Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas

Curator

Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas is the Curator and Director of Exhibitions at Socrates Sculpture Park in New York. Until 2022, she was the Associate Curator at the Momentary in Bentonville, AR, where she led the Visual Arts department, organizing exhibitions, outdoor installations, and the artist-in-residency program. There, she organized several artist-driven projects and exhibitions, including Diana Al-Hadid: Ash in the Trade Winds, the Momentary’s presentation of Garrett Bradley: American Rhapsody, Rashawn Griffin: we no longer recognize the backs of our hands, In Some Form or Fashion, Esteban Cabeza de Baca: Let Earth Breathe, and A Divided Landscape, co-curated with Neville Wakefield. Most recent exhibitions include Yvette Mayorga’s first solo museum exhibition What a Time to Be and the Momentary’s presentation of Firelei Baez’s largest sculptural installation to date, To breathe full and free: a declaration, a re-visioning, a correction, organized by ICA Boston. Prior to 2018, Garcia-Maestas held curatorial positions at the Denver Art Museum, the Biennial of the Americas, and MCA Denver. Garcia-Maestas was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her research and curatorial interests have been primarily devoted to exploring themes of decolonial resistance, displacement, and cultural heritage in the United States and the Americas.