René Morales

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René Morales (Cuba-Estados Unidos), curador jefe del Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), desde enero de 2022. En enero de 2020 fue nombrado Director de Asuntos Curatoriales y Curador Jefe del PAMM- Pérez Art Museum Miami. Morales venía ocupando el puesto de curador de la institución desde abril de 2005. Previamente, fue curador del Miami Art Museum - MAM (desde 2014), antes de ser rediseñado y renombrado como el PAMM. En su permanencia en el museo Morales ha organizado más de cincuenta exhibiciones, incluyendo "Christo y Jeanne-Claude: Islas rodeadas, 1980–83" (2018), "Dara Friedman: Perfecto desconocido" (2017) y "Sarah Oppenheimer: S -281913 "(2016), y encabezó la adquisición de más de trescientas obras de arte. Anteriormente, trabajó en el Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Para la apertura del nuevo edificio PAMM diseñado por Herzog y de Meuron trabajó en tres exposiciones de forma simultánea: una escultura a gran escala site specific por Monika Sosnowska, una retrospectiva de la obra de Amelia Peláez, y una gran muestra de selecciones de The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry. ---------------------------------------------------------------- René Morales recently moved into the role of Director of Curatorial Affairs and Chief Curator at PAMM, where he has organized over 50 exhibitions. Recent projects include Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Surrounded Islands, 1980–83 (2018), Dara Friedman: Perfect Stranger (2017), Sarah Oppenheimer: S-281913 (2016), Susan Hiller: Lost and Found (2016), Marjetica Potrc: The School of the Forest (2015), Nicolas Lobo: The Leisure Pit (2015), Global Positioning Systems: Selections from the PAMM Collection (2014–15), Amelia Peláez: The Craft of Modernity, A Human Document: Selections from the Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, and Monika Sosnowska: Market (2013–14). Morales spearheaded the acquisition of over 300 works from the Sackner Archive for PAMM’s collection, with the support of the Knight Foundation. He is a 2019 recipient of the prestigious Center for Curatorial Leadership Fellowship, and served as a juror for the Whitney Museum’s 2019 Bucksbaum Prize. He sits on the board of the City of Miami Art in Public Places program, as well as the Professional Advisory Committee of the Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places program. Prior to joining PAMM, he worked at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, in Providence, where he organized and co-organized several exhibitions, including Island Nations: New Art from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. Morales studied at Swarthmore College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in biopsychology and art history, and Brown University, where he received a Master of Arts in art history, focusing on the work of Odilon Redon.