Overview
Juliana is an art historian and curator of Latin American art and material culture. Her research interests focus on the early modern transpacific trade and the cross-cultural artistic connections between Asia and Latin America, which impacted material culture on both sides of the Pacific. She is particularly fascinated by the materiality, techniques, and social life of textiles as art, crafts, and commodities.
Born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, Juliana graduated from the Universidad de los Andes with a double major in Art History and Design. She came to New York City in 2019 to pursue an MA from the Bard Graduate Center in Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture. In 2022, Juliana curated the installation “Louis C. Tiffany and Latin America” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and her exhibition “Hilando rituales: diez años Bi Yuu” will be open at the Franz Mayer Museum in Mexico City from May to August 2023.