Lorena García Cely is Head of the Department of Creativity and Human Expression and a professor of contemporary aesthetics and art theory at Universidad Icesi in Cali, Colombia. Her professional career spans academic, cultural, and artistic institutions. She worked at the Museo Nacional de Memoria Histórica and the Centro de Memoria, Paz y Reconciliación in Bogotá, Colombia, and engages in various memory processes, serving as a curator and producer of exhibitions. She has extensive research experience, reflected in published articles. She holds a PhD in Aesthetics and Art from the University of Paris 8 and two master’s degrees from the same university: one in Contemporary Art and New Media and another in Philosophy and Contemporary Cultural Criticism.