Juliana Restrepo

Juliana Restrepo Tirado is Chief Officer for Cultural Affairs of Banco de la República (the Central Bank of Colombia) since May 25, 2026. Her scope of work includes 29 cultural centers in the country with libraries and museums.

Ms. Restrepo-Tirado is a publicist from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellín. She studied Philosophy and Literature at the same institution, holds a master’s degree in philosophy from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, and has a master’s degree in media from EGS (the European Graduate School in Switzerland).

Her extensive experience in the cultural sector, both public and private, includes having been director of the National Museum of Colombia, director of the District Institute for the Arts (Idartes), executive director of the 43rd National Artists’ Salon that took place in Medellín in 2013, and director of the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín (MAMM) among others. She also has a solid editorial and digital experience in Colombia and Latin America. In this field, her time at Publicaciones Semana stands out, where she led the cultural unit 'Obra Semana', Foros Semana, and the Arcadia project. She was also leader of digital products at the Casa Editorial El Tiempo.

Ms Restrepo-Tirado was invited as a speaker in the first version of TEDx Bogotá in 2010. She received the Aló Mujer BIT award in 2009, and has worked as a professor at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, at the Colombian School of Design of Medellín, and at the Institute for the Arts in Medellín.

Her achievements include the inauguration and implementation of the Cinema District of Bogotá and the new headquarters of the Galería Santa Fe, the creation of the program of Festivals in the Neighborhoods by Idartes, the realization of the 25th version of Rock al Parque, and the construction and opening of the new headquarters of the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín in 2009, among others.