The Curatorial Roundtable, an international forum for curators and institutional leaders to discuss formative and current projects, is hosted by Steven Henry Madoff, Founding Chair of the MA Curatorial Practice at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

In recent years, Venegas has dedicated her efforts to international contemporary art, working on exhibitions and projects across various regions in cities such as Los Angeles, Mexico City, New York, Gwangju, and San Francisco. She has focused on supporting and commissioning work by artists locally and internationally. This talk will delve into recent exhibitions, the commissioning process, and curatorial work as an act of dialogical care, emphasizing the importance of building trust and relationships with artists. Additionally, it will cover the experience of managing and working with various teams across institutions—both large and small—including artists, production teams, and galleries.

Jovanna Venegas currently serves as curator of SculptureCenter in New York, where she is organizing projects with Alexa West and ASMA. From 2017 to 2023, she was associate curator of contemporary art at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. During her time there, she curated New Work: Fernando Palma Rodríguez (2023) and Bay Area Walls: Liz Hernández (2021), and co-organized New Work: Wu Tsang Presents Moved by the Motion (2021); Shifting the Silence (2022); the 2022 SECA Art Award; and Sitting on Chrome: Mario Ayala, rafa esparza, and Guadalupe Rosales (2023-2024). Additionally, she served as curatorial advisor for the Whitney Biennial 2022 on the U.S./Mexico border region and has contributed to projects and exhibitions at MUAC (Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo) and La Tallera, both in Mexico City. Venegas holds a BA in art history from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MA in Curatorial Practice from the School of Visual Arts, New York.

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