CURRICULUM VITAE
Born in Mexico City, july 25th, 1940
EDUCATION
Visual Arts - Iberoamericana University, Mexico city
Graphics and photography - Cardiff College of Art, Great Britain
Photography - Derby College for Higher Education, Great Britain
Introduction to Virtual Reality and multi-media - National Center of Arts, Mexico City
The teachers who have had the greatest influence on her work are: Mathias Goeritz, Gilberto Aceves Navarro and El Santo.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Photography work medal, 2014. Anthropology & History Institute México.
Grant Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma, Ambulante 2013 México City.
FONCA grant. Mexico 2010 – 11 México
MacDowell Colony Residency U.S.A. 2007 EU
FONCA grant. 2005-2006 México
Bellagio Residency, Italy. 2003
MacDowell Residency U.S.A. 2002
Yaddo, Residency U.S.A., 2001
Grant, Sistema Nacional de Creadores, Mexican Cultural Institute, Mexico, 1999-2001.
Banff Centre for the Arts, Residency Canada, 1996.
Grant, Sistema Nacional de Creadores, Mexican Cultural Institute, Mexico, 1995-1998.
International Award, Latin American “Emancipation and Identity 1492-1992”, contest, Quito Ecuador 1992.
Best Monument Award, commemoration of XX Anniversary of Tlatelolco massacre, with the group Proceso Pentagono, Mexico 1988
Best Book Award, Juan Pablos Editions, Mexico, 1988
Award “Libro Propositivo”, México, 1984
Photographic Biennal award, Mexico 1982
ONE PERSON EXHIBITION (selection)
2017“Do Carnaval a Luta Livre”/ Lisbon Portugal
2015 “Wrestlind”/ Centro de Cultura Contemporánea, Barcelona Spain
2014 “Bering, Equilibrium and Resistency”/ Centro de Cultura Digital. México City
2014 “Fluxos & Frontier ” Desert Festival, La Paz San Luis Potosí. México
2013 “Lucha Libre” International book fair. San José de Costa Rica
2013 “The new Man of Bering” International Cervantino Festival, Guanajuato México
2013 “Wrestling” Méxican consulate Miami USA.
2012 “The New Man of Bering”/ NegPos gallery, France
2010 “Equilibrium & Resistance” Gallery UAM Mexico city
2010 “Espectacular de Lucha Libre”/ National Museum of Art, Kuala Lumpur Malasia
2009 “Equilibrium & Resistance/ Museo Archivo de la Fotografía, Mexico city.
2008 “La Mano Negra” / IMSS. México
2008 “Upside Down Les Artiques”/ Musée du Quai Branly, Paris France
2007 “ Lucha libre” / Foto España. Madrid España
2006 “Lucha libre” / three subway stations. México D.F.
2005 “Lourdes Grobet retrospecticve”/, Silverstein Photography. NY. USA
2005 “Black Party” / New York, USA
2005 “Painted Landscapes”/ Alicante University, Spain
2000 “Lucha Libre” / Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana Mexico
2000 “Prometheus Unisex installation / Ex-Teresa, Mexico city
1988 “Manteles de Septiembre” / Café la Gloria, Mexico city
1997 “Tres Caidas / Centro Alvarez Bravo, Oaxaca, Mexico
1996 “Pop, Mass and Sub-culture / web page, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
1996 “La Filomena” / Centro de la Imagen, Mexico city
1995 “The Mask in Mexican Culture / Erfurt, Germany
1992 “Which Conquest are we Talking About?”/ Mexico city and Quito Ecuador
1990 “Neo-Olmayaztec”/ Gilardi gallery, Mexico city
1985 “53 Blocks” / Museum el Chopo Mexico city
1980 82-85-91 “Lucha Libre”/, Mexico city-Chicago-Havana-Amsterdam
1977-1991 “Painted Landscapes” / Derby, Great Britain-Mexico city
1977 “Travelling Exhibition” / Derby, Great Britain
1975 “Hour and a Half”/ Casa del Lago, Mexico city
1974 “To the Table” / Casa del Lago Mexico city
1970 “Serendipiti” / Misrachi gallery, Mexico city
COLECTVE EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2018 “las Superocheras” Museo del Chopo México City
2018 “Fiestas Fieras” Museo del Chopo México City
2018 “Radical Women”/ Brooklin Museum, New York USA
2018 “Radical Women”/ Pinacoteca Sao Paulo Brasil
2017 “Radical Women”/ Los Angeles USA.
2016-17 Photographic Biennal/ Mexico City Mexico
2015-16 “Mexican Masks”/ Palacio Nacional gallery, Mexico City
2015 “Politics of the Intervention”/ Museum of Contemporary Art. México City
2015 “Ayotzinapa”/ Héctor García´s Gallery México City
2014 “Naked man”/ National Museum of Art, México City.
3013 “Yhe New Man of Bering & Family Portraits,” Paraty Brasil.
2013 ”Painted Landscapes”/ Photographic Biennial Bogotá Colombia
2012 “London MexFest”/ Rich Mix, London Great Britain.
2012 “Biennial de Fotografía” Hector García Gallery, México.
2012 “Photography in Mexico” / SFMOMA., USA.
2012 “Women behind the camera”/ Arosena Museum, Coahuila Mexico
2012 3 Color” (Mexican photograpy) Hungary
2011 “3 Color” (Mexican photograpy) Turkey.
2011 “Ethics and Obscenity”/ Quiñonera gallery Mexico city.
2011 “Women behind the camera”/ Tijuana Mexico.
2011 “Mexican worlds”/ Inst. Mexico Spain.
2011 “Neomexicanismos”/ Museum of Modern Art Mexico city
2008 “Mexican Women Artist, XX Century”/ Monterrey Mexico.
2007 International Photo Festival, Pingyao China.
2007 “The End is Nigh” / Higher Pictures, New York, USA
2007 “La Era de la Discrepancia”/, University Museum. México
2007 “Cocei”. Centro Alvarez Bravo, Oaxaca México
2005 “Estrategia que Muta”/, Xanon Gallery Madrid Spain.
2003 “Aparentemente Sublime”/ Bancomer Salon. Mexico City
2003 “Lucha Libre”/ . Centro Historico Festival Mexico City
2002 “Color Surfaces”/. Berlín Germany
2002 “ABCDF”/ Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico city.
2001 “Urban Pornography”/, New York, U.S.A.
2001 “Zoología sobre Gelatina”/, several cities of México
2001 “Con Ojeras de Mujer”/, México, Cuba, España.
1999-2000 “Visual Voices of Mexico” / Long Beach Ca.,Washington D.C., Tijuana Mexico
1998 “Fotonovela” / Camerawork, San Francisco Ca. USA.
1997-99 “Cofradía de Luz” / several cities of Mexico
1996 “Vision/Revision” / Evenston Ill. USA
1996 “Con Ojos de Mujer” / Beijing, China
1994 “A Shadow Born of Earth” / San Diego Ca., Oklahoma and other cities of the US.
1994-1981 Work showed at I-II-III-IV- V Havana Biennal, Havana Cuba
1993 “Europalia” / Brussels, Belgium
1992-1993 Work showed / at 53th and 54th International Salons, Tokio, Japan
1991 Participation / at Tenerife International Biennal Canarias, Spain
1990 “Stapling the Frontier” / across the 3000kms. Mexico US border
1990 “Compañeras de México” / Riverside Ca. and other cities of the US.
1987 “Mexican Women Photographers” / New York, USA
1979-1981 Participation / Coloquio mexicano de Fotografía, Mexico city
1979 “Mexican Photography” / Sweden, Germany, France and other European countries
THEATRE FILM AND VIDEO
2016 Equilibrium & Resistence, Bering Strait”. Second part
2013 “Confeti” Performance & video México.
2013 “Equilibrium & Resistence, Bering Strait”. Documentary
2012 “The New man of Bering” NegPos gallery, Nîmes France.
2011 “Hear the silence”/ work of sculptor Helen Escobedo. México City
2010 “On Human Scale”/ work of sculptor Helen Escobedo. México City.
2009-10 “Interactiv, Images of BeringStrait” / MAF. MéxicoCity.
2008-09 Frontier/ Musée du Quai Branly, Paris France. Museo Archivo de la Fotografia, Mexico City.
2008-09 Fluxus/ Musée du Quai Branly, Paris France. Museo Archivo de la Fotografia
2006 “Lobulos on Line”/ Mexico City
2005 “Grobet Witch Project”/. Alicante University Spain.
2003 “As-Is”/, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico city.
2002 “Prometheus Unisex”36t New York Expo.Film and video. New York. USA
2001 “Prometheus Unisex” / Video Biennal Brazil
2000 “Prometheus Unisex” / ExTeresa Arte Actual, Mexico City
2000-1995, videos for Teatro Campesino e Indigena, theatre group, Mexico
1996 “Luz y Fer “ / Centro de la Imagen, México city
1992 “Lucha Libre” / interview for French Television
1990 “Lucha Libre”/ film for BBC London Great Britain
1986-2001, photographs for Teatro Campesino e Indígena, theatre group, Mexico
1983-84 “De Mugir a Mujer / performance, Casa del Lago, Mexico city
1978-1992 Theatre collaborations with Susana Alexander.
ACADEMIC PARTICIPATIONS
2017 Workshop, PFC, Tijuana México
2016 Workshop, Focco, internactional Circuit of photography, Coquimbo Chile
2015 Workshop, festival de cine de San Cristóbal de las Casas. Chiapas México
2013 Workshop in Paraty Brazil.
2012 Lecture, Art Gymnasium, México city.
2011 Workshop, Art Gymnasium, México city.
2010 Lecturer in Grand Rapids University. USA
2010 Work presentation, Beyond Boudaries Symposium. Stanford Univerity. USA
2009 Lecturer, Photojournalism Colloquium San Luis Potosi Mexico.
2004 Lecturer in master degree “Visualidad avanzada”/ UAM. Mexico city.
2003 Jury in the International film schools festival. Mexico city
2003 Art and Gendern,, colloquium moderating. Mexico city
1998 Work presentation, Stanford University Ca. USA.
1988 Lecturer, San Jose Center for Latino Arts, San Jose Ca. U.S.A.
1993 Work presentation, Yale University USA.
1992 lecturer, Columbia College USA.
1991 Master class, Derby College, Nottingham Polytechnic and Wolverhampton College Great Britain
1987 Work presentation, Society for Photographic Education. San Diego Ca. U.S.A.
1981 Lecturer, II Latino American Colloquium of Photography. Mexico city
BOOKS
1983 “Se escoge el tiempo”/ Los Talleres, México City.
1984 “Luciérnagas”/ E.N.A.P. México city.
1987 “Bodas de Sangre”/ Tabasco county governement.
2004 “Lourdes Grobet”/. Turner Editions, Spain.
2005 “Espectacular de Lucha Libre”/. Trilce Editions México city.
2007 “Retratos de Familia”/ Reverté Editores Mexico-Spain
COLECTIONS
Colection Helmut Gershaim Austin University Texas, USA
Photography Museum, San Francisco California, USA
Cultural Faundation Televisa México City
Cultural Institut, Veracruz Ver. México.
Ramón López Quiroga gallery, México city
Museé Quai-Branly, Paris France
Museum of Contemporary Art, México City