Studies
1995 Bachelor Degree, Advertising Design, Veritas University. Costa Rica
1993-94 Independent Studies, University of Costa Rica
Professional Experience
2011 Director of Digital Photography Career at Universidad Creativa
2009 Jury on “Paisaje Húmedo” Contest, Alegría Foundation , San José, Costa Rica.
2009 Professor of Introduction to Digital Photography, Nordeast University, Resistencia Argentina.
2008 Professor of Photograph to entrepreneurs women, Guatemala.
2003-2001 Professor of Art and Photography, Blue Valley School, Costa Rica
1996-1999 Professor of Photography and Design, Universidad Creativa, Costa Rica
1995-1997 Professor of Photography, Universidad del Diseño, Costa Rica
Awards
2011 National Prize in Arts (photography) Aquileo J. Echeverría. Costa Rica.
2005 "Devil" Publicity Campaign Photos for EDWIN brand, Japan.
2003 First Place "HabitArt", KENT Public Vote, Costa Rica.
2001 Best Video Art, Video and Film Festival, Costa Rica
2000 Second Place, El Trajín Diario del Centroamericano, Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, Costa Rica.
1993 First Place, Poster and Logotype Contest I Interdisciplinary Congress for Conservation of Wildlife and Environment, Architect Bar of Costa Rica
1992 First Place, Sport Photography Contest, Spanish Cultural Center, Costa Rica
Solo Exhibitions
2010 "To shed the skin", Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, Costa Rica.
2010 "Synesthesia", Punta Islita Museum, Costa Rica.
2009 Site specific installation on Northeast University, Resistencia Argentina
2007 "Concealed Desires ", Carlos Woods Gallery, Guatemala.
2006 "En mis Laureles", Teorética, Costa Rica.
2001 "Canvas" La Nación, Costa Rica.
2000 "Geographies", Exterior Art, streets of San José, Costa Rica.
2000 "Simposium of Central American Art", National Gallery, Costa Rica.
1999 "Se Permuta", Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, Costa Rica.
1995 "Vanitas", Goethe Institute, Costa Rica.
Group Exhibitions
2010 "Parabole", San Salvador, El Salvador.
2008 "Person with soul" Rawson, Patagonia Argentina.
2008 "Bon Atr Petit, French Alliance, Costa Rica.
2007 Monte Azul Gallery, New York.
2007 Interactive Biennial, Merida, Mexico.
2007 Corporal Landscape, Amón Gallery Costa Rica
2007 Biennial of Vento Sul, Curitiva, Brazil.
2007 Corporal Art, Third Encounter, Caracas, Venezuela.
2006 “Dynamics of Urban Culture” 9th Biennale La Habana, Cuba
2005 “BIG” AW/OB Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2005 “ARCO” Fair, Spain, Jacobo Karpio Gallery
2005 History of Photography, Central Bank Museums, Costa Rica
2005 Abstract Art, Central Bank Museums, Costa Rica
2004 “Techniques of the Visible” Shanghai Biennale, China
2004 “Cuidado Pinta” Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, Costa Rica
2004 “Guaterica” Museum of Art, Guatemala
2003 “Arte Sobre el Cuerpo” Spanish Cultural Center, Costa Rica
2002 “Artistmos” Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, China
2002 “Created Worlds” Festival of Photography Noorderlicht, Holland
2002 “Confrontations” National Gallery, Costa Rica
2002 “Backup” Video and Film Festival, Germany
2002 Third International Video and Film Festival, Colombia
2002 “Created Worlds” Festival of Photography Noorderlicht, Holland
2002 "Nosotros que nos queremos tanto", Spanish Cultural Center, Costa Rica
2001 “IV Biennial of the Caribbean” Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2001 Biennale of Costa Rica
2001 “Políticas de la Diferencia” Itinerant Latin-American Art Exhibition, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico and Spain
2001 Chicago Art Fair, Jakobo Karpio Gallery, United States
2001 “Secretions” Jacobo Karpio Gallery, San José, Costa Rica
2001 “XXX” Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, Costa Rica
2001 “Art Miami” Jakobo Karpio Gallery, United States
2000 “Espacio Abierto”, Teorética, Costa Rica
1999 “On (e) Line” Exchange with world artist by internet, GATE Foundation
1999 “Images of Women”, Central Bank Museums Foundation, Costa Rica
1999 “Art Work Nature”, GATE Foundation, The Hague, Holland
1999 “Moments of a Process”, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1999 “The Soul Wrap”, Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, Costa Rica
1999 “Permanent Collection”, Museum of Costa Rican Art, Costa Rica
1998 “The Body in/of Photography”, Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, Costa Rica
1998 “Geography of the Body”, National Gallery, Costa Rica
1998 International Art Fair FIA’ 98, Arts Forum Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
1997 ARCO Fair, Jakobo Karpio Gallery, Spain
1997 “Art Miami” Jakobo Karpio Gallery, United States
1997 “Meeting Point”, Sofía Wanamaker Gallery, Costa Rica
1997 “Cuerpo, Fragmento, Memoria”, National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Costa Rica
1996 “Mesotica”, Central American Art Exhibition, Italy, France, Holland
1996 “Permanent Collection”, Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, Costa Rica
1995 “Arte por Fax”, Costa Rican-North American Cultural Center, Costa Rica
1994 Photography Exhibition, Central Bank Museums, Costa Rica
Publications
2007 Global Feminisms, New Directions in Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum, USA
2007 August, Art Media Magazine, Costa Rica.
2005 January, Art in America Magazine, Miami.
2005 Advertising Campaign Photos for EDWIN brand, Japan.
2005 February Art Media Magazine, Costa Rica.
2004 History of Photography, Costa Rica.
2004 Libro Mapas Abiertos, Spain.
2002 April, ArtNexus Magazine, 2002 Colombia.
2002 May, Fisura Magazine, New York.
Collections
Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, Costa Rica
Museum of Costa Rican Art, Costa Rica.
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Holland (www.noorderlicht.com)
Internet References
The Artist.org
Noorderlicht Photo Festival
Gate Foundation (Netherlands)
About.com (Photography in Costa Rica)
Westnet Costa Rica Fine Art online
Biennial La Habana Official Website
International Museum of Women IMOW
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