CFC Members Quiz: Sofía Shaula Reeser-del Rio
Sofía Shaula Reeser-del Rio in conversation with Maria Cynkier, 11th July 2022.
Sofía Shaula Reeser del Rio is a Puerto Rican scholar, independent curator, multidisciplinary artist, and educator. With an MA from the Sur Escuela, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain, and a BFA from Pratt Institute, she has organized and produced several major exhibitions with a special focus on Latinx, Latin American, and Caribbean artists, particularly supporting LGBTQ and self-identified female artists from PR. As part of her curatorial tenure (2012-2017) at El Museo del Barrio in NY, she coordinated and organized over thirty exhibitions and numerous public programs, artists’ projects, site-specific installations, and off-site special projects. She has organized exhibitions at Museo Memoria y Tolerancia (Mexico), Casa de Africa (Cuba), Bronx Art Space, and the Julia de Burgos Art Center (NY). Her practice is based between Puerto Rico, Madrid, and NYC. Currently, she’s the Assistant Curator of Public Programs Visual Arts at Americas Society, NY, and the Senior Programs Manager at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, NY.
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