Ana Maria Hernandez (1988, Cali, Colombia) is a cultural producer, art historian, and curator raised and based in Aruba. She has an M.A. in Contemporary Art from the University of Amsterdam. Her practice focuses on developing viable frameworks and strategies for art presentation and audience engagement that result in meaningful experiences for communities.
 

Additionally, she seeks to bring art and cultural discourses from the Caribbean region into the main discourses recognizing the complexities it reflect.

 

She is the founder of Plataforma Aruba, a non-profit art education organization that develops projects focused on audience engagement and visual arts in collaboration with local artists and initiatives in the cultural sector. For the past 5 years, she has been based in Aruba where she has done independent curatorial work such as the AUA EXHIBITS 21-22, freelance consultancy work for artists and organizations, as well as independent writing and project production.