José Esparza Chong Cuy

José Esparza Chong Cuy works as Executive Director and Chief Curator at Storefront for Art and Architecture. From 2019–2025 he was also a part of the curatorial council of the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City. Prior to arriving at Storefront in 2018, he was Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Museo Jumex in Mexico City. Between 2007–2012 he also lived in New York and held positions as Curatorial Associate at Storefront, Research Fellow at the New Museum, and contributing editor at Domus magazine. In 2013 he was co-curator of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale.

In addition organizing exhibitions at the institutions he’s been affiliated with, José has has curated shows in Mexico at the Museo Palacio de Bellas Artes, Museo Tamayo, and MARCO, as well as in Brazil at MASP, and in Spain at La Casa Encendida and Collegium. José is a graduate of Columbia University’s Masters of Science in Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture.