René Cepeda

Curator of Header/Footer Gallery

Postdoctoral Fellow at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Dr. René G. Cepeda is a Mexican multidisciplinary designer, artist, and art historian specializing in new media art. He holds advanced degrees in information design, museum studies, and art history, and earned his Ph.D. by integrating design and curatorial practice to enhance the exhibition of interactive digital works. He is the author of the Manual for the Curation and Display of Interactive New Media Art, a living document supporting curators in engaging with digital and interactive media.

Rene has curated immersive exhibitions that blend formal curatorial methods with creative spatial design, and has presented his work at institutions such as Museums Without Walls, the Museum Learning Hub, Connecticut College, and ZKM. He is also co-author of the Game Arts Curators Kit, a guide for exhibiting video games.

Since 2022, he has served as curator of the Header/Footer Gallery, a digital exhibition space hosted by the New Media Caucus, where he focuses on inclusivity and emerging voices in new media art. Currently, he is a postdoctoral fellow at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), where he is part of the Coded Secrets research group, studying how internet culture and virtuality are reshaping performance art.