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Paulina Ascencio

Paulina Ascencio (b. Guadalajara, 1988) Independent curator and researcher based in Mexico, with a background in Philosophy and Social Sciences. She is currently Associate Curator at Ladera Oeste, in Guadalajara. She has been part of the residency programs of KADIST, San Francisco (2012); PAOS, Guadalajara (2016); Curatorial Program for Research: Dimming the Northern Lights with the support of Iaspis / The Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s Visiting Expert Programme (2018); and the Curatorial Intensive program of Independent Curators International (ICI) in New Orleans (2015). She has developed her practice in institutions, museums, galleries, and independent spaces in Mexico and the United States. Among her research and pedagogical projects are AikidoGDL (2018), Faena (2017-2018), and Archivo MMXV (2015). Her texts have been published in La Tempestad, Terremoto, and Código.