Deborah Cullen

From 1997 to 2012, Cullen-Morales worked at [[El Museo del Barrio]], New York, ending as their Director of Curatorial Programs, where she curated about a dozen shows (and authored the corresponding catalogs) on contemporary movements in Latin American and Caribbean art.Noriega, Chon A. "Encuentros." ''American Art'', 26:2 (2012): pages 2-6. Among the shows she curated there are ''Arte no es Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas 1960-2000'' (2008), ''Nexus New York: Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis'' (2009), and ''Retro/Active: The Work of Rafael Ferrer'' (2010). ''Nexus'' was called an "absorbing chronological history of the Latino art presence in this city in the first half of the last century,"Cotter, Holland. "Art Flows Two Ways in Pan-American City, U.S.A.", ''The New York Times'', October 16, 2009, pages C23, C25. while ''Arte no es Vida'' won an Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Award. She was part of a curatorial team that organized the multi-venue exhibition ''Caribbean: Crossroads of the World'' at El Museo, the [[Queens Museum of Art]], and the [[Studio Museum in Harlem]], and she also co-curated the first four editions of El Museo’s contemporary arts biennial, ''The S-Files/The Selected Files'' (1999, 2000, 2002, 2004).

From 1997 to 2012, Cullen-Morales worked at [[El Museo del Barrio]], New York, ending as their Director of Curatorial Programs, where she curated about a dozen shows (and authored the corresponding catalogs) on contemporary movements in Latin American and Caribbean art.Noriega, Chon A. "Encuentros." ''American Art'', 26:2 (2012): pages 2-6. Among the shows she curated there are ''Arte no es Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas 1960-2000'' (2008), ''Nexus New York: Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis'' (2009), and ''Retro/Active: The Work of Rafael Ferrer'' (2010). ''Nexus'' was called an "absorbing chronological history of the Latino art presence in this city in the first half of the last century,"Cotter, Holland. "Art Flows Two Ways in Pan-American City, U.S.A.", ''The New York Times'', October 16, 2009, pages C23, C25. while ''Arte no es Vida'' won an Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Award. She was part of a curatorial team that organized the multi-venue exhibition ''Caribbean: Crossroads of the World'' at El Museo, the [[Queens Museum of Art]], and the [[Studio Museum in Harlem]], and she also co-curated the first four editions of El Museo’s contemporary arts biennial, ''The S-Files/The Selected Files'' (1999, 2000, 2002, 2004).

In 2012, Cullen-Morales became the director and chief curator at the Miriam and Ira D. [[Wallach Art Gallery]] at Columbia University, New York.{{cite news|last=Jovanovic|first=Rozalia|title=Columbia's Wallach Art Gallery Appoints El Museo's Deborah Cullen Director|url=http://galleristny.com/2012/05/columbias-wallach-art-gallery-appoints-deborah-cullen-director/|newspaper=Gallerist|date=May 10, 2012}} During her five years there, she curated ''Interruption: The 30th Biennial of Graphic Arts'' (Ljubljana, 2013); and ''The Hive: The Third Poligraphic Trienal of San Juan'' (Puerto Rico, 2012). In 2017, she founded ''Uptown'', a triennial of contemporary art initiated by the Wallach Art Gallery in collaboration with 12 institutions in northern Manhattan that showcased more than 75 artists’ work. Cullen-Morales also oversaw the development of new gallery facilities at the Lenfest Center for the Arts, designed by [[Renzo Piano]] Building Workshop, on Columbia University’s Manhattanville campus.

In 2012, Cullen-Morales became the director and chief curator at the Miriam and Ira D. [[Wallach Art Gallery]] at [[Columbia University]], New York.{{cite news|last=Jovanovic|first=Rozalia|title=Columbia's Wallach Art Gallery Appoints El Museo's Deborah Cullen Director|url=http://galleristny.com/2012/05/columbias-wallach-art-gallery-appoints-deborah-cullen-director/|newspaper=Gallerist|date=May 10, 2012}} During her five years there, she curated ''Interruption: The 30th Biennial of Graphic Arts'' (Ljubljana, 2013); and ''The Hive: The Third Poligraphic Trienal of San Juan'' (Puerto Rico, 2012). In 2017, she founded ''Uptown'', a triennial of contemporary art initiated by the Wallach Art Gallery in collaboration with 12 institutions in northern Manhattan that showcased more than 75 artists’ work. Cullen-Morales also oversaw the development of new gallery facilities at the Lenfest Center for the Arts, designed by [[Renzo Piano]] Building Workshop, on Columbia University’s Manhattanville campus.

In 2018, Cullen-Morales became Executive Director of the [[Bronx Museum of the Arts]], a position she held for less than two years before moving to the [[Andrew W. Mellon Foundation|Mellon Foundation]] as a Program Officer with the Arts and Cultural Heritage program.{{cite web |last1=Boucher |first1=Brian |title=In a Surprise Move, the Bronx Museum's Director Deborah Cullen-Morales Leaves Her Post After 18 Months |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/deborah-cullen-morales-bronx-1728567 |website=Artnet |date=December 10, 2019}}

In 2018, Cullen-Morales became Executive Director of the [[Bronx Museum of the Arts]], a position she held for less than two years before moving to the [[Andrew W. Mellon Foundation|Mellon Foundation]] as a Program Officer with the Arts and Cultural Heritage program.{{cite web |last1=Boucher |first1=Brian |title=In a Surprise Move, the Bronx Museum's Director Deborah Cullen-Morales Leaves Her Post After 18 Months |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/deborah-cullen-morales-bronx-1728567 |website=Artnet |date=December 10, 2019}}

==Awards and Fellowships==

==Awards and Fellowships==

In 2002, Cullen-Morales received a curatorial award from [[Faith Ringgold]]’s “Anyone Can Fly” Foundation. Her 2010 book on Rafael Ferrer won the International Latino Book Awards first place prize for Best Arts Book. She has held curatorial fellowships at the J. Paul Getty Foundation (2001) and at the Center for Curatorial Leadership in New York (2010).

In 2002, Cullen-Morales received a curatorial award from [[Faith Ringgold]]’s “Anyone Can Fly” Foundation. Her 2010 book on Rafael Ferrer won the [[International Latino Book Awards]] first place prize for Best Arts Book. She has held curatorial fellowships at the J. Paul Getty Foundation (2001) and at the Center for Curatorial Leadership in New York (2010).

==Personal life==

==Personal life==