Ana Jiménez was trained as an architect and holds an MA Fine Arts Degree from Piet Zwart Institute in The Netherlands. She joins The Clay Studio as Exhibition Project Coordinator for Making Place Matter, The Clay Studio's inaugural exhibition opening in 2021 at our new home in Kensington, Philadelphia.
Having recently moved to Philadelphia, Ana is eager to bring her skills, knowledge of the exhibitions field, ability to handle logistics, proficiency in English and Spanish, and deep interest in material culture to serve Making Place Matter.
Ana has coordinated tasks and projects for the renovation of well-known Colombian museums and the production of exhibitions within cultural organisations for the last twelve years. In her career she has been teaming up with amazing people at the Gold Museum, Corporación Parque Explora, Museo Nacional de Colombia, Maloka, the School District of Philadelphia, and CNMH among others.
With this project, Ana begins her career in the United States, although her journey started many years prior. She was recently featured as IPP Graduate in the Welcoming Center, you can see a note about her here.
The slideshow below is a sampling of some of the projects and spaces that Ana has worked on.
- “Room 13: Land as a Resource”, National Museum of Colombia, 2016. Photo: Courtesy of Sebastián Dávila
- “Room 13: Land as a Resource - Banana cropping”, National Museum of Colombia. 2016, Photo: Courtesy of Sebastián Dávila
- Clay and plastic models foa ccesible stations for visually impaired visitors, National Museum of Colombia, 2016.
- “Room 13: Land as a Resource - Banana cropping”, National Museum of Colombia, 2016. Photo: Courtesy of Sebastián Dávila
- "La Mirada del Arqueólogo", Parque Explora, 2012. Photo: Courtesy of Parque Explora.
- "Mayas, society and time", Parque Explora, 2012.
- “Museum of the Space”, Planetarium, Bogota, 2012. Image: Juan Vicente Gómez, Courtesy of Parque Explora.
- “Los canales del Zenú”, Exploratorium, 2009. Photo: Clark M. Rodriguez, Courtesy of Gold Museum
- Quimabaya Culture, Gold Museum, 2009, Photo: Clark M. Rodriguez, Courtesy of Gold Museum
- Showcase layout, 2008. Photo: Clark M. Rodriguez, Courtesy of Gold Museum
- Bio Lab, Maloka, 2019. Photo: Courtesy Maloka
