Michy Marxuach

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Michy Marxuach lives and works in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her curatorial practice establishes a forum for dialogue and camaraderie among artists, where projects are discussed and potentiated beyond traditional exhibition spaces. She is co-founder of Beta-Local, a non-for-profit organization that supports aesthetic practices and critical thinking, which she also co-directed from 2009–15. From 1999–2005, Marxuach founded and directed M&M Projects, an alternative non-profit space dedicated to strengthening the production of contemporary art in Puerto Rico and internationally. She was the creative director of the events Puerto Rico ’04 [Homenaje al Mensajero], Puerto Rico ’02 [En Ruta] and Puerto Rico ’00 [Paréntesis en la Ciudad]. Marxuach has organized exhibitions at Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona; Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico; Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo; Museum of Art of Puerto Rico, San Juan; and Tenerife Espacio de las Artes (TEA), Canary Islands.