Beatriz Herráez

Art historian.

Director of Artium, Basque Museum of Contemporary Art since December 2018.

She has curated many group and monographic exhibitions, including those dedicated to Moyra Davey, Gema Intxausti, Itziar Okariz, Julia Spínola, María Luisa Fernández, Susan Hiller, Erlea Maneros Zabala, Juan Luis Moraza or Néstor Sanmiguel Diest, held in spaces and institutions such as Artium Museum (Vitoria-Gasteiz), MARCO (Vigo), MUSAC (Leon), Azkuna Zentroa (Bilbao), CCI Tabakalera (Donostia-San Sebastian), Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (Móstoles), Sculpture Centre (New York) or Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS (Madrid).

From 2007-2011, she held the position of chief curator at Montehermoso Kulturunea, a pioneering project in applying gender equality policies in the fields of contemporary art, thought and culture. She is also a member of the Advisory Council of Basque Country Museums and nominated member of the Etxepare Institute.