Areas of Expertise
Research Interests
Education
M.A. in American Studies
Fulbright García-Robles Scholar
Specialization: Science and Technology Studies and Philosophical Anthropology
Universidad de Monterrey
B.A. in Arts
Specialization: Art Theory and Cultural Management
2018-2020
Monterrey, Mexico
2009–2013
Experience
Lecturer, School of Communication
I teach art history and theory to undergrad students. Additionally, I design and conduct transdisciplinary studies on mediation and culture through public study groups and lectures.
2024–Present
Professor, School of Art and Design
I teach art and media history, theory, and direct new media, video, and research based art studio practice courses.
2021–Present
| I develop research-driven strategies, creative projects, and cultural programs for academic and cultural institutions, as well as contemporary art projects, in collaboration with artists, museums, galleries, collections, and creative-sector organizations. ꩜ Conceptual, formal, and strategic advisory for a major artist commission for the sculpture patio of a leading contemporary art museum in Monterrey, Mexico ꩜ Strategic advisory for the development of an emerging international research and development think tank focused on culture and mediation ꩜ Development of an artist residency program for a leading private university in Mexico |
2021–Present
Public Art Fellow
I collaborated in the strategic planning of the organization’s public art division and contributed to the development of exhibitions and public programs.
Summer/Fall 2020
Studio Manager
I coordinated collaborations with international museums, cultural institutions, and research organizations and supported the development of interdisciplinary artistic projects, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.
July 2015–July 2018
Gallery Manager
I contributed to strategic planning, programming, and institutional outreach of the gallery while managing relationships with artists, collectors, curators, and partner institutions.
August 2014–June 2015
Curatorial Assistant
I conducted research and provided editing and curatorial support for exhibitions, publications, and projects related to the collection and the Culiacán Botanical Garden.
January–December 2013
Selected Presentations
Castella, Ana, de Laborde Manuela, and Leal Montemayor, Andrea. “Conversatorio: El desierto de ella; Alicia, Chantal, Eunice.” Peana, Mexico City, 2025.
Leal Montemayor, Andrea. “Icomania: Imagination, Virtuality, and the Post-Human Condition.” Máquina Deseante. KADIST / Material Art Fair / Museo Tamayo / Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico City, 2024.
Leal Montemayor, Andrea. “Indiscrete Space and the Planetary Imagination.” Shaping the Anthropos: Cosmologies, Mythologies, and Logics of Subjecthood. Columbia University, Department of Religion, New York, 2023.
Selected Projects
Social practice art (Co-creator): Humoralia. Elipsis: El arte es una excusa. La Nana, Laboratorio Urbano de Arte Comprometido, 2024
Public art exhibition (Curatorial assistant): Messages for the City: Dreaming Forward. Curated by For Freedoms. Produced by Times Square Arts, New York.
Puppet theater production (Conceptual and artistic advisor; project coordinator): Manufacturing Mischief. Produced by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Art, Science and Technology (MIT CAST), Cambridge, 2018.
Graduate course (Research Assistant and organizer): The Reverse Engineering of Warfare: An Opera for the Ends of Times. Taught by Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernández at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 2018.
Public art installation and immersive theater production (Conceptual and artistic advisor; project coordinator): DOOMOCRACY. Produced by Creative Time, Brooklyn Army Terminal, New York, 2016.
Exhibition (Curatorial Assistant): Rastros y Vestigios. Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, 2015; Museo Amparo, Puebla, 2015; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, 2016.
Installation (Project assistant): Encounter. James Turrell, Culiacán Botanical Garden, Mexico, 2007–2014.
Selected Editorial Work
Reyes, Pedro and Andrea Leal Montemayor, eds. Talk to the Gun. MAXXI National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome, 2015. Editorial coordination.
García Canclini, Néstor, Susan Hiller and Tatiana Cuevas, eds. Rastros y Vestigios. Coppel Collection, Mexico City, 2014. Editorial coordination, research, and copyediting.