Francisca García (Santiago, Chile, 1980) has been researching, writing, teaching, and curating projects since 2007 related to contemporary arts and cultures from Latin America. García’s work offers conceptual insights drawn from poetry, visual theory, spatial theory, feminism, affect studies, and collective memory.

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Her book "Películas que nos miran: práctica curatorial en torno a Raúl Ruiz" is forthcoming (2026). She also co-authored the books like "El campo chileno. Un palimsesto. Lecturas literarias y visuales" (Ed. Cuarto Propio, 2025), "Una mirada oblicua. El cine de Valeria Sarmiento" (UAH, 2021), "La expansión de la academia: prácticas, procesos y problemas en la investigación artística" (Ediciones UFT, 2020), "El arte chileno más allá de sus fronteras" (Centro Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo Cerrillos, 2018), "Archivo Guillermo Deisler: textos e imágenes en acción" (Ocho Libros, 2014), and "Perder la forma humana: una imagen sísmica de los años ochenta en América Latina" (MNCARS, 2012).

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She has curated exhibitions in Santiago, Valparaíso, Buenos Aires and Madrid, drawing on the archives of Guillermo Deisler and Raúl Ruiz, and has collaborated on curatorial projects with artists and filmmakers such as Valeria Sarmiento, Victoria Jolly, Javier Rodríguez, Juan Castillo, Sofía Nercasseau, and Mariana Najmanovich, among others.

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Francisca received her Ph.D. in Literature and Cultural Studies from Universität Potsdam in 2017 and is currently Full Professor at the Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (UMCE), Chile.