Esmeralda Gómez Galera
is a researcher, educator, curator, and contemporary art manager.
She holds a Ph.D. in Arts, Humanities, and Education. Trained in Fine Arts at UCLM and Philosophy at UNED, she completed a Master’s in Artistic and Visual Practices at UCLM. Her academic career includes regular publication of papers and delivering lectures and workshops at various universities and institutions across Spain. She is currently a lecturer in the Arts program and the Master's in Cultural Management at UOC and adjunt professor in the Fine Arts program at UIB.
Co-founder of the self-managed art space Oficina in 2016, she has been involved in organizing international art events and collaborating with cultural magazines, art festivals, publishers, and project spaces in Spain and Germany. In 2018, she joined L21 Gallery as gallery manager, where she played a pivotal role in organizing over eighty exhibitions, managing art fair projects, and running the L21 x Fundación Camper residency program for artists and curators. After successfully serving as the director of operations and fairs, she transitioned to an independent career in 2023.
Currently based in Mallorca, Esmeralda works as an independent contemporary art professional, balancing her university teaching with curatorial projects and writing the newsletter Highlights Contemporary, which focuses on Balearic artistic production.