Marcus Kuiland-Nazario is an artist, curator, producer, and veteran of the LA art and performance scene. Kuiland-Nazario is a founding artist of Viva! (the nation’s first Latino Gay and Lesbian Arts Organization), The 18th Street Arts Center, Highways Performance Space, and Clean Needles Now. He curated Pop Tarts – Los Angeles’ longest running performance laboratory for 14 years. His performance works have been included in national and international festivals, such as the Institute of Contemporary Art in London, England; the Centro de Bellas Artes, in San Juan, Puerto Rico and El Patio De Mi Casa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Kuiland-Nazario has been a lecturer and guest teacher at numerous institutions, including Otis College of Art and Design, UCLA, Beyond Baroque Literary Foundation, Cal State University Northridge and Rensselear Polytechnic Institute. Recently, Kuiland-Nazario returned to the United States after spending time in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, co-founding Oficina de Proyectos Culturales, a non-profit contemporary art center.