Guillermina Zabala

Guillermina Zabala

guillerminazabala@gmail.com

Website: http://guillerminazabala.com/

 (323) 691-0927

   358 Altgelt Ave., San Antonio, TX, 78201

Born in Argentina, Guillermina Zabala Suárez is an award-winning filmmaker and artist, educator, and curator whose art examines the intersection between the individual and their environment. Her works have been exhibited in museums, galleries, and film festivals nationally and internationally, including the McNay Art Museum, SAMA, Contemporary, Telluride Film Festival, and Showtime Latino Showcase. Her documentary Las Artivistas won the Premio Mesquite for Best Documentary Short at the 2022 CineFestival, the nation’s longest-running Latino film festival, and her feature documentary Juanito’s Lab was the opening film at the 2021 edition of the festival in its out-of-competition category. Her curatorial experience includes two editions of the New York Foundation for the Arts immigrant program exhibit at Centro de Artes, Sound Gallery at UTSA downtown gallery, and the 2018 Luminaria Festival, among others. Guillermina is Professor of Practice of Film & Media Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio and was the Director of the Media Arts program at SAY Sí from 2005 to 2021. She holds a Master of Arts in Media Studies from New York’s The New School and is currently working on her dissertation for her Ph.D candidacy in the Doctor of Arts program at the University of La Plata, Argentina. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including the Media Arts Distinguished Thesis Award from The New School and the Rick Liberto Visual Arts Award from the Luminaria Foundation.

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