Education
2020-2022
MA Fine Arts, Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy. Rotterdam, NL.
2015-2016
Academic Exchange in Photography Bachelor, IADE. Lisbon, PT.
2011-2017
BA Fine Arts, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Tijuana, MX.
Residencies / Fellowships
2023
Malt AIR Maltfabrikken. Ebeltoft, DK.
Goethe Investigating Goethe Institute. Rotterdam, NL.
2022
Artpace San Antonio Texas, USA.
LOOM – Interweaving the Arts in Europe European Alliance of Academies, Akademie Der Kunst. Berlin, DE.
Grants / Awards
2023
Kunstenaar Start Mondriaan Fund, NL.
AFK Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst. Amsterdam, NL.
Development and Research(O&O) CBK Rotterdam, NL.
2021
XXIII Bienal Plástica de Baja California Acquisition award. MX.
Fundación JUMEX Grant for postgraduate studies. MX.
2020
FONCA Jóvenes Creadores (Alternative media installation)
Young Artists Grant, National Endowment of Arts and Culture of Mexico. MX
Van Beek Donner Foundation Grant for postgraduate studies. Rotterdam, NL.
FONDARTE BC Fund for supporting independent artistic activities in Baja California. Ministry of Culture, BC, MX.
2019
PECDA Jóvenes Creadores (Alternative media installation) State program for artistic development of Baja California. Ministry of Culture of Baja California. MX.
2018
FONCA Jóvenes Creadores (Alternative media installation) Young Artists Grant, National Endowment of Arts and Culture of Mexico. MX.
Contemporary Photography Program (PFC) BBVA BANCOMER Foundation and Centro Cultural Tijuana. Tijuana B.C., MX.
2016
APROART Art Production Grant. Centro Cultural Tijuana. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2015
BECA ALAS International Exchange Grant. UABC Foundation, Tijuana, B.C., MX.
Performance / Talks
2023
Border Crossing Networking for an Independent Culture European Alliance of Academies. Central European University, Budapest, HU.
2022
Artist talk. 206 arte contemporáneo. Tijuana, Baja California. MX.
Witnessing as a method of getting through gateways Performatic lecture with Madeleine Ruggi. Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam, NL.
2021
PROXYEROTICS Performance presentation with Madeleine Ruggi. Royal College of Art. London, UK.
Selected solo / duo exhibitions
2023
Female flickers over built enviroments WET film. Rotterdam, NL.
The gateway as a point of encounter puntWG, Amsterdam, NL.
Space is a place Lab23, The Hague, NL.
2022
Flaws in negotiation with non-cohesive sand. Artpace. San Antonio, Texas. USA.
2016
How hard do you try when seeing? 206 arte contemporáneo. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
Selected collective exhibitions
2023
To undiscovered lands Het Paviljoen. Ghent, BE.
Water as displacement OnCurating. Zürich, CH.
Land of Milk & Honey Planta Libre + Archivo Río Colorado at the MexiCali Biennial. Cheech Center for Chicano Art and Culture of the Riverside Art Museum. California, USA.
2022
And it was but a chat away Mama - Ubik. Rotterdam, NL.
I must be living twice curated by Shimmer at Palazzo de Mora, European Culture Center. Venice, IT.
INDEX Planta Libre. Mexicali, B.C., MX.
2021
Creación en movimiento Antiguo Colegio de San Idelfonso. Ciudad de México, MX.
XIII Bienal Plástica de Baja California. Tecate, Baja California, MX.
2021
XXIII Bienal Plástica de Baja California. Ministry of Culture of Baja California. MX.
Cuéntame una historia 9th anniversary. 206 Arte Contemporáneo. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2020
Todo se deshace, el centro no puede sostenerse Casa Bosques, México City. MX
2019
Rotas/Rutas International simposium of artistic research: Intervindo, Migrando e se (Des)Localizando. Por to Alegre, BR.
Creación en movimiento Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso. Ciudad de México, MX.
Todo menos un fantasma Centro de la Imagen. Mexico City. MX.
2018
PFC 16: Centro Cultural Tijuana. Tijuana B.C., MX.
5th Transborder Biennial El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA) and Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez (MACJ). MX - USA.
2017
5th Anniversary 206 Arte Contemporáneo. Tijuana, MX.
Life in the Conditional School of Visual Arts. New York, USA.
2016
Conquistadores de lo inútil Samples: International video festival. Diorama gallery. Mexico City. MX.
Transvideo: Borderless image Aalto University Learning Centre. Helsinki, FI.
Tiempo Espacio. Galería Frida Kahlo, UAS, Culiacán, MX.
2015
Rumorosa Arredondo/Arozarena, Mexico City. MX.
Collections
Colección Elias + Fontes Baja California, MX.
Publications / Text
Accidental Beauty in Unexpected Shapes: María José Crespo, the River, and Artistic Research Written by JD Pluecker. Southwest Contemporary, New Mexico. USA.
Journal der Künste 19 Akademie der Künste. Berlin, DE.
Metropolis M Graduation Shows - Piet Zwart Institute by Jorne Vriens. NL
Archivo vivo: Primer mapeo de artistas mujeres de Baja California Fondo Editorial La Rumorosa, colección Arte y Patrimonio, Secretaría de Cultura de Baja California. MX.
Ecos y Resonancias: Primera panorámica de la pintura en Baja California. Coordinated by Daril Fortis. Fondo Editorial La Rumorosa, colección Arte y Patrimonio, Secretaría de Cultura de Baja California. MX.
Laboral experience
2023 Premiere Protocol at Internationa Film Festival Rotterdam NL.
2019 - 2021 Teaching Experimental Video and Art History at CUT on Bachelor in Cinema. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2018- 2020 Program Coordinator and film curator at Cine Tonalá Tijuana a multicultural space focused on cinema, performative arts and gastronomy, producing a monthly program including national and international films by coordinating the communication among distributors, schedules and inviting guest to join screenings. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2014 - 2019 Media Coordinator and Co-founder at Periférica a non profit organization focused on distributing content about visual arts, producing exhibitions, talks and creating a one year certified workshop on art critic in Baja California. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2017 Teaching New Media Art and Photography at Instituto Altazor a highschool focused on arts, technology and video games. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2016 - 2017 Coordinator of Audiovisual Production and Pedagogic Area at Transmedios a multidisciplinary project focused on producing information about visual arts of Tijuana and offering workshops on visual arts, film production and technology. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2016 Assistant production at 206 Arte Contemporáneo a cultural space by producing and hosting exhibitions. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2015 FIFT: Festival Internacional de Fotografía de Tijuana. Co-funder and program coordinator, inviting guests, building the public program and making budgets. Tijuana, B.C. MX.
2020-2022
MA Fine Arts, Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy. Rotterdam, NL.
2015-2016
Academic Exchange in Photography Bachelor, IADE. Lisbon, PT.
2011-2017
BA Fine Arts, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Tijuana, MX.
Residencies / Fellowships
2023
Malt AIR Maltfabrikken. Ebeltoft, DK.
Goethe Investigating Goethe Institute. Rotterdam, NL.
2022
Artpace San Antonio Texas, USA.
LOOM – Interweaving the Arts in Europe European Alliance of Academies, Akademie Der Kunst. Berlin, DE.
Grants / Awards
2023
Kunstenaar Start Mondriaan Fund, NL.
AFK Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst. Amsterdam, NL.
Development and Research(O&O) CBK Rotterdam, NL.
2021
XXIII Bienal Plástica de Baja California Acquisition award. MX.
Fundación JUMEX Grant for postgraduate studies. MX.
2020
FONCA Jóvenes Creadores (Alternative media installation)
Young Artists Grant, National Endowment of Arts and Culture of Mexico. MX
Van Beek Donner Foundation Grant for postgraduate studies. Rotterdam, NL.
FONDARTE BC Fund for supporting independent artistic activities in Baja California. Ministry of Culture, BC, MX.
2019
PECDA Jóvenes Creadores (Alternative media installation) State program for artistic development of Baja California. Ministry of Culture of Baja California. MX.
2018
FONCA Jóvenes Creadores (Alternative media installation) Young Artists Grant, National Endowment of Arts and Culture of Mexico. MX.
Contemporary Photography Program (PFC) BBVA BANCOMER Foundation and Centro Cultural Tijuana. Tijuana B.C., MX.
2016
APROART Art Production Grant. Centro Cultural Tijuana. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2015
BECA ALAS International Exchange Grant. UABC Foundation, Tijuana, B.C., MX.
Performance / Talks
2023
Border Crossing Networking for an Independent Culture European Alliance of Academies. Central European University, Budapest, HU.
2022
Artist talk. 206 arte contemporáneo. Tijuana, Baja California. MX.
Witnessing as a method of getting through gateways Performatic lecture with Madeleine Ruggi. Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam, NL.
2021
PROXYEROTICS Performance presentation with Madeleine Ruggi. Royal College of Art. London, UK.
Selected solo / duo exhibitions
2023
Female flickers over built enviroments WET film. Rotterdam, NL.
The gateway as a point of encounter puntWG, Amsterdam, NL.
Space is a place Lab23, The Hague, NL.
2022
Flaws in negotiation with non-cohesive sand. Artpace. San Antonio, Texas. USA.
2016
How hard do you try when seeing? 206 arte contemporáneo. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
Selected collective exhibitions
2023
To undiscovered lands Het Paviljoen. Ghent, BE.
Water as displacement OnCurating. Zürich, CH.
Land of Milk & Honey Planta Libre + Archivo Río Colorado at the MexiCali Biennial. Cheech Center for Chicano Art and Culture of the Riverside Art Museum. California, USA.
2022
And it was but a chat away Mama - Ubik. Rotterdam, NL.
I must be living twice curated by Shimmer at Palazzo de Mora, European Culture Center. Venice, IT.
INDEX Planta Libre. Mexicali, B.C., MX.
2021
Creación en movimiento Antiguo Colegio de San Idelfonso. Ciudad de México, MX.
XIII Bienal Plástica de Baja California. Tecate, Baja California, MX.
2021
XXIII Bienal Plástica de Baja California. Ministry of Culture of Baja California. MX.
Cuéntame una historia 9th anniversary. 206 Arte Contemporáneo. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2020
Todo se deshace, el centro no puede sostenerse Casa Bosques, México City. MX
2019
Rotas/Rutas International simposium of artistic research: Intervindo, Migrando e se (Des)Localizando. Por to Alegre, BR.
Creación en movimiento Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso. Ciudad de México, MX.
Todo menos un fantasma Centro de la Imagen. Mexico City. MX.
2018
PFC 16: Centro Cultural Tijuana. Tijuana B.C., MX.
5th Transborder Biennial El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA) and Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez (MACJ). MX - USA.
2017
5th Anniversary 206 Arte Contemporáneo. Tijuana, MX.
Life in the Conditional School of Visual Arts. New York, USA.
2016
Conquistadores de lo inútil Samples: International video festival. Diorama gallery. Mexico City. MX.
Transvideo: Borderless image Aalto University Learning Centre. Helsinki, FI.
Tiempo Espacio. Galería Frida Kahlo, UAS, Culiacán, MX.
2015
Rumorosa Arredondo/Arozarena, Mexico City. MX.
Collections
Colección Elias + Fontes Baja California, MX.
Publications / Text
Accidental Beauty in Unexpected Shapes: María José Crespo, the River, and Artistic Research Written by JD Pluecker. Southwest Contemporary, New Mexico. USA.
Journal der Künste 19 Akademie der Künste. Berlin, DE.
Metropolis M Graduation Shows - Piet Zwart Institute by Jorne Vriens. NL
Archivo vivo: Primer mapeo de artistas mujeres de Baja California Fondo Editorial La Rumorosa, colección Arte y Patrimonio, Secretaría de Cultura de Baja California. MX.
Ecos y Resonancias: Primera panorámica de la pintura en Baja California. Coordinated by Daril Fortis. Fondo Editorial La Rumorosa, colección Arte y Patrimonio, Secretaría de Cultura de Baja California. MX.
Laboral experience
2023 Premiere Protocol at Internationa Film Festival Rotterdam NL.
2019 - 2021 Teaching Experimental Video and Art History at CUT on Bachelor in Cinema. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2018- 2020 Program Coordinator and film curator at Cine Tonalá Tijuana a multicultural space focused on cinema, performative arts and gastronomy, producing a monthly program including national and international films by coordinating the communication among distributors, schedules and inviting guest to join screenings. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2014 - 2019 Media Coordinator and Co-founder at Periférica a non profit organization focused on distributing content about visual arts, producing exhibitions, talks and creating a one year certified workshop on art critic in Baja California. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2017 Teaching New Media Art and Photography at Instituto Altazor a highschool focused on arts, technology and video games. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2016 - 2017 Coordinator of Audiovisual Production and Pedagogic Area at Transmedios a multidisciplinary project focused on producing information about visual arts of Tijuana and offering workshops on visual arts, film production and technology. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2016 Assistant production at 206 Arte Contemporáneo a cultural space by producing and hosting exhibitions. Tijuana, B.C., MX.
2015 FIFT: Festival Internacional de Fotografía de Tijuana. Co-funder and program coordinator, inviting guests, building the public program and making budgets. Tijuana, B.C. MX.