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Elena Ketelsen González

Photo: Fabian Guerrero

Photo: Fabian Guerrero

Elena Ketelsen González is a curator and writer. She is Associate Curator at MoMA PS1, where she is a co-organizer of the museum’s 2026 quinquennial exhibition, Greater New York. Her recent solo exhibitions at PS1 have included Sandra Poulson: Este cuarto parece uma república (2025), Regina José Galindo’s Tierra (2024), and Leslie Martinez: The Fault of Formation, (2023–2024). At PS1, she conceptualized and curates Homeroom, a space dedicated to community-based collectives and grassroots organizations, and spearheads the museum's mural program, organizing recent projects with Esteban Cabeza de Baca (2026) and Lady Pink (2025).

Her writing on contemporary art has appeared in publications for the 60th Venice Biennale (2024), the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), TEOR/éTica, and El Museo del Barrio. Previously, she held curatorial and programming positions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of the City of New York, and the Gracie Mansion Conservancy. She is also the founder of La Salita, a curatorial project dedicated to artists from across Latin America and the Caribbean.
González was named a Villa Albertine Museums Next Gen Fellow (2025) and an A&L Berg Foundation ESAP Fellow (2024).