Rosa Martínez is a curator, writer and art collections consultant based in Spain. Most notably, she was Artistic Director of the Venice Biennale in 2005, making her one of the first female curators in the 110-year history of this international exhibition. She was also Artistic Director / curator of biennials in Barcelona (1988-1992), Rotterdam (1996), Istanbul (1997), Santa Fe, New Mexico, US (1999), Busan, Korea (2000), Sao Paolo (2006) and Moscow (2005- 2007).

Rosa Martinez was also Chief Curator of the Museum of Modern Art in Istanbul (2004-2007). Additionally, she curated several prestigious projects and exhibitions, including shows at Guggenheim Bilbao, in 2007, at the National Museum of Sculpture in Valladolid, Spain (2015-2016); Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador (2017), and at the Picasso Museum (2019), among others. She has also curated the work of internationally-acclaimed artists such as Anish Kapoor in Murcia, Spain; Tania Berta Judith in Barcelona, or Saskia Calderon in Ecuador, as well as several prestigious group shows.

In 2018, she was invited to Malta to curate the project: Constellation Malta, as part of the celebrations held in Valletta for European Capital of Culture, and in 2022, she curated Austin Camilleri’s LEIVA solo exhibition at Spazju Kreattiv. Presently, she is curating a touring exhibition for the British Museum and Fundació La Caixa that will be shown in various venues.