Maya Juracán

City of Guatemala, Guatemala

Maya Juracán is a curator and activist, born in 1987 in Guatemala City. She has a background in language, literature, social sciences, contemporary art, and cultural management, which allows her to reshape historical narratives through art. In 2011, Juracán founded “Proyecto 44”, an initiative that brought art to the streets during social protests, laying the foundation for the Bienal En Resistencia, a biennial that challenges traditional spaces in the streets of Guatemala. Additionally, Juracán co-curated the 21st Bienal de Arte Paiz with Gerardo Mosquera and co-created the collective “La Revuelta,” focused on exploring feminist curatorial practices. In her published essays, Juracán explores counter-structural possibilities within the art world, theorizing new forms of artistic expression. She has been invited as a speaker at MoMA PS1 and the Mesa de Museos in Medellín, and has written numerous texts on art, resistance, and systemic revolution through art. Currently, she is a professor of Contemporary Art History at the Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala.

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