Sofía Gómez Pichardo

Area of Focus

• History of collecting, archeology and art.
• Indigeneity, ethnohistory, postcolonialism and imperialism.
• Funerary practices of ancient Americas.
• Community, corporality, sexuality, museology and mass culture.

 

Description of Research

Pichardo looks for public spaces to question traditional knowledge as a resource for our experience in history. Her first approach to history was focused on how ancient Americas cultures viewed death emphasizing on elements that were brought to their offerings, such as flowers and clay pots. After curating an exhibition on Moche art, she reflects on the role museums play in nurturing a sense of belonging and equitable space within the social fabric. 

Her Ph.D advisors are Dr. Peter Szok and Alex Hidalgo. 

 

Curriculum Vitae

• English
• Espanol

 

Selected Publications

• Curator of the exhibition "Anatomy of Pre-Columbian Art Heist in Fort Worth. The Heist: A massive theft of pre-Columbian art reveals troubling truths about Texans' role in the illicit antiquities trade," [with Alex Hidalgo PhD, Michael Fung, Jack Hines, Anthony Peebler, Leonel Rodríguez, Meghan Scott-Chaber and Jack Emery] The Texas Observer, (10 June 2024). https://www.texasobserver.org/the-heist/

 

Selected Presentations

• Curatorship for the exhibition Moche Art: Between Life and Afterlife at the Moudy Art Gallery. Exhibition advisory, Lori Boornazian Diel, PhD; Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A (August 19 to September 12, 2024).
• Presentation Forging Andean Art in the Panel Collecting Pre-Columbian Past at the American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Meeting altogether with Alex Hidalgo's, PhD, panel, (September - 2024).

 

Honors & Awards

• Sundance Square Curatorial Fellowship under curator María Elena Ortiz at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, (Aug.-Dec, 2025)
• Grant Boller-Worcester for the American Society for Ethnohistory's Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. (Oct. 9-11, 2025)
• Research Grant Boller-Worcester. Research Moche Art  at the Fowler Museum (UCLA) and LACMA museum. Los Ángeles, California, U.S.A. (2024)