la_cápsula was initiated by Adriana Domínguez and Elena Rosauro in June 2017. For one and a half years it was a pop - up project which collaborated with different art spaces in Zürich, until it opened its first exhibition room in December 2018, located at Stauffacherstrasse, in front of Bäckeranlage. In July 2021, la_cápsula moved to its current address: Anwandstrasse 9, 8004 Zürich.
the team
Adriana Domínguez is an Art Historian and Independent Curator from Mexico, currently living and working in Zurich. She graduated in Art History from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and did an MAS in Curating at ZHdK (Zürich). She worked as Assistant Curator for Museo Tamayo in Mexico City until she moved to Switzerland in 2013. Adriana specialises in Latin American art and her curatorial strategy mixes theory (with a strong focus on decolonial/anticolonial studies), critical thinking and humour to address current social, political and environmental issues through art exhibitions. In 2017 she co-founded the independent art space la_cápsula, which focuses on presenting art form Latin American artists and creating links to the local art scene of Switzerland. Besides being the curator of la_cápsula, Adriana teaches at the MA Curatorial Studies (ZHdK) and as an independent curator.
Frédéric Bron is the founder and director of the cultural and event venue Papiersaal in Zurich. In this role, he is responsible for the strategic development of all represented disciplines and for securing the necessary framework conditions. After completing the MAS in Curating at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), he worked as a curatorial associate and board member of the association Eye on Science Zurich. In that capacity, he contributed to the conceptualization and implementation of knowledge transfer projects at the intersection of knowledge visualization and science. In 2025, Frédéric completed a Master’s degree (MA) in Transdisciplinarity at the Zurich University of the Arts. His focus is on exploring possible cooperative constellations and practices between artistic and scientific disciplines—and beyond—in order to identify epistemological potential between the autonomy of art and ecological engagement, and between prevailing conceptions of objectivity and subjectivity.
Jose Cáceres is a historian and curator. After studying history at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Chile), he earned a PhD in History from the University of Zurich. As a senior research associate, he researched and taught postcolonial theory, Latin American history, and postcolonial Switzerland at the Department of History of the University of Zurich. At the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), he completed the postgraduate program in Curating. He co-founded the platform Decolonize Zurich, which makes the city’s colonial entanglements visible to the public. Most recently, he co-curated the exhibitions Erfahrungen Schweiz. Italianità at the Swiss National Museum and Reality Check! Arbeit, Migration, Geschichten at Museum Schaffen Winterthur. He is co-director of the project Geschichte(n) für die globale Gegenwart at ZHdK and curator at the Swiss National Museum. His current focus is on migration history and Switzerland’s global entanglements.
Desirée Hieronimus is a curator and art educator. Since October 2024, she has been Head of Art Education at Kunsthalle Basel, where she explores how an institution can act as a “host” through its education concept. After completing a Master’s degree in Art Education, Curatorial Studies at ZHdK, she undertook a curatorial traineeship at Kunst(Zeug)Haus in Rapperswil-Jona and subsequently continued working there as a curator. For over eight years, she was a founding member of the curatorial collective Young Urban Performances, where she organized performative and educational events that brought visibility to marginalized topics from an intersectional perspective. She has also worked as a freelance art educator, including at documenta fifteen, and served as a mentor for a group of students from the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) in developing an educational program.
past collaborators
Elena Rosauro (Founder and Co-curator from 2017 - 2021)
Elena is coordinator of the Lateinamerika-Zentrum Zürich of the University of Zurich and associate postdoctoral researcher within the SNF-project “Contested Amnesia and Dissonant Narratives. Post-conflict Literature, Art and Archives”, directed by Prof. Dr. Liliana Gómez-Popescu. She graduated in Art History from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and did an MA in Latin American Studies, with a focus on Cultural Studies, at the same university. Her PhD thesis “Historia y violencia en el Sur americano. Prácticas artísticas, 1992-2012” has been published as a book by CENDEAC (Murcia, 2017).
Géraldine Boog Juárez (Curatorial Assistant)
As a dual citizen, Géraldine is interested in the transcultural dialogue between Latin America and Europe. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History with a minor in Law from the University of Zurich. She worked in a law firm for two years and has assisted in some curatorial projects. Currently she is working at Galerie Peter Kilchmann and doing her Master's degree in Art History with a focus on contemporary art at the University of Zurich.
Melisa Núñez (Graphic Design and Social Media)
With more than 7 years of experience in the art world, Melisa has worked in different galleries in London, Zug and Zurich and is currently the gallery manager at Grieder Contemporary. Melisa has a degree in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid, a MA in Marketing & Communication from I|Art (Art and Culture Business School) in Madrid and an Art and Business Semester Program from the Sotheby´s Institute of Art in London.