Contemporary art collector and diplomat, Juan Carlos Bendana-Pinel interrupted his career to open a gallery in the Marais district of Paris in 2008. In his sights, creation in all its forms (painting, sculpture, photography, video, installation, drawing) and a program that gives a large place to international artists, mostly European and Latin American.

Thus, for the first time in Europe, he exhibited the Brazilians Pablo Lobato and Pedro Motta, the Argentinians Florencia Rodriguez Giles and Mauro Giaconi, the Chilean Francisca Aninat, the Mexican Alejandra Laviada, the Peruvian Giancarlo Scaglia and the German Niklas Goldbach.

He is the only representative in France of the Swedish Maria Friberg and Thomas Broomé, the German Matthias Reinmuth and Julio Rondo, the Argentine Miguel Rothschild, the Brazilian Débora Bolsoni, Dias & Riedweg and Caio Reisewitz, the Swiss Olivier Richon, the Israeli Irit Batsry, the Chilean Sandra Vásquez de la Horra or the Mexican Lake Verea.

It also promotes artists living in France: notably Steven Le Priol, Christiane Pooley and Alberto Cont.

Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain gallery participates in international fairs: FIAC, (OFF)ICIELLE, Paris Photo, Drawing Now (Paris), ART-O-RAMA (Marseille), Artissima (Turin), Loop (Barcelona), Arco (Madrid), ArteBA (Buenos Aires), ARTLIMA (Lima), Ch. ACO (Santiago), ARTRIO (Rio de Janeiro), ZONAMACO (Mexico), sp-arte (São Paulo), Art | Basel Miami (Miami), artgenève (Geneva), Art Antwerp (Antwerp)