Sairah Espinoza

Biography

Sairah Espinoza is an art historian from the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM), with postgraduate studies in Visual Anthropology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP). She has completed a diploma in Micro-Curatorships and Curating from the Margins from the SACO Contemporary Art Biennial in Antofagasta, Chile, and a diploma in Anthropology and Photography from the Centro de la Imagen. In early 2016, she participated in the international contemporary art residency HABEAS DATA III [Field Research] in São Paulo, Brazil. She has taken part in over twenty contemporary art exhibitions and has contributed to the editorial process of various publications on contemporary art.

She co-curated the exhibitions Hybrid Creations: Explorations and Exchanges in the Peruvian Audiovisual Medium (2021) and Lima Garden: Configurations around the Amazon (2020), both presented at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria. In 2022, she received the Llama National Curating Award from the Association of Curators of Peru.

Her work has been presented at several art events, including the III Congress on Research in Art and Design at PUCP and the III Meeting of Young Art Researchers – CAIA at the University of Buenos Aires. She has written essays and critical texts for ICPNA and the Mario Testino Museum – MATE. In 2024, she served as a juror for the Public Engagement through Festivals and Gatherings Grant from the Directorate of Audiovisual, Phonography, and New Media at the Ministry of Culture of Peru, as well as for academic creation competitions.

She has taught courses on contemporary art curatorship at the Corriente Alterna School of Art and the Museo de Arte de Lima – MALI. She is currently the Associate Curator of Public Programs, Content, and Communities at MALI, and directs the Experimental Curatorial Laboratory project.

Sairah Espinoza, Curator of Public Programs at Museo de Arte de Lima - MALI in Lima, Peru, has been awarded by Teresa Bulgheroni.