Marielsa Castro Vizcarra is a curator whose practice focuses on the intersection of pedagogy and curatorial work. She is currently Chief Curator at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellin and an Associate at coopia, a cooperative experiment that explores making through inhabiting and learning as forms of socio-environmental transformation.
From 2021 to 2025, she was Associate Curator at Museo Jumex, where she led exhibitions, public programs, and the community-based project Museos en común. Between 2017 and 2019, she oversaw education and public engagement programs at the Unidad de Artes del Banco de la República in Bogotá, fostering initiatives with communities traditionally underserved by museums. Previously, she directed LIGA | Space for Architecture | DF (2012–2015), a platform dedicated to Latin American architecture.
She holds a degree in Architecture from Universidad Iberoamericana In Mexico City and a master’s in Art, Design, and the Public Domain from Harvard University.
