Claudia Rodríguez-Ponga

Claudia Rodríguez-Ponga Linares (Madrid, 1982) holds a PhD in Arts from the University of Sao Paulo (ECA/USP). Her ”Brief Treatise on Art and Magic” is available in Portuguese here and partially available in Spanish here. She holds a Masters in Curating from Goldsmiths College in London and a degree in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid. She is currently an Associate Professor at IE University and SUR Escuela (UC3M) and a guest professor at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and Open University of Catalonia (UOC). Her curatorial practice includes solo exhibitions with Sara Ramo (Sala Alcalá 31), Debora Bolsoni (Athena Contemporanea, Drawing Lab Paris), as well as group exhibitions such as “Nudo-Nido” alongside Brazilian curator Isabella Lenzi, selected by a jury of experts for the Sala de Arte Joven de la Comunidad de Madrid, ”Miniaturas, maquetas, vudu y otras proyecciones políticas” at Blau Projects, or “Abrakadabra” at Galeria Jaqueline Martins. She is currently working on a site specific solo project with renown artist Eva Lootz which will take place in 2024 (Sala Alcalá 31). Her recent academic essays include “El tarot de Eva”, in Accesos Magazine (UCM), “Sobre el arte como trabajo afectivo-reproductivo”, in Arte ConTexto Magazine, “¿Creen ustedes en lo que existe?”, in Re-visiones Magazine (UCM), or “Crítica en estado de rêverie”, in Revista de Occidente. She has published texts in catalogues of artists such as Sonia Navarro Peralta, Sara Ramo and Paulo Nimer Pjotta. She is author of the book Tentempié, a compilation of essays on painters and painting.