Chus Martínez is a curator and head of the Institute of Art at the FHNW Academy of Arts and Design in Basel. She studied art history and philosophy and was previously curator at El Museo Del Barrio in New York, head of the curatorial team for Documenta 13 (2012), curator at MACBA, Barcelona (2008-2011), director of the Frankfurter Kunstverein (2005-2008) and artistic director of Sala Rekalde, Bilbao (2002-2005).