Curator | Artist

Jayling Drowne Rodríguez is a curator and multidisciplinary artist whose work centers on socially engaged practices in contemporary art, exploring their intersections with colonial legacies, identity politics, and the more-than-human world.

With a foundation in arts nonprofits and cultural institutions, she has over three years of experience spanning curatorial, research, editorial, and educational programming at leading museums such as MASS MoCA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, and the Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte.

As an artist, Drowne Rodríguez employs printmaking, painting, and mixed media techniques to reflect on the body and its poetic landscapes. Her work has been presented in exhibitions including Westside Exposure (Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY, 2023), Entre formas (Galería Guatíbiri, Río Piedras, PR, 2023; CRiiAS Gallery, UPRRP, 2024), Expresiones Convergentes (La Lineal, San Juan, PR, 2024), and Puerto Rican Women in Arts (El Schomburg, Chicago, IL, 2025; La Liga de Arte, San Juan, PR, 2025).

Drowne Rodríguez is a Curatorial Fellow at MASS MoCA. She earned a B.A. in Art History and Arts Administration from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, and is currently pursuing an M.A. in the History of Art at the Williams College + The Clark Art Institute Graduate Program.