María Virginia Jaua

María Virginia Jaua is writer and publisher. She has developed and collaborated on several editorial projects related to art and culture. She was also the editor of Linea de Fuga literary magazine, own to La Casa Refugio Citlaltépetl for more than 10 years, and directed Salonkritk online magazine from 2008 to 2016.

She recently has published her first novel: Idea de la ceniza (Periférica Ed., 2015) and has launched the books México: Ensayo de un mito (Iberdrola Fundation, 2016) and El cristal se venga – textos, artículos e iluminaciones – by J.L. Brea, RM, 2014. She has made the film essay 3_Eras, from The three ages of the image book (J. L. Brea, Akal, 2010); as well as she was in charge of curating the photography and video exhibition Esto –no– ha sido /Técnicas de la visualidad to the space Ca2m in Madrid.

She teaches seminars, workshops, and conferences about art, writing, criticism and image analysis. She is part of the working and research group of the Sorbonne Nouvelle: Écritures de la modernité.

Nowadays, she runs Campo de relámpagos magazine, a cultural publication of image analysis with the Artium Museum support. Currently, she is focusing her work on the reflection about artistic creations by several artists through the intersection of different disciplines.

Last update: May 17th, 2017