Born in Spain, Chus Martínez is a curator, writer, and academic with a background in philosophy and art history. She is currently Head of the Institute Art Gender Nature at the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW in Switzerland and serves as Associate Curator at TBA21 (Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary) in Madrid and Venice. She also served this year as Artistic Director of the 36th Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts.

Martínez is a board member of CIMAM (International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art) and sits on advisory boards of several international institutions, including Castello di Rivoli in Turin and the Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin. Her previous roles include Chief Curator at El Museo del Barrio, New York; Head of Department at dOCUMENTA (13); Chief Curator at MACBA, Barcelona; and Director of the Frankfurter Kunstverein.

Known for her critical and experimental curatorial practice, Martínez has developed numerous exhibitions and projects in collaboration with contemporary artists worldwide. She writes regularly for international journals and contributes essays and texts to exhibition catalogues and books.