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Aldebarán Solares
Visual artist and photographer with a BBA and a MFA at National University of Mexico UNAM. Fellowship Recipient at Universitat de València, Facultad de Bellas Artes. Valencia, Spain. Photographic Production Seminar SPF coordinated by Veronica Gerber at Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City. Resident at Fragua South Contemporary Art 2019 program coordinated by Amanda de la Garza and Rodolfo Andaur, Valdivia, Chile. Mundo-Imagen program at University Museum of Contemporary Art MUAC-UNAM coordinated by Mauricio Alejo, 2017, Mexico. First Prize for Ginnel Foto Fest 2018 in Ipswich, UK. Honorable Mention in Prix de la Photographie Paris 2018, First Student Prize in Festival Internacional de la Imagen, FINI 2018 and Honorable Mention Neutral Density Awards 2018. His work has been exhibited more than 30 times in Mexico, Argentina, Australia, Chile, Ecuador, France, Poland, USA and UK. Has been published by Zone Zero Labs [Fundación Pedro Meyer], Phases Magazine, Don´t Take Photos, PICS by Centro de la Imagen, Antenna Org, Lenscratch, LAAO and others. Founder and director of Purísima Arte Contemporáneo, an independent and non-profit contemporary art exhibition program granted by Patronato de Arte Contemporáneo. Guest curator at International Festival on Experimental Photography EXP.21 Barcelona, Spain, 2021. 
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EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts [MFA-Photography] 2014 - 2016 National University of Mexico [UNAM] Photographic Production Seminar SPF-2018 2018 - 2019 Coordinated by Veronica Gerber Centro de la Imagen [Mexico City] El arte de archivar / El archivo en el arte 2019 General León 51 Conservation Program 2019 Hydra+Fotografía International Workshop Ser Libro 2019 Coordinated by Julian Barón FOLIO Centro de la Imagen. Experimental Education Art Program 2018 Coordinated by Sebastian Romo, Rita Ponce de León and Felipe Zuñiga Contemporary Art Museum JUMEX Foundation [Des]construcción de los paisajes 2018 University Museum of Contemporary Art [MUAC] Mundo – Imagen Program 2017 Coordinated by Mauricio Alejo University Museum of Contemporary Art [MUAC] Seminary – Visona Program 2015 Coordinated by Pedro Vicente Mullor Universidad Internacional Mendez Pelayo [Huesca, Spain] Professional Photography Program 2012 - 2014 Gimnasio de Arte y Cultura La arquitectura como soporte de la imagen - Workshop 2015 by Gerardo Suter Punctum / Página en Blando Workshop Variation Nº 7 by Patricia Lagarde 2014 Centro de Cultural Digital CCD Bitácora Visual 2013 Pedro Meyer Foundation Photography 2010 - 2013 Casa del Lago, National University of Mexico [UNAM] Museo del Chopo, National University of Mexico [UNAM] Digital Photography Program 2011 Escuela Activa de Fotografía Bachelor of Business Administration [BBA] 2007 - 2012 National University of Mexico [UNAM] RESIDENCES Fragua – South Contemporary Art 2019 Residency at transdisciplinary program coordinated by Amanda de la Garza and Rodolfo Andaur Education and Art program [Valdivia, Chile] Fellowship Recipient – Residency 2015 Facultad de Bellas Artes [UPV - Spain] AWARDS First Prize. Ginnel AWARD 2018. Ipswich, UK. 2018 ND Awards Honorable Mention. 2018 Neutral Density Awards 2018. First Student Prize in Alternative Media. 2018 Festival Internacional de la Imagen 2018. Hidalgo, Mexico Honorable Mention. 2018 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2018. Paris, France. Downtown Mexico City Trust. 2015 DOCS DF. Mexico City, Mexico. SOLO EXHIBITIONS Purísima Arte Contemporáneo. 2019 Untitled Archive Project. Pagina en Blando Gallery. Mexico City, Mexico. 2017 Curated by Juan Antonio Molina Cuesta. GROUP EXHIBITIONS Temps Fugaç / Temps Aprecari. TTMx+Rizomarte+PurísimaAC. 2020 Barcelona, Spain. XII Bienal Nacional de Pintura y Grabado Alfredo Zalce 2020 Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Alfredo Zalce Morelia, Michoacan. Pocztówka z Ameryki Łacińskie. Art Centre Gallery EL. 2020 Elbląg, Poland Museo de la Ciudad / Salón del Pueblo. 2020 Cuenca, Ecuador. Plus Code Festival. La Confiteria CC. 2019 Bueno Aires, Argentina. Colective 2019. Perth Center of Photography. 2019 Perth, Australia. Si me trago el grito igual vomito. Museo Genaro Perez. 2019 Córdoba, Argentina. Ser Libro E.FOLIO.002 2019 Segundo Encuentro en torno al Fotolibro contemporáneo. Centro de la Imagen. Mexico City, Mexico. La Fragua. Barrios Bajos Gallery. Valdivia, Chile. 2019 LIGA – Rotatoria. Centro Cultural Recoleta. 2019 Buenos Aires, Argentina. SPF / PFC. Centro de la Imagen. 2019 Mexico City, Mexico. The Chelsea International Photography Competition. 2019 Agora Gallery. New York, USA. Geste Paris, Third edition – Binary / Non-Binary. 2018 Paris, France. Foto Film Tijuana, Juke Visual Foto. Centro Cultural Tijuana. 2018 Tijuana, Mexico. FINI Festival Internacional de la Imagen. 2018 Centro Cultural de la Garza. Hidalgo, Mexico. Photo East Fringe. Frame Workshop & Gallery. 2018 Ipswich, UK. Rotatoria Project 2018 Cine Club Municipal. Cordoba, Argentina. Ginnel Foto Fest. Ipswich, UK. 2018 Reclaim Photography Festival. 2017 Reclaiming Our Cultural Landscapes. Different Venues. Birmingham, Dudley and Wolverhampton, UK. III Bienal de Cancún. Quintana Roo, Mexico. 2017 Jornadas de Reapropiación 2015 2016 Contemporary Art Museum of Oaxaca MACO. Oaxaca, Mexico Centro de Cultura Digital CCD. Mexico City. 9º DOCS DF. Downtown Mexico City, Mexico. 2015 Enfoques del Mal. Centro Cultural Condesa. 2012 Mexico City, Mexico. Student show at Escuela Activa de Fotografía. 2011 La Candela Gallery. Mexico City; Mexico. ONLINE EXHIBITIONS AND PRINT PUBLICATIONS 2ª Selección de ejercicios audiovisuales. Antenna Org, Chile. 2020 Archivo Monolito Mx 2020 Videotitlan, 2ª Edición "Festival Videos Caseros" 2020 Selección - Cuadro x Cuadro / Video minuto Lenscratch. The 2020 Self-Quarantining Exhibition 2020 Don't Take Pictures. School days exhibition 2019 Optika Magazine Nº 2. Ipswich, UK. 2019 LensCult Photographers Archive 2019 The Chelsea International Photography Competition 2019 Catalogue. New York, USA. Juried by Paul Martineau (Getty Museum) and Karen McQuaid (The Photographers Gallery) Phases Magazine. France / Greece. 2018 Fish Eye Magazine. Paris, France. 2018 Local Mx Fotógrafos indispensables. Mexico. 2018 Wobneb Magazine. Sense of place exhibition. 2018 F - Stop Magazine Issue Altered Image 2018 Proyecto 1x1 Plataforma digital de fotografía contemporánea 2018 Plataforma de Imágenes Contemporáneas PICS 2017 Centro de la Imagen. Mexico City, Mexico. Zone Zero Labs. Pedro Meyer Foundation. 2017 Mexico City, Mexico. La Astilla en el Ojo N º 8 / Tiempo. Bogota, Colombia. 2017 OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS Fellowship PAC / COVID-19 Patronato de Arte Contemporaneo 2020 Founder of Purísima Arte Contemporáneo program 2019 Contemporary Art Program at XVI Century Chappel Downtown, Mexico City, Mexico. Acquisition by Geste Paris Collection 2019 Experimental Photography, Paris, France 2018. Acquisition by UAEH Collection. 2018 Festival Internacional de la Imagen FINI 2018 16º Encuentro Internacional de Fotografía + Cine NL 2018 Portfolio Review Luz del Norte. Nuevo León, Monterrey. Red de Creadores La Astilla en el Ojo 2018 Bogotá, Colombia. Portfolio Review at FotoMéxico. 2017 Academia de Artes Visuales AAVI – Centro de la Imagen. Mexico City, Mexico. Curatorial Program PURÍSIMA ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO Exhibitions and curatorial projects Interregno. Collective Exhibition 2020 Curated by Aldebarán Solares TTMx + PurísimaAC CDMX / Secret Venue Temps Fugaç / Temps Aprecari. Collective Exhibition 2020 Curated by Zael Von Mazon TTMx + Rizomarte + PurísimaAC Barcelona, Spain. Índex by Juan Carlos López Morales and Ricardo Cuevas 2020 Curated by Aldebarán Solares and Juan Antonio Molina Cuesta. Luminescent by I. Gaspar 2019 Curated by Aldebarán Solares. Resonancias Liminales 2019 by Brenda Granados Segovia and Zael Von Mazon in collaboration with Ivan Arizmendi, Javier Marquez, Laura Muñoz and Antonio Tapia. Curated by Aldebarán Solares. This is the Garden of the Eden. 2019 Collective exhibition of Sofia Cruz Rocha, Isa Carrillo and Omar Guerra. Curatorial assistance, museography and project coordination. Hogar es donde la Luz by Pavka Segura. 2019 Co-curator Aldebarán Solares © For legal purposes all rights reserved. |