Cesáreo Moreno

Cesáreo Moreno (Chicago, IL) has been with the National Museum of Mexican Art since 1992. He has been the Visual Arts Director since 1995, and was named the museum’s first full time Chief Curator in 2004. Moreno has curated numerous exhibitions for the NMMA, as well as for the El Paso Museum of Art (2013), Smithsonian Latino Center (2011), and the National Hispanic Cultural Center (2015). His most important assignments at NMMA have included curating Arte Diseño Xicágo (2018), A Declaration of Immigration (2008), and The African Presence in México: From Yanga to the Present (2006). Additionally, he has curated fourteen of the annual Day of the Dead exhibitions to date and the permanent exhibition, Nuestras Historias: Stories of Mexican Identity from the Permanent Collection. Moreno has served as a juror and panelist for numerous groups including the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Art Institute of Chicago Equity and Museum Practice Advisory, Terra Foundation for American Art Advisory, IMLS Grant, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Ford & Mellon Latinx Artist Fellowship.