Verena Melgarejo Weinandt, born in 1986, is a German-Bolivian artist, curator, educator and researcher who intertwines her different fields of work. Artistically, she works with video-and photo-performances and installations, which often include textile elements. Her artistic works have been exhibited at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Salta/Argentina, at the nGbk Berlin/Germany, at the Wiener Festwochen Art Festival in Austria, and at the Biennial Sur Colombia and Argentina. She currently works at Central European University for the artistic-research project REPATRIATES. She has been teaching courses at the HzT-UdK Berlin, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Berlin Weißensee.