curatorial and museum education, art and cultural industries, art history and contemporary art criticism.

Qingsheng Zhu is the Director of the Comité International d’Histoire de l’Art (CIHA) and Professor at Peking University. Professor Zhu directs the Center for Visual Studies (CVS) and the Han Art Institute of Peking University. He is the chief editor of Chinese Contemporary Art Yearbook. Since the mid-1990s, Zhu Qingsheng has been devoted to promoting the development of modern art. He has been persistent in combining academic research, practical creation, events and exhibitions and placing these in the frontline of world art, curating exhibitions, planning and promoting activities, researching art history, and experimenting with artistic creation.

Wei Zhen is the Professor of Fine Arts and Associate Dean of School of Arts and Communication, Director of Jingshi Gallery at Beijing Normal University. He is also the Fulbright Visiting Scholar 2017-2018 at School of Visual Art in New York city. He is specialized in oil painting, drawing, ink brush painting and new media. Professor Zhen is the recipient of “Second Prize of National Teaching Achievement”, 2009, China and “Third Prize of the 7th National Outstanding Youth Publication”, National News Publication Bureau, 2001, China. He also had solo and group exhibitions in many cities in China, Germany, Italy, the U.S., the UK, Hungary, Chile, and Peru.

Judith Burton is an internationally renowned art educator. He teaches at the faculty College of Columbia University and is awarded the title of Professor Macy of education at Columbia University. She has successively obtained the National Diploma of design from hohency College of art, London; the academic diploma of education from University of London; the master of education from Manchester University and the doctor of education from Harvard University. In the art and art education has a very deep research, academic achievements are remarkable.