Marina M. Álvarez
PhD Student: Modern Mexican & Latinx Art
Pronouns: she/her/ella
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About
Marina M. Álvarez is a curator, scholar, and an educator. From 2021-2023, she was the Andrew W. Mellon Visual Arts Curatorial Assistant at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, Illinois, and in 2019 she was a Latino Museum Studies Fellow through the National Museum of the American Latino. Marina holds an MA in Spanish Language and Literatures from Loyola University Chicago, and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Illinois Chicago. At UIC, she is examining twentieth century Mexican, Indigenous, and Chicana/o/x art through decolonial feminist theories. She has also published articles on the political potential of feminist graffiti on both sides of the U.S.-México border. Her article, "Monumentality and Anticolonial Resistance: Feminist Graffiti in Mexico" was published with Public Art Dialogue in 2022. Apart from her scholarly and creative ventures, Marina loves to teach, mentor, and guide other first-generation college students.
Selected Publications
Marina M. Álvarez, “Monumentality and Anticolonial Resistance: Feminist Graffiti in Mexico,” Public Art Dialogue 12.2 (2022): 178-194.
Selected Presentations
"Mexican Muralism", March 8, 2024, How Did Art Become Modern? course at School of the Art Institute of Chicago.