Alma Ruiz

Alma Ruiz is a curator, best known as a longtime, former senior curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA).

Early life and education Alma Ruiz was born and raised in Guatemala. In 2016, she curated the 20 Bienal de Arte Paiz in Guatemala City.

Reception Her curated exhibitions have received numerous positive reviews. Recently, art critics Hunter Drohojowska-Philp and Edward Goldman praised her work for the solo exhibition of Magdalena Fernández at MOCA Pacific Design Center.

Exhibitions Selected curation for the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles: Jacob Hashimoto: Gas Giant (2014) Cinema Vezzoli (2012) Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space (2010) Poetics of the Handmade (2007) Gabriel Orozco (2000) The Experimental Exercise of Freedom: Lygia Clark, Gego, Mathias Goeritz, Hélio Oiticica, and Mira Schendel (1999)