Biography
I was born in the province of Buenos Aires, 16 March, 1971.
For 10 years I worked in advertising agencies.
In 1999 I left the agencies to work as a photographer, advertising productions for international and national brands.
From 2002 to 2004 I worked in my first series "Great Women", color portraits of elderly women. In 2004 I began to exhibit my personal work in cultural spaces in Argentina and abroad.
My second job was released in 2006, a series of portraits of twins of all ages, "soul mates".
I am currently developing a series of images in the town Lima, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.
Solo Exhibitions:
2008 - Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, USA.
- ECA Cultural Center, Contemporary Art Space, Mendoza.
2007 - Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2006 - Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta Celebrates Photography Month, Atlanta, USA.
2005 - Museo Pasquini López, Jujuy, Argentina.
- Institutional Foundation - XIII Festival of Light, Paraná, Argentina.
2004 - Museum of Modern Art, Colombia.
- Pictures of the Teatro San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Group exhibitions:
2008 - Isidro Miranda Galería de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Photoespaña, Madrid, Spain. "Descubirmientos" Complejo El Aguila.
- New World Foundation, 1st. Auction of Photography, Buenos Aires Argentina.
- Museo Carafa, Córdoba, Argentina.
- Palais de Glace, National Hall, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- International Photography Festival of Porto Alegre, Brazil.
- Saatchi Gallery - Permanent Online, London. UK.
- Expotrastiendas, Exhibition Center, Buenos Aires.
- Art Gallery Isidro Miranda, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Gallery Art x Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2007 - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Klemm Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2006 - Aperture Magazine, New York.
- Palais de Glace, National Hall, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2005 - Klemm Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2004 - Feedback Gallery of Contemporary Art, Madrid, Spain.
Publications
2008 - "Gaby Messina, Editorial Lariviere.
- "A History of Women photographers" - Dr. Naomi Rosenblum's book, Abbeville Press, New York.
2007 - "Urban Photography Book" by David Foster, Arizona University, USA.
2006 - Aperture Magazine No. 178, New York.
Collections
2007 - National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2005 - Olofson Contemporary Art Collection, Chicago, USA.
Awards
2008 - Platt Award, Honorable Mention, Galería Isidro Miranda, Bs. As.
- First Prize Expotrastiendas 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Selection of the Museum Association Award Caraffa Argentina, Cordoba,
- Selection PhotoEspaña "discovery was" Spain, Madrid.
- Finalist National Exhibition, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Finalist Biennale Arte x Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2007 - Visual Arts Award 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2005 - Visual Arts Award 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Latin American Competition, First Prize, Quito, Ecuador.
- London Photographic Awards competition, My Back Yard, London, UK.
2004 - Fotoegara Competition 2004 First prize for best collection, Barcelona, Spain.
Vision of art
1. Choose a work that represents you, describe it in relation to its format and materiality, its relation with time and space, its style and theme; detail its production process.
"Bar". A work that belongs to my next series "Lima, Km.100" which will be introduce in 2009.
The most interesting about this picture was enjoying the creative process, where intuition and improvisation were the engines that defined the idea and the final scene. Feeling without thinking too much, just doing it from the guts and enjoying every moment of production at its maximum.
"Bar" is about two single men stripped to the waist in a colorish bar. The first sitting, pensive, lost, uncertain.
The second, on the contrary, hugs him as whisper to his ear, as a council, we do not know if it's a good or bad influence, but tempts him permanently. It's almost like his unconsciousness is represented in reality.
2. In general terms, how would you suggest to approach your work?
I prefer everyone to imagine their own story inspired by the exposed image. To be swayed by their deepest being. Meet their own experiences and memories. I wish that there might be a moment of reflection.
3. In reference to your work and your position in the national and international art fields, what tradition do you recognize yourself in? Who are your contemporary referents? What artists of previous generations are of interest to you?
I consider myself a portrait of the soul. My pictures try to tell, in different tones - some more emotional and some others more brought to comedy - what I spontaneously perceive of the person being portrait. They are not actors; there is no predetermined idea. I build a character's story summed up in a photographic composition.
The picture that inspires the most is the one developed in the late 60's: Diane Arbus, Robert Mapplethorpe, Gisèle Freund. And contemporaries like Loretta Lux, Achim Lippoth, Marta Soul, Tom Hunter, Gregory Crewdson. From Argentina, Grete Stern and Marcos Lopez.
4. Choose works or exhibitions from the last ten or fifteen years which in your opinion were very significant and explain why
Tokyo Museum, Paris. I saw a show mounted by various artists. The general concept was globalization. I was impressed by the diverse ways of expression, the quality and the staging.
Thomas Ruff, Museum of Modern Art, Argentina. A simple and straightforward work. Javier Vallhonrat and Thomas Demand, PhotoEspaña, Madrid: visual synthesis, quality, narrative and idea forefront.
Marcos Lopez. Galería Ruth Benzacar. Memorable images.
