Sergio Beltrán-García

Sergio Beltrán-García is an architect and researcher specializing in the aesthetics and politics of memory and memorial construction. He collaborates closely with victims of human rights abuses, their advocates, and communities to mobilize memory and evidence in diverse contexts, guiding memorial processes in Mexico in both opposition to and partnership with government initiatives. He earned his Master’s with distinction at Goldsmiths, where he worked with Forensic Architecture to investigate violence perpetrated by states, corporations, police, and military.

Sergio co-directs re/presentare, a Mexican unit for visual and spatial investigations that is member of the Investigative Commons, and coordinates PATIO lab at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), which supports victims of gender-based, socio-environmental, and other grave human rights violations. Pursuing a PhD at UNAM, Sergio studies mnemonic violence, investigating how power destroys, disappears, and dispossesses memory to control historical narratives and limit futures.