José Roca to Curate 37th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts
Roca previously worked as the curatorial advisor of the inaugural Bogotá International Biennial of Art and the City

José Roca. Photo: Alejandra Quintero Sinisterra
José Roca will curate the 37th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts in 2027, one of the oldest biennials in the world.
Roca previously worked as the curatorial advisor of the inaugural Bogotá International Biennial of Art and the City (in 2025), and acted as the artistic director of the Biennale of Sydney in 2022. He was also chief curator of the Bienal do Mercosul in Porto Alegre in 2011, and cocurator of the first San Juan Poly/Graphic Triennial in Puerto Rico in 2004 and of the Bienal de São Paulo in 2006.
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