Sofía Shaula Reeser-del Rio

Sofía Shaula Reeser-del Rio (b. 1989, San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a scholar, curator, artist, and educator based in New York City from Culebra, Puerto Rico. Her work focuses on memory, ecology, and sustainability, exploring new approaches to art and social engagement. Reeser del Rio has curated several exhibitions, with a special emphasis on supporting LGBTQ+ and female artists from Puerto Rico and the Latinx community. Recent exhibitions include Off The Grid and AMIGXS Radicales at The Clemente Center (NY), and Building Radical Soil at the Latinx Project at New York University. She has also worked on notable exhibitions such as Yoko Ono: Land of Hope at Museo Memoria y Tolerancia (Mexico City, Mexico) and NKAME: A Retrospective of Cuban Printmaker Belkis Ayón at El Museo del Barrio (NY) to name a few.

Reeser del Rio holds a Masters from the Sur Escuela, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain, and a BFA from Pratt Institute (NY). Actively involved with Mujeres de Islas, Inc., she is also certified as a postnatal doula and an Ashtanga and prenatal yoga teacher. Recipient of fellowships like the ESAP Latinx Curator Fellowship, Reeser del Rio currently serves as the Associate Director of Programs and curator at The Clemente Center (NY), with previous roles at Americas Society (NY), Museo Memoria y Tolerancia, Casa de Africa (Habana, Cuba), Sugar Hill Museum (NY), and El Museo del Barrio (NY).