Salvador Alanis

Salvador Alanis (b. Mexico City) is a poet and cultural promoter. His interest in interdisciplinary work has led him to experiment with the visual arts, video, and performance and produce film and television. He has an extensive career in Marketing with 500 Fortune companies. Alanis has been a communication consultant for cultural institutions and social organizations in Mexico and Canada. He has been a fellow of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts on four occasions, and his work in electronic media has won multiple international awards. His books, written in Spanish, have been translated into English and French. He has collaborated with magazines and newspapers in Mexico and Spain. Together with photographer Ximena Berecochea, he is the co-founder of the Institute for Creative Exchange in Toronto. This non-profit organization offers a platform for creative exchange and development to artists seeking to expand internationally. With the Institute, Alanis directed and produced the documentary Unfold, about the generation of Mexican artists that emerged in the 1990’s.