Oscar Farfán
Guatemala, 1973
Lives and works in Mexico City
Education
2007. MFA with Distinction, Photography. National University of Mexico UNAM, Mexico City. Mexico.
2005. Centro de la Imagen. Programme on Contemporary Photography. Mexico City, Mexico.
2004. Tecnológico de Monterrey, Programme on Digital Photography. Mexico City, Mexico.
2000. M.B.A. in Economics. Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico.
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2022-24. SNCA grant, FONCA (Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes-National Endowment for Culture and Arts). Mexico.
2022. Outstanding photographer. Special Exhibition Committee of the 9th Jinan International photography Biennale. Jinan, China.
2019-22. Lucas Artists Visual Arts Fellowship. Montalvo Arts Center. California.
2018. Honorific mention. XVIII Bienal de Fotografía 2018. Centro de la Imagen. Mexico City, Mexico.
2018. 1st prize. IIIa Bienal de Fotografía Oaxaca, Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo. Oaxaca, Mexico.
2016. Grant & commissions Program Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation CIFO, Miami, FL.
2015-17. SNCA grant, FONCA (Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes-National Endowment for Culture and Arts). Mexico.
2015. Honorific mention. VII Bienal de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.
2011-13. SNCA grant, FONCA (Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes-National Endowment for Culture and Arts). Mexico.
2009. Acquisition Prize. IX Bienal FEMSA. Monterrey Mexico.
2008. Fomento y Coniversiones Grant, FONCA (Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes-National Endowment for Culture and Arts). Mexico.
2007. DGEP UNAM Scholarship. Mexico.
Solo Exhibitions
2016. Labor Anonymous. Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL. Project Room.
2015. Ethnic Cleasing/Depuración Étnica. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, MACO, Oaxaca de Juárez, México.
2014. Necaxa. Museo de Arte de Sonora, MUSA. Hermosillo Sonora, México.
2013. Nuevo Necaxa Project. Rafael Galván Gallery. UAM México City.
2011. Tierra Arrasada/Scorched Earth. Centro Cultural de España. México City.
2010. L’ouverture. Miscelánea Galería. México City.
2009. Atlas. UAEM Fotografest 2008. Cuernavaca. Mexico.
Selected Group Exhibition
2022
– 9th Jinan International photography Biennale. Jinan, China.
– Let Us Drink the New Wine, Together! Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Santiago, Chile.
2018
– Cosmopolis #1.5: Enlarged Intelligence, Centre Pompidou, Chengdu, China (curated by Kathryn Weir).
– The Matter of Photography: Experiments in Latin American Art since the 1960s. Cantor Arts Center Stanford University, (curated by Jodi Roberts)
– XVIII Bienal de Fotografía 2018 Centro de la Imagen. Mexico City, Mexico.
– IIIa Bienal de Fotografía Oaxaca, Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo. Oaxaca, Mexico.
– SUMATORIO. Nuevas adquisiciones a la colección Carrillo Gil. Museo de arte Carrillo Gil. Mexico City. Mexico.
2016
– Liquid Sensibilities. Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL.
2017
– Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945—1980 Getty Foundation at Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (curated by Emiliano Valdés).
– En y entre geografías. (curated by Emiliano Valdés). Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín. Medellín, Colombia.
– Burning then. Médiathèque du FMAC, Geneva, Switzerland(curated by Isaline Vuille and Bénédicte le Pimpec).
2015
– Develar y Detonar. Fotografía en México ca. 2015. PhotoEspaña 2015. Centro Centro Cibeles de Cultura y Ciudadanía. Madrid, España.
– VII Bienal de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.
2014
– XII Bienal Monterrey FEMSA, Centro de las Artes. Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
– 50 years of video arts | Instants Video numériques et poétiques (curated by Celia Riboulet). Marselle, France.
2013
– El vértigo de la abundancia. (curated by Josefa Ortega). Casa del Lago. UNAM. Mexico City.
– Bitácoras de un equívoco (curated by Julio García Murillo. El Parqueadero. Museo del Banco de la República. Bogota, Colombia.
2012
– GuatePhoto. International Photo Festival. La Fototeca. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2011
– IX Bienal FEMSA Centro Cultural Tijuana. Tijuana, Mexico
– IX Bienal FEMSA. Galería de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo Ángeles Espinosa Yglesias.
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