MARCELA ANDRADE SERMENT

Marcela Andrade Serment is an independent curator, writer and arts administrator. She most recently curated the exhibition Hay cultura en nuestra comunidad: Ray Patlán in Chicago 1968–1975 at the National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago, IL) and served as Associate Curator for the exhibition Frida Kahlo: Timeless at the Cleve Carney Museum of Art (Glen Ellyn, IL). Her broad research interests include modern and contemporary art, U.S. Latinx art, Latin American art, feminism, social practice, public art, collections management, the history and theory of curatorial practice, and cultural policy. In addition to participating as a guest lecturer at numerous institutions, prior leadership roles held by Andrade Serment include Program Director at Spudnik Press Cooperative and Director of the O’Connor Art Gallery at Dominican University, among others. Andrade Serment holds a BA in Studio Art and French Studies, with a minor in Art History, from Dominican University and an MA in Arts Management from Columbia College Chicago. In 2009, she was an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at the Summer Institute for Art Museum Studies at Smith College where she earned a Certificate in Art Museum Studies.