Daniel Vega

Daniel Vega
Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Conservation, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain

Daniel Vega graduated in Fine Arts, Conservation-Restoration of Works of Art, from the University of the Basque Country and took postgraduate studies at Universidad Complutense (Conservation) and at Leicester University (Museum Studies). In 2016, he was selected to participate in the Executive Education Program for Museum Leaders, at Getty Leadership Institute.

Vegal joined the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao team in 1998. During his tenure, the museum has improved work efficiency and the optimization of resources, greatly developed its exhibition program, and established and consolidated a strong international network. He has overseen the organization of over three hundred modern and contemporary art exhibitions and has led several key projects such as the development of a transversal project-based coordination methodology for exhibition’s management and the creation of an external art storage facility for GMB’s Collections.

Vega has recently led the development of GMB’s Strategic Framework for Environmental Sustainability, the measurement of the museum’s carbon footprint, and the implementation of annual Action Plans. Among other sustainability initiatives, he has managed the transition to LED technology for the lighting of works of art, the testing of new materials and technologies for exhibitions’ production and collections’ care, the development of collaborative circularity projects with local partners, and the recent implementation of more flexible climate control parameters at the MGB.

For a number of years he has been a guest professor in the master’s degree in Curatorial Studies at the University of Navarra and in the CYXAC master's degree at the University of the Basque Country. Between 2008 and 2022, he was a member of the Steering Committee of the International Group of Exhibition Organizers (IEO).