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Rody N. Lopez

Art Curator

A Bit About Me

Alma Ruiz is a curator with a strong focus on contemporary art, having built a distinguished career at MOCA and leading international biennales. With expertise in Latin American contemporary art, she has played a pivotal role in curating exhibitions, writing critical essays, and serving on juries in the art world.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Education

  • 1980–1981: Middlebury College & Università di Firenze, M.A. in Italian Literature and Language

  • 1976–1979: University of Southern California, B.A. in Art History

Major Career Roles

  • 2015–Present: Senior Fellow, Center for Business and Management of the Arts, Claremont Graduate University; Independent Curator

  • 2015–2016: Curator, 20th Bienal de Arte Paiz, Guatemala City, Guatemala

  • 2010–2015: Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles

  • 2007–2009: Curator, MOCA

  • 2001–2006: Associate Curator, MOCA

  • 1997–2000: Assistant Curator, MOCA

Key Jury Roles

  • 2014: National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.

  • 2012: CIFO Grants & Commission Program, Miami, Florida

Key Curated Exhibitions

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  • 2015: Magdalena Fernández

  • 2014: Jacob Hashimoto: Gas Giant, Cinema Vezzoli

  • 2010: Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space

  • 2008: Highlights from the Collecting Collections

  • 2000: Gabriel Orozco

  • 1998: Ana Mendieta: Siluetas

  • 1996: Rosângela Rennó: Cicatriz

MOCA (Los Angeles)

OTHER EXHIBITIONS

2024: Power in Every Thread, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles 2023: It’s Clever, But Is It Art?, ReflectSpace, Glendale Central Library, California 2022: Luis Flores: Because of You, In Spite of You, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles 2016: 20th Bienal de Arte Paiz, Guatemala City 2014: Darío Escobar: Broken Circle, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles 2012: Order and Disorder: Alighiero Boetti by Afghan Women, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles 2010: Argentina in Focus: Visualizing the Concept, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.

Key Publications
& Lectures

Publications & Essays: Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture (2020), A History For The Future: The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (2022) Lectures & Panels: 2023 at Nevada Museum of Art, 2019 at Paris Art Fair, 2016 at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, 2015 at Association of American Museum Curators

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