Barbara Calderón is a writer, artist, and art librarian at the School of Visual Arts where she also teaches writing. She is a founding member of Colectiva Cósmica, a collective that organizes intentional spaces for femmes of color. Her work is guided by a background in journalism, Xicana studies, and art history. Her recent publications include a catalogue essay for Virginia Jaramillo : Principle of Equivalence published by Yale University Press (2023) and Sarah Zapata : To Strange Ground and High Places published by Galleria Poggiali . She has produced programs and exhibitions for cultural institutions across New York City and received the Andy Warhol Foundation Artist Writers grant in 2020.

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Recent Writing

Sarah Zapata : To Strange Ground and High Places , Galleria Poggiali, September 2023

Alienation as Abstraction: Virginia Jaramillo’s First Retrospective at 83, Latinx Project Intervenxiones, June 2023

Press

Swipe-Through Activist Guides Are the New Zines, The New York Times, August 19, 2020.
‘El Zine’ Is an Exhibition Spotlighting Latino DIY Artists & Creatives, Remezcla, December 9, 2019.

12 Radical Latinx Groups Building Powerful Cultural Community Spaces, Teen Vogue, October 4, 2019.

Preserving Latinx History through Vintage Photographs, The New York Times, August 23, 2019.

Latinx Artists Forging Their Future in the Art World, Art Critique, July 1, 2019.

Latinx Artists Explain Their Process, The New York Times, June 15, 2019.