Chon A. Noriega is an American art historian, media scholar, and curator.
[1] Noriega is professor of cinema and media studies at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
[5] In 2011, Noriega curated L.A. Xicano, an exhibit about the contributions of Mexican American artists in Los Angeles since 1945, for Pacific Standard Time, an eight-month exhibition that profiled the Los Angeles art scene from 1945 to 1980.
[4] In 2017, Noriega co-curated a retrospective exhibit of photographer Laura Aguilar for the Getty Foundation with Vincent Price Art Museum director Karen Rapp and East Los Angeles College art professor Sybil Venegas.
[8] Noriega received the 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship in the category of Fine Arts Research for two books about Raphael Montañez Ortiz.