David Ayala-Alfonso is a curator, writer, and researcher living and working in Mexico City.

He serves as guest curator for Independent Curators International in New York and Op. Cit. in Mexico City; Visiting Critic for the At The Transit Bar series in Toronto; mentor for various residency programs; and editor, author, and advisor for art organizations, museums, and publishing projects in the US, Mexico, and the UK.

He has published books, chapters, and articles on visual culture, critical heritage, new materialities, political ecologies, art history, critical urbanism, art and education, and art in the public realm; he has also delivered numerous international lectures. His work as an artist and curator has been showcased extensively in the United States, Latin America, Asia, and Europe.

Ayala-Alfonso has received various awards, including the Fulbright Grant, the Museology Research Award from the Ministry of Culture of Colombia; the AICAD post-graduate Teaching Fellowship, the ICI-Dedalus Award for Curatorial Research, and the Early-concept Grant for Exploratory Research at SAIC. He holds an MA in Visual and Critical Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a Specialization in Art Education from the National University of Colombia, and he has done different curatorial residencies in France, Colombia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
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