Guillermina Zabala

Born in Argentina, Guillermina Zabala is an award-winning filmmaker and artist, educator, and researcher whose art examines the intersection between the individual and their environment. Her documentary Las Artivistas won the Premio Mesquite for Best Documentary Short at the 2022 CineFestival, the nation's longest-running Latino film festival, and her feature documentary Juanito's Lab was the opening film at the 2021 edition of the festival in its out-of-competition category. Guillermina is Professor of Practice of Film & Media Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio and was the Director of the Media Arts program at SAY Sí from 2005 to 2021. She holds a Master of Arts in Media Studies from New York's The New School and is currently working on her dissertation for her Ph.D candidacy in the Doctor of Arts program at the University of La Plata, Argentina. Her works have been exhibited in museums, galleries, and film festivals nationally and internationally, including the McNay Art Museum, SAMA, Contemporary, Telluride Film Festival, and Showtime Latino Showcase. Her curatorial experience includes two editions of the New York Foundation for the Arts immigrant program exhibit at Centro de Artes, Sound Gallery at UTSA downtown gallery, and the 2018 Luminaria Festival, among others. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including the Media Arts Distinguished Thesis Award from The New School and the Rick Liberto Visual Arts Award from the Luminaria Foundation, the City of San Antonio Individual Grant, the San Antonio Artist Foundation Award, and the NALAC Fund for the Arts Grant.