Cuauhtémoc Medina is an art critic, curator and historian. He is currently Head Curator at MUAC museum (Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo) at the National University (UNAM) in Mexico city. In 2012, Medina was Head Curator of the Manifesta 9 Biennial in Genk, Belgium, titled The Deep of the Modern and in 2018 he was Chief Curator of the 12th Shanghai Biennale: Proregress. He also received the Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement of the Menil Foundation in 2013.