Fernanda Ramos Mena

Fernanda Ramos Mena (b. 1991) is a curator and a dysfunctional writer. Grounded in care and empathy, her practice explores art and its intersection with the archive, poetry, and literature as tools of critique, historical vindication, and social justice futures storytelling.

Fernanda was part of the curatorial team at the Museo de Arte Moderno, where she curated, researched, and created public programs on feminist Mexican modern and contemporary art. She curated exhibitions for ASU Art Museum, Tempe Arizona, Casa Rafael Galván, Universidad Autónoma de México, and Museo Casa Diego Rivera, Guanajuato, among others. She received a grant from FONDART Nacional Ventanilla Abierta, Chile, together with Chilean artist Paulina Silva Hauyon for a social engagement project developed in several institutions in Temuco, Antofagasta and Santiago de Chile.

Recently, Fernanda has taught several workshops on art, archives and literature, one commissioned by ESPAC as part of their publication "Y si la casa era la institución" and one in collaboration with the Women and Gender Section of the Archivo Nacional de Chile for Visual Arts BA students at Finis Terras University. She has also edited the publications "Aquí&Allá" of art between Mexico and the USA on non-hegemonic art practices related to the climate crisis and indigenous communities for Proartes de México. She has given mentored sessions at Radio28, Cobertizo (CDMX,MX), Bemis Center (Omaha, US), and ISCP (NY, US).

In 2021, Fernanda was granted by the Getty Foundation to participate online in the CIMAM conference program. In 2024, she is contributing to the curatorial platform Lava program, where she organizes social engagement and ecofeminist art proposals. She is currently working as a researcher and assistant curator for John Akomfrah's first exhibition in Mexico at Museo Amparo Puebla, curated by Jessica Berlanga. Some of her writing has been published in The Brooklyn Rail, Luvina, La Tempestad, ESPAC, OndaMx, and Artishock.

Fernanda Ramos Mena, Independent Curator and Writer, Mexico City, Mexico, has been awarded by Aimée Labarrere de Servitje, Mexico.