ADRIANA
MENESES
art
consultant
Adriana Meneses Imber is a cultural manager and visual arts curator with an illustrious career of more than 40 years creating, developing, and organizing cultural events while supporting artistic endeavors. She graduated in Communication from UCAB (Caracas, Venezuela) and holds a postgraduate degree in Arts Administration from Drexel University (Philadelphia, USA).
As Director of Culture for the Government of the Federal District of Venezuela, she developed an extensive program of exhibitions, musical events, training workshops, and other cultural initiatives. Displaying a robust work ethic, technical expertise, effective team collaboration, and strong leadership, she became the founding Director of the Jacobo Borges Museum in 1995. During her eleven-year tenure, she developed a series of exhibitions and public programs that explored the intersection of artistic and social issues. From 2006 to 2007, she directed the Carlos Cruz-Diez Museum and later served as Coordinator for Special Projects at IARTES in Caracas.
In August 2015, Adriana relocated to the United States, where she worked for IAM Venezuela (Institutional Assets and Monuments of Venezuela). As an independent curator, she has led numerous projects and exhibitions in the United States and internationally, overseeing research, artwork selection, database management, and exhibition and event coordination. Among her notable exhibitions are For Now: Contemporary Venezuelan Art of the Miami Diaspora (2019) and Visados para la Libertad (2020) at the Coral Gables Museum; Botero at Full Volume (2022) at The Doral Contemporary Art Museum; and Synergies: Geometric Art (2022) at MIFA.
Currently, Adriana is working to preserve the legacy of Venezuelan journalist, cultural leader, and arts advocate SofĂa Imber in collaboration with the University of Miami. She also serves as a board member of the Coral Gables Museum, META Miami, and MIFA Miami, and is a member of the Association of Art Museum Curators.