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Buenos Aires, 1967. Lives and works in Buenos Aires.
 

Architect (University of Buenos Aires), he studied Photography, Drawing, and Aesthetics, specializing in Cultural Industries. Founded and directed the FADU/UBA Photography Workshop from 1991 to 2019. Currently a tenured professor in the Electronic Arts undergraduate and graduate programs at UNTREF. He has led courses, clinics, and seminars, and presented his work in academic and artistic contexts across Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, and the United States.

 

Awards and Grants:

  • Grand Acquisition Prize (New Media & Installations), National Salon of Visual Arts, 2004

  • Ignacio Pirovano Award for Young Artist of the Year, Argentine Association of Art Critics, 2006

  • Creation Grants, National Endowment for the Arts (2017, 2002)

  • Cultural Patronage for Solaris project (2018–2022)

  • Creadores Grant, Metropolitan Endowment Fund, Buenos Aires (2017, 2010)

  • Cultural Patronage for Teravision project, 2015

  • Jury Mention, Platt Visual Arts Award, 2008

  • First Prize, Argentine Art Galleries Association Visual Arts Award, 2003

  • First Prize (New Media & Installations), National Salon of Visual Arts, 2002

  • Artistic Creation Grant (Installations), Antorchas Foundation, 2002

  • Guillermo Kuitca Fellowship for Emerging Artists, 1997/1998

  • In 2019, his Solaris Project  —an educational initiative on visual literacy for marginalized communities —was declared of Social and Cultural Interest by the Legislature of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
     

Since 1996, he have exhibited individually and collectively in institutions and museums across Argentina and internationally. Actively engaged in curatorial practice, he have organized exhibitions ranging from their own work to collective projects, while also supporting the visibility of fellow artists and students. He participated in artist residencies in Switzerland and Buenos Aires, and their work is held in private collections and museums in Argentina, Brazil, Spain, the United States, and Switzerland.

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Ph. Ciro Zanela

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