Laura Beltrán-Rubio

Art & Fashion Curator & DEI Consultant

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Laura wearing a hot-pink top by Colombian fashion designer Laura Laurens and jeans by Colombian fashion brand Sinestesia

Hi! I’m Laura Beltrán-Rubio.

I’ve been researching the arts for more than a decade. My mission is to expand the narratives of art and design to create a more diverse, equitable, and socially just world.

In general, I’m interested in how artistic expression becomes a means for us to construct and perform our identities. I also aim to uncover the endurance of Indigenous ways of knowing in different forms of artistic production, while dismantling the legacy of colonialism in the contemporary art world.

Projects

My mission is to expand the narratives of art and design to create more diverse, equitable, and socially just societies. My passion is to share the diverse histories of art and design with wide-ranging, multilingual audiences. This is why I am so active on social media, share my knowledge in a bilingual audioblog, and participate in collaborative research and educational projects. I also work with museums, creatives, and brands to facilitate ethical creative processes founded on thorough research.

My work has been published in scholarly journals, the popular media, and exhibition catalogs. I also lecture frequently and speak at conferences and symposia all around the world. I am currently curating exhibitions in Mexico, Colombia, and the United States.

I am a big proponent of decolonizing the arts, including art history, theory, and criticism. With my audioblog, I aim to share the diverse histories of design and the arts with as many people as possible, and facilitate wide-ranging, expansive, and accessible conversations.

I offer a variety of services that help create more diverse, equitable, and socially just societies through art and design. These include research, research–creation consultancies, storytelling, workshops, lectures, and conferences about design, arts, and fashion.

Do you want to work with me? Interview me? Talk casually with me over tea (or wine)?

Then…

Contact me

Email. info@laurabelru.com