Chus Martínez

Born 1972 in Ponteceso (La Coruña), Spain, Chus Martínez has a background in philosophy and art history.

She is dOCUMENTA (13) Head of Department, and Member of Core Agent Group, as well as Associate Curator at MACBA, Barcelona, where she was Chief Curator from 2008 to 2010. Previously she was Director of the Frankfurter Kunstverein (2005-08) and Artistic Director of Sala Rekalde, Bilbao (2002–05).

For the 50th Biennale di Venezia (2005), Martínez curated the National Pavilion of Cyprus, and in 2010 served as a Curatorial Advisor for the 29th Bienal de São Paulo.

She lectures regularly and has written numerous catalogue texts and critical essays.