Ruth Auerbach

Ruth Auerbach is a researcher on visual arts, a curator and contemporary art critic, and is currently director of the Sala Mendoza in Caracas, Venezuela. Since completing her studies at the Central University of Venezuela from 1981 to 1986, she has curated many exhibitions, with a particular focus on the presentation of contemporary art from Venezuela, including Trasatlántica, The America Non Representativa, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas (1994), Utópolis, Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas (2001), Adán y Eva ya no viven aquí, anymore! (Adam and Eve no longer live here, anymore!), Houston Community College, Texas, as part of Fotofest (2002), Transatlantica: The America-Europa Non-Representativa, Museo de Arte Moderno Venezuela, (2005), and Double Perspective: 7 Contemporary Artists from Venezuela, Boliver Hall, London (2007) and Maddox Arts, London (2008). Auerbach has contributed articles to Gego: Obra Completa, 1955–1990, Eugenio Espinoza, and other catalogues and monographs.