Patricia Marroquin Norby

Patricia Marroquin Norby (Purépecha) is the inaugural Associate Curator of Native American Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

In this new curatorial role at The Met, she will work on collection development and exhibition programming that places Native arts in focus and in dialogue with culturally diverse production. She will also oversee the formation of long-term partnerships and reciprocity with Indigenous American communities, scholars, artists, and audiences in the region and across the continent.

Norby, an award-winning scholar of Native American art history and visual culture, is also an experienced museum professional. She previously served as Senior Executive and Assistant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian-New York, and as Director of the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies at The Newberry, in Chicago.

Norby holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, with a specialization in Native American art history and visual culture, as well as a MFA in printmaking and photography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.