Patricio Orellana

Biography

Patricio Orellana (Buenos Aires, 1982) received a Licenciatura from the Universidad de Buenos Aires and a PhD from New York University, with a dissertation focused on Argentine art and literature of the 1960s. He completed Critical and Curatorial Studies at the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. As a Curatorial Fellow, he co-curated After La vida nueva, an exhibition that brought together artists exploring language, land, and territory through the lens of what was termed “Third World New York.” He then served as Exhibition Coordinator.

In 2022, he returned to Argentina and joined the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, where he curated Mad Toys. Destruction and Avant-Garde in 1960s Argentina, reflecting on the destructive gestures of neo-avant-garde artists through works from the museum’s permanent collection; and most recently Self Portrait, a retrospective of great Argentine artist Dalila Puzzovio, positioning her artistic and fashion practices as precursors to contemporary concerns around identity performance and media representation.

His writings have been featured in book form, exhibition catalogues, academic journals and other media outlets, such as e-flux.

In parallel with his curatorial work, Patricio has been part of the publishing house Caja Negra Editora’s team, and teaches courses on literature and philosophy at New York University in Buenos Aires.

Patricio Orellana, Curator at Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has been awarded by the Getty Foundation.