Chus Martínez is a curator, writer, and academic born in Spain, with a background in philosophy and art history. She is Head of the Institute Art Gender Nature at the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW, Switzerland, and Associate Curator at TBA21 (Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary) in Madrid and Venice. In 2025, she serves as Artistic Director of the 36th Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts. Martínez is a board member of CIMAM and sits on advisory boards of several international institutions, including Castello di Rivoli and the Deutsches Historisches Museum. Previous positions include Chief Curator at El Museo del Barrio, New York; Head of Department at dOCUMENTA (13); Chief Curator at MACBA, Barcelona; and Director of the Frankfurter Kunstverein. Her curatorial practice is known for its critical, experimental approach and long-term collaborations with artists. Martínez is the author of numerous essays and books, including The Complex Answer (2023), Like This (2022), Coding Care (2022), Corona Tales (2021), and The Wild Book of Inventions (2020).