Roxana Velásquez
Since September 2010, Roxana Velásquez Martínez del Campo has been the Maruja Baldwin Executive Director of The San Diego Museum of Art. Velásquez received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History at the Universidad Iberoamericana (1992), where her studies focused on nineteenth century European painting and sculpture. She received an Executive MBA degree in 2008 from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and Arizona State University, where she received special mention.
Velásquez was Director of the Museo Nacional de San Carlos until 2004. She then became Director of the Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), and in 2007 was appointed Director of the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, one of Mexico’s premier cultural institutions. Among career highlights, Velásquez has helped organize highly successful international exhibitions like Rubens and his Century, Goya, Frida Kahlo Centennial, Illusions of the Middle East from Delacroix to Moreau, and From el Greco to Dalí, among others – all of which brought record exhibition attendance.
Velásquez is a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors, International Council of Museums, and Asociación Mexicana de Profesionales de Museos. She has been distinguished by the King of Spain with the Cross of Isabel la Católica for outstanding cultural projects of Spanish art organized in Mexico. In addition, Velásquez is the recipient of numerous awards including “best art publication” for Guía del Museo Nacional de San Carlos from the Mexican government, and “best exhibition” for Masterworks from the San Carlos Museum from the Georgia Association of Museums.
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