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Art curator
Nidia Rosales.
01AboutOaxaca de Juárez
art curator
Nidia Rosales is a curator, art historian, and cultural manager from Oaxaca de Juárez. Her work brings together curatorial projects, research, and writing.
She holds a bachelor's degree in Hispanic Language and Literature, a specialization in Art History, and a master's degree in Art History with a focus on Curatorial Studies from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She also studied for a master's in Cultural Management at the Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca (UABJO).
She founded and directed the independent art space Espacio Centro in Oaxaca de Juárez from 2015 to 2019. She is currently part of CIMBRA, a curatorial project that transforms abandoned spaces into exhibition settings.
Her writing appears in books, catalogs, magazines, and independent publications. With artist Beatriz Rivas, she published Encender (2021), a book of poetry and illustrations produced through lithography and hand printing.
02Project archive2015—2026
Portfolio of
individual and collective curatorial projects
Direction and management of Espacio Centro (2015–2019), an independent art space in Oaxaca de Juárez.
Open to diverse forms of artistic expression, Espacio Centro hosted exhibitions, talks, residencies, presentations, performances, screenings, poetry jams, film series, and workshops.
17 projects
En renta
Historic center · Oaxaca de Juárez
¿Dónde curar?
Independent publication · Oaxaca
Mano de obra
Feria de Arte Material · Mexico City
A color
Oaxaca
Aquí estamos en el centro de los días
Oaxaca
¿Quién habita el territorio?
Three spaces · Oaxaca
Obras suspendidas
Historic center · Oaxaca de Juárez
Entre cuerpos
Iglesia Vieja · San Raymundo Jalpan
Paisajes curativos
RABIA · Oaxaca de Juárez
Milpa en descanso
San Agustín Etla · Oaxaca
ECOS
Reverberaciones de una colección viva
Centro de las Artes de San Agustín · Oaxaca
Médula
Abandoned plot · Oaxaca de Juárez
CLAVO
CLAVO Movimiento · Mexico City
Materia gris
Unfinished house · Oaxaca
Sí, sí, sí
Uninhabited house · Oaxaca de Juárez
Espacio Centro
Oaxaca de Juárez
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03Career and publications2003—2027
Career
and publications.
A career spanning writing, research, teaching, and curation.
70 entries
2026–20272 entries
Grants and distinctions
Projects program · Feria de Arte Material
CIMBRA selected through the Feria de Arte Material Projects call, Mexico City, for the 2026–2027 period.
Grants and distinctions
Editorial project support · PAC
Financial support from Patronato de Arte Contemporáneo for CIMBRA’s editorial projects, 2026–2027.
20263 entries
Publications
↗¿Dónde curar?
Co-edited with CIMBRA; contributor of “Curadurías en tránsito.” An independent publication on curation from Oaxaca, presented at Feria de Arte Material, Mexico City.
Publications
Literal
Author of “Transitar ruinas, excavar memorias futuras,” Literal Magazine.
Presentations and talks
El inminente pasado siempre rasga el futuro
Talk accompanying the opening of Rocío Cerón’s exhibition. Biblioteca Henestrosa.
20252 entries
Publications
Tótem: flora, fauna y funga en peligro de extinción en México
Poem in Mirel Fraga’s book, supported by PECDA. Book presentation at Biblioteca Infantil de Oaxaca, BS Canteras.
Presentations and talks
Experiencias de la curaduría
Participant in discussion panel 2 of Curando la curaduría, marking ten years of the Curatorial Studies field in UNAM’s Master’s in Art History. Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), UNAM.
20245 entries
Publications
Chiquilla. Te quiero
Author of “Territorios vastos en la obra de tres artistas desde Oaxaca. Edith Morales, Laurie Litowitz y Lissette Jiménez.”
Exhibition texts
New offerings
Exhibition text for Mirel Fraga’s presentation at Geometry Studio, Brooklyn, New York.
Exhibition texts
Mono-ha. Exploración de lo material
Exhibition text for Sergio Hernández’s presentation at Taller Sangfer.
Exhibition texts
Los que no desaparecieron
Exhibition text for Laurie Litowitz’s presentation at Biblioteca Henestrosa (2023), followed by a talk on the exhibition (2024).
Further training
El arte después de la Conquista
Course. Museo Amparo and UNAM’s Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas.
20235 entries
Publications
Ecological rewriting: situated engagements with the Chernobyl Herbarium
Contributor of “Las lenguas, el agua y el territorio. Leer en capas una crisis ambiental al sur de México.” Open Humanities Press.
Research
↗Loma bonita, de Yope Project Space
Master’s graduation essay: “Una transformación de su dispositivo de exhibición en el contexto de la institución del arte entre Oaxaca y Ciudad de México.” UNAM.
Exhibition texts
Ancestras
Exhibition text for the group show by Hoja Santa Taller.
Grants and distinctions
Exhibition Production Grant · Fundación JUMEX
Awarded with the sixth Curatorial Studies cohort in UNAM’s Master’s in Art History.
Curation
Lenguaje oculto
Curatorial collaboration for Tania Bello’s exhibition at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (MACO).
20223 entries
Exhibition texts
Hilar el tiempo
Exhibition text for Yatiní Domínguez’s presentation at RABIA.
Exhibition texts
Paula Rego retrospective
Exhibition text. Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO).
Presentations and talks
Monógamos y mutilados
Presentation of Alvise Calderón Berra’s short-story collection. Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO).
20217 entries
Publications
Encender
Poetry and illustrations co-authored with Beatriz Rivas. Lithography and hand printing at Taller Gráfica Libre. Presented at Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO).
Publications
Invocación
Poem in a fanzine featuring 21 women illustrators in Oaxaca, edited by Mirel Fraga and Polvoh Press.
Publications
Fieras en la montaña
Poem in the fanzine published by Polvo Press.
Exhibition texts
Somos naturaleza
Exhibition text for Mirel Fraga’s presentation. Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO).
Teaching
Escritura creativa y autopublicación gráfica
Workshop taught with Beatriz Rivas. Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO).
Cultural management
Jury member · PECDA Oaxaca
Selection committee for the Programa de Estímulo a la Creación y Desarrollo Artístico, 2020–2021 edition.
Further training
Narrative and poetry
Workshop offered by the independent publisher Amigas íntimas.
20205 entries
Publications
Pequeños viajes
Short-story collection. Independent publisher Amigas íntimas, Mexico City.
Publications
Mutaciones
Author of “Exoesqueleto,” in Nomadismo. Screen-printed by Ojo Tres and Mutaciones.
Teaching
Literature teaching · CEDART Miguel Cabrera
Literature instructor at Centro de Educación Artística Miguel Cabrera, INBAL.
Editorial work
Chi Jindiñ Jo’on Jiy Dikaya Dibaku / Cuentos breves para niños rebeldes cuicatecos
Copyediting and editorial production. Los Dibakus, Colección Parajes, Secretaría de Cultura.
Research
Repertorio ornamental y estrategias compositivas de los retablos en Hispanoamérica, siglos XVII y XVIII
Research fellow on Dr. Franziska Neff’s project. Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM, Centro de Extensión Oaxaca.
20195 entries
Publications
50 artistas contemporáneos en Oaxaca
Chapters “Los Tlacolulokos activos. Migrar hacia otras identidades en Oaxaca” (pp. 282–289) and “Talleres especializados de gráfica en Oaxaca: La Huella Gráfica” (pp. 226–233). Edited by Alonso Aguilar Orihuela and Paola Ambrosio. Arte actual Oaxaca–Secretaría de Cultura.
Publications
↗Ambos Lados International Print Exchange. Both sides (of the border)
Contributor of “Panorama actual de los talleres de gráfica en Oaxaca” (pp. 82–87), catalog edited by Manuel Guerra, USA. Presentation of the third-edition Ambos lados print portfolio at IAGO.
Exhibition texts
Diálogos
Exhibition text for Sergio Chávez Hollar’s presentation. Galería Arte de Oaxaca, Oaxaca de Juárez.
Cultural management
Jury member · PACMyC
Evaluation committee for the Programa de Apoyo a las Culturas Municipales y Comunitarias, 2019 edition.
Further training
Risograph self-publishing
Workshop by Pako Altamirano. Centro de las Artes de San Agustín (CaSa).
20185 entries
Further training
Reasoned instructional planning
Course held as part of CEDART Miguel Cabrera’s 2017 training program.
Further training
Developing teaching sequences
Course held as part of CEDART Miguel Cabrera’s 2017 training program.
Presentations and talks
Poetas en Oaxaca
Poetry presentation in the exhibition marking World Poetry Day. Biblioteca Andrés Henestrosa.
Presentations and talks
Cómo piensan las piedras
Presentation of Brenda Lozano’s short-story collection. Feria Internacional del Libro de Oaxaca (FILO).
Presentations and talks
In the dark
Presentation of Sam Gardner’s book of poetry and visual art. Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO).
20171 entry
Publications
Fruta Bomba
Editor of issue 1 of the independent art and literature magazine. Author of “Frente al trabajo. Una aproximación a la obra de Jesús R. Flores” (pp. 30–33). Magazine presentation at IAGO.
201610 entries
Publications
El Espulguero
Author of “¿Es la gráfica política realmente política?,” issue 3 (pp. 31–33), IAGO. Magazine presentation at IAGO.
Publications
Mujeres Shaíque
Author of “La cerámica de alta temperatura de Jannis Huerta,” October (pp. 28–29).
Teaching
Written expression and argumentation assessment · CENEVAL
Examiner for the written expression and argumentation assessment under Acuerdo 286 Bachillerato.
Further training
Arte contemporáneo y actual en América Latina
Pilot online diploma program. Centro Nacional de las Artes (CENART).
Presentations and talks
Poesía mexicana
Presentation of Alan Vargas’s book. Biblioteca Henestrosa.
Presentations and talks
Gráfica transfronteriza
Presentation of the project by Espacio Centro and Taller Gráfica Libre. Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO).
Presentations and talks
Espacio Centro · Independent-space encounters
Presentations at IAGO’s Miércoles del Alacrán forum and La Trampa Gráfica, Ernesto Alva’s workshop in Mexico City; participation in World Art Day, Oaxaca.
Presentations and talks
Shakespeare is dead
Reading in the poetry slam at Festival Bienvenidos los Tristes. Plazuela del Carmen Alto.
Presentations and talks
Two cabins
Subtitle-based intervention in James Benning’s film, as part of the El nuevo arte de escribir film series. Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO).
Presentations and talks
Poetry jam · CEDART Miguel Cabrera
Poetry reading at Centro de Educación Artística Miguel Cabrera.
20152 entries
20142 entries
Publications
↗El Jolgorio cultural
Contributor of reviews and cultural reporting to Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú’s cultural magazine, Oaxaca de Juárez.
Editorial work
El Comején. Revista Cultural de las Bibliotecas Públicas de Oaxaca
Editor of issue 1, November–December.
20132 entries
Editorial work
↗Yagular
Editorial assistant for the literary magazine, Oaxaca de Juárez.
Research
Linguistics PhD coordination · El Colegio de México
Research fellow.
20122 entries
Further training
Culture and Business
Diploma program. Government of Oaxaca, SECULTA, UAM-Xochimilco, and CONACULTA.
Further training
General syntax and argumentative writing
Workshop by Jacob Navarro. CENEVAL.
20113 entries
Research
Mexican writers in Spain
Research support in the Historical Diplomatic Archive of Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, for Dr. María Lourdes Franco Bagnouls’s project at UNAM’s Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas.
Research
Novedades · Fondo de Cultura Económica
Reviews and product descriptions for the new-publications magazine. Commercial Management area, under Carlos Rojas Urrutia.
Further training
Assessment of written expression and argumentation
Examiner training workshop by Jacob Navarro for Acuerdo 286 Bachillerato. CENEVAL.
20102 entries
Further training
History and Literature
Maestros del exilio español special lecture course, taught by Jorge Volpi Escalante. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UNAM.
Further training
Editing and editorial design techniques
Editing and editorial design workshop taught by Mauricio López Valdés. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UNAM.
20092 entries
Further training
La letra y la mordaza. Literatura censurada en la Nueva España
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón special lecture course on texts and Inquisition proceedings in the Archivo General de la Nación. Taught by Margarita Peña. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UNAM.
Further training
Imágenes de México en la literatura, el cine y la publicidad europeos y estadounidenses
Guillermo y Alejandro de Humboldt special lecture course on exoticization and self-exoticization. Taught by Friedhelm Schmidt-Welle. UNAM, El Colegio de México, and the German Academic Exchange Service.
20081 entry
Further training
Writing and reading comprehension
Workshop by Eva Nuñez Alonso. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UNAM.
20031 entry
Further training
Photography technique · Level 1
Workshop by Gustavo Mora. Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo.
04In conversation
Curatorial projects, institutional collaborations, and conversations to come.