juan josé roque-giraud *

Juan José Roque-Giraud is a curator and writer.

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recent writing / escritos recientes:

*Confronting authenticity and self-reflection in Gabriella Torres-Ferrer’s artistic series ‘Be Real,’ Center for Puerto Rican Studies, January 2026

*Desde Mar Adentro: entre corrientes de memoria y resistencia, Visión Doble: Revista de Crítica e Historia del Arte, October 2025

*El arte del cómic y las muchas luchas de una superheroína boricua, Plástica: Revista de la Liga de Arte de San Juan, September 2025

*Contra la veta: duelo, resistencia y liberación en la exhibición de “Gráfica vital”, Plástica: Revista de la Liga de Arte de San Juan, August 2025

*Taller Creando sin Encargos: contra-narrativas, trece años de una pedagogía decolonial puertorriqueña, 90Grados: Tabloide Digital de Diseño, July 2025

*The Formation of Islets as a Metaphor Against Distance and Oblivion: The “islotes” Series by Kevin Quiles Bonilla, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, June 2025

*Redes de resistencia en la exhibición “10 años de MAC en el Barrio”, Plástica: Revista de la Liga de Arte de San Juan, April 2025

*Desmantelando el pedestal: el objeto artístico y su dinamismo en el museo, [in]genios: Revista de investigación y labor creativa, December 2024

*Un viaje retrospectivo sobre la materia como puente hacia la identidad: Travesías/Crossings de Imna Arroyo, Puntos de Fuga, December 2023

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bio:

Juan José Roque-Giraud (Puerto Rico) is a writer and curator. Their research focuses on contemporary art from the insular Caribbean and its diaspora, with a special interest in ephemerality and conceptualism. They hold a bachelor’s degree in art history from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, with an emphasis on Latin America and the Caribbean, and are currently an MA student in the Department of Art and Art History and the Center for Latin American Visual Studies (CLAVIS) at The University of Texas at Austin. In addition, they work as an independent Editorial Assistant of Spanish Initiatives at the Whitney Museum of American Art.