Juana Berrío is a Colombian New York-based curator, educator, arts programmer, and artist. She is currently working at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program (ISP) as the Curatorial and Sustainability Advisor. She recently worked at Amant as the inaugural Associate Director of Residencies and Curator of Public Programs and has previously held positions at the Walker Art Center, the Joan Mitchell Foundation, SFMOMA, the New Museum, the 2013 Venice Biennale and UNTITLED, SF. In 2014, Juana co-founded and directed Kiria Koula, a gallery, bookstore, and programming space in San Francisco. As an independent curator and writer, she has organized exhibitions and programs in the United States and Colombia and has contributed essays to national and international publications.
Juana has taught at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco and at Universidad de los Andes and Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogotá. She earned an MA from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, NY, an MFA from the University of Minnesota, MN, and a BFA from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Italy.
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