Ixchel Ledesma (b. Mexico City, 1988) is an independent curator, writer, and designer. Ledesma’s artistic practice primarily explores the complex relationships between the human body and space, employing a variety of artistic mediums with a particular emphasis on the dialogue between arts and crafts, using feminist methodologies.
She is dedicated to projects that challenge gender binary norms and propose new dynamics of power negotiation between bodies and spaces. Her professional roles have included serving as a jury member for the 16th International Tapestry Triennale in Łódź, as well as curatorial positions at the National Museum of Art of Mexico and as Director of the Walden Gallery in Buenos Aires. Currently, she is co-director of EMRA and collaborates with the Textile Culture Network alongside institutions such as the Central Textile Museum in Łódź, Poland; CHAT in Hong Kong; Lottozero in Prato, Italy; and the Textiel Museum in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Ledesma holds a master’s degree in curatorship from the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero and a degree in Cultural Management from the University of Guanajuato. Her research residencies have taken her to the Center for Aesthetic Research at UNAM (Mexico), Iberoamericana University (Mexico), and the Public University of Navarra (Spain). She has curated significant projects in Spain, Mexico, Buenos Aires, and Canada, among other locations.
