EDUCATION
1996 M.A. Photography. Taller Cinco, Centro de Diseño, Bogotá, Colombia.
2000 XVI. International Congress of photography. Madrid; Spain.
2001 M.F.AProfessional Photograph. EFTI, School of Photography.
2001 Encounter withphotography. Rozas Cultural Center, Madrid, Spain.
2001 XVI, PHOE, International congress of photography, Madrid, Spain.
2012 Postgraduate Cultural Policy and Cultural Management, UAM-I Universidad
Autónoma Metropolitana Itztapalapa, Mexico.
2013 Elements of Jewelry and Metal Arts, University of Iowa, School of Arts and
Art History, United States.
2020. Master of Arts in Art Education, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, United States.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2001-2012 Professor of photography of Taller 5 Centro de Diseño, Bogotá, Colombia.
2008 Professor of Photography Laboratory, Universidad Cooperativa
de Colombia.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1995 Biennal of PhotographyCompetition. Paris, France.
1997 The Four Sapporo International print Competition, Sapporo, Japan.
1997 The best photograph of Latin America competition, Bogotá, Colombia
2001 EFTI Gallery, Madrid Spain.
2001 Photo Spain International competition, Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, Tarazona, Spain.
2001 Photo Spain Phoe, “Pescadores de Ilusiones”, Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, Tarragona, Spain.
2006 Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan.
2007 Dos artistas colombianos, san kei-en temple, Yokohama, Japan.
2006 Latino American Visions, Sai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2008 Artroom Galería, ¨Destinos¨, Bogotá, Colombia.
2009 Destinos, Museo de la Memoria, Tlaxcala, Mexico.
2009 “Lugares de inspiración”, Cultural Center Il Bisonte, Florence, Italy
2009 Muestra colectiva, Palagio di Parte Guelfa, Florencia, Italy.
2010 “Dimensión Fotográfica”, Cámara de Comercio, Red de Salas Artecámara, Bogotá, Colombia
2011 Muestra colectiva, Palagio di Parte Guelfa, Florencia, Italy.
2015 The Femme Figure Show, Exhibition Indi Go Gallery, Champaign, Illinois. USA.
2019 Metáforas, Kanagawa KenMin Hall Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
2019 Akira Isao Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
2019 TINKER Fellowship, TINKER Foundation, CLASC, Center for Latin American and Caribbean
Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Pedagogical Spaces; Art Education and
Socially Engaged Art Practices in Rural Colombia.
2019 Small Works Members Show, WMG Woman Made Gallery, Art Installation.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1998 “Avata, Native Colombian Flora”, BBVA Bank, Bogotá, Colombia.
1999 Cibachrome Photographs, “The house of the flowers”, Centro Colombo
Americano, Bogotá, Colombia.
2001 “Andes Flora”, Efti Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2002 “Illusion Fishers”, Centro Colombo Americano, Bogotá, Colombia.
2003 “Visions”, Chía Cultural Center, Chía, Colombia.
2014 "Bearing Witness", Prairie lights, Iowa City, Iowa USA.
AWARDS
1996 Outstanding Thesis, M.A. Photography, Taller CincoCentro
de Diseño, Bogotá, Colombia.
1997 Prize forphotograph, The best photography of Latin America,
Bogotá, Colombia.
2000 Prize for photograph, XVI International Congress of photography, Madrid, Spain.
2001 Prize for photograph, IX encounter with photography, Rosas Cultural Center,
Madrid, Spain.
2006-2008 Selected Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia Cultural Affairs Grant,
financial support for exhibitions projects in Japan and Mexico.
2010 Selected Artist for exhibition, “Dimensión Fotográfica”, Cámara de Comercio,
Red de Salas Arte cámara, Bogotá, Colombia
2012 "Lápiz de Acero Competition", Selected Finalist Curatorial Project "Miradas
Desde la Lente del Fotógrafo-Paisajes Colombianos, Bogotá, Colombia.
2014 Juror´s Selection Photography Same but Different, New York
Center for Photography Art, New York.
2014 NFA Artist/Ensemble Project Grant 2014 NALAC (National Association
of Latino Arts and Culture), Ford Foundation and Surdna Foundation.
San Antonio, Texas, United States
2014 Iowa Arts Council, Project Grant, Des Moines, Iowa, United States.
2014 Photography Award, Juror´s Selection Photography Exhibition, Photography on wood, Same but Different, Exhibition, Catalogue Release, New York Center for Photography Art, New York, US.
2016 Urbana Public Arts Program, Project Grant, Sharing Memories, The Mirror, Urbana, Illinois USA
2018 Urbana Public Arts Grant Program, Project Grant Face is Only a Location, Urbana, Illinois, USA
2019 Summer Travel Grant School of Art and Design UIUC University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Art Projec in Japan.
2020 Urbana Public Arts Grant Program, Project Grant Face is Only a Location II, Urbana, Illinois USA.
2020 Dr. Ruth Nicole Brown Coalition Award, Strive Award from the Women's Resource Center at UIUC, across identity lines to advance gender equity, Urbana City, Illinois, US.
PUBLICATIONS
2002 Nómadas Magazin, Photographs of the Diary´s Enrique Grau, Universidad Central, Bogotá Colombia
2003 Nómadas Magazin, Investigaciones Culturales y reportajes, Universidad
2003 Nómadas Magazin, Photographs of Germán Espinosa, Universidad Central, Bogotá Colombia
2003 Book,Colombian Photography History 1950-2002, Republic Bank Editions,
Bogotá, Colombia.
2004 Newspapers “El Tiempo” y “El Espectador”. Bogotá, Colombia.
2004 Nómadas Magazin, Photographs of Mario Rivero, Universidad Central, Bogotá Colombia
2005 Sony, Latin America, Inc, Publications Bravia Flowers, Sony Corporation,
Bogotá, Colombia.
2008 El sol de Tlaxcala journal article”, Artistas colombianos comparten destinos,
Tlaxcala, Mexico.
2007 Kanagawa Shimbun journal article, “A warm stream from the south”,
Yokohama, Japan.
2007 Dos Artistas Colombianos, San Kei-en Temple, Yokohama, Japan
2006 Japan Times, Latin American Modern Art journal article, Tokyo, Japan.
2006 Kanagawa Art press, “creator’s voice”, Yokohama, Japan.
2009 “Places of inspiration”, Galería Il Bisonte, Florencia, Italy.
2009 Muestra colectiva, “Portraits” Palagio di Parte Guelfa, Florencia, Italy.
2009 Fotográfica Bogotá, Testimonio y Visión Más Allá de la Reportería, Bogotá
Colombia, Laberintos del Rostro, Paisajes de la conciencia, Bogotá, Colombia.
2009 La Nazione Firenze Journal Article, “Luoghi d’ispirazione per quattro artisti
Colombiani, Florence, Italy.
2010 “Dimensión Fotográfica”, Cámara de Comercio, Red de salas Arte cámara,
Bogotá, Colombia
2011 Muestra colectiva, Palagio di Parte Guelfa, Florencia, Italy.
2011 Fotográfica Bogotá, Testimonio y Visión Más Allá de la Reportería, Bogotá Colombia
2012 "Lápiz de Acero Competition", Selected Finalist Curatorial Project
"Miradas desde la Lente del Fotógrafo, Paisajes Colombianos, Bogotá, Colombia
2014 New York Center for Photography Art, Catalogue “Same but Different”,
photographic competition, USA.
2017 Narrativas; Fragmentos de La Memoria, Galería Municipal Rosario Sánchez de Lozada
Instituto Municipal de Cultura de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
2016 Memorias Lado a Lado, Instituto de Cultura, Cajica Colombia
2019 Metáforas, Kanagawa KenMin Hall Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
2019 Akira Isao Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
2019 TINKER Fellowship, TINKER Foundation, CLACS, Center for Latin American and Caribbean
Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Pedagogical Spaces; Art Education and
Socially Engaged Art Practices in Rural Colombia.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2011 Exhibition Metáforas Geométricas, Centro Cultural Gabriel García Márquez, Bogotá, Colombia.
2012 Exhibition “Retratos Identidades conceptuales, Centro Colombo Americano, Bogotá, Colombia
2012 Exhibition "Miradas desde la Lente del Fotógrafo-Paisajes Colombianos, Bogotá, Colombia, "Lápiz de Acero Competition", Selected Finalist Curatorial Project.
2013 Exhibition Retratos Identidades Conceptuales, Centro Colombo Americano, Bogotá, Colombia.
2015 Exhibition “Invisible Faces: Identity Portraits”, Public Space One, Iowa City, Iowa USA.