Claudia Arozqueta
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Claudia
Arozqueta is a historian, curator, and writer interested in the interconnections of our bodies, art, nature, and science and technology. Her research examines energies and vital signs from a broad spectrum, ranging from the physical and emotional to the environmental and geopolitical. Arozqueta is the solo author of Heartbeat Art, forthcoming from MIT Press in 2025.
Arozqueta holds a PhD in Art History and Theory from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Previously, she earned a MA in Media Art Histories from Donau-Universität Krems in Austria; and a BA in History from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Since 2006, her work has appeared in numerous catalogues, books, journals and magazines, including Leonardo, Artforum, e-flux Criticism, Frieze, Art21, Flash Art, etc.
From 2011-2013, she was Director of Enjoy Public Art Gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, where she curated over a dozen exhibitions interconnecting local and international artists. As an independent curator, she has organized various exhibitions for international organizations and festivals, including la Chaufferie, Montreal; Blue Star Museum, San Antonio, USA; National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow; XYZ Collective, Tokyo; Artspace, Auckland; TCB artinc, Melbourne; etc.
In 2014, Arozqueta founded Modelab, a nomadic artistic initiative exploring public space, ecologies and experimental historical narratives, with recent projects at Les Traversées du Marais Festival, Paris; Taipei Artist Village, Taipei; Manila Biennale, Philippines; etc.
Arozqueta has been a curator and writer-in-residence at Takeover Beirut (2024); Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Montréal (2023); Soma, Mexico City (2021); Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2019); Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei (2019); Mabini Projects, Manila (2017); Sala Diaz-Casa Chuck, San Antonio (2015), etc. She is a fellow of the National Endowment for Arts Creators (SNCA), Mexico
She has lived and worked in Mexico, Russia, New Zealand, and Australia.
Arozqueta holds a PhD in Art History and Theory from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Previously, she earned a MA in Media Art Histories from Donau-Universität Krems in Austria; and a BA in History from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Since 2006, her work has appeared in numerous catalogues, books, journals and magazines, including Leonardo, Artforum, e-flux Criticism, Frieze, Art21, Flash Art, etc.
From 2011-2013, she was Director of Enjoy Public Art Gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, where she curated over a dozen exhibitions interconnecting local and international artists. As an independent curator, she has organized various exhibitions for international organizations and festivals, including la Chaufferie, Montreal; Blue Star Museum, San Antonio, USA; National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow; XYZ Collective, Tokyo; Artspace, Auckland; TCB artinc, Melbourne; etc.
In 2014, Arozqueta founded Modelab, a nomadic artistic initiative exploring public space, ecologies and experimental historical narratives, with recent projects at Les Traversées du Marais Festival, Paris; Taipei Artist Village, Taipei; Manila Biennale, Philippines; etc.
Arozqueta has been a curator and writer-in-residence at Takeover Beirut (2024); Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Montréal (2023); Soma, Mexico City (2021); Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2019); Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei (2019); Mabini Projects, Manila (2017); Sala Diaz-Casa Chuck, San Antonio (2015), etc. She is a fellow of the National Endowment for Arts Creators (SNCA), Mexico
She has lived and worked in Mexico, Russia, New Zealand, and Australia.
© 2025 ~ Claudia Arozqueta