Olga Viso became executive director of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, in January 2008, after 12 years at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, as a curator of contemporary art and ultimately as director. At the Walker, Viso oversees innovative artistic programming across the disciplines, including visual arts, design, performing arts, film, and video. As a curator of contemporary art, Viso is known for her scholarship in contemporary Latin American art and the work of the late performance-based artist Ana Mendieta. In 2013, she will open a major survey of contemporary American sculptor Jim Hodges, which she is co-curating with Jeffrey Grove at the Dallas Museum.

At the Hirshhorn, Viso organized or co-organized significant exhibitions of leading artists, including Robert Gober, Guillermo Kuitca, and Juan Munoz. Prior to joining the Smithsonian, Viso was a curator at the Norton Museum of Art  in West Palm Beach, Florida, and held several curatorial and administrative positions at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. She currently is on the board of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York and has been a trustee at  the American Association of Museum Directors. Viso received an M.A. in art history from Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia in 1992.

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