MARCOS LOPEZ
worksMarcos Lopez is a South American artist born in Santa Fe, Argentina in 1958.His work is represented by Gallery Luis Fernando Pradilla (Madrid), Benzacar Gallery (Buenos Aires) and ProjectB Gallery (Milan). These galleries regularly show their work at major exhibitions of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Art Basel Miami, Paris Photo, Art BA, Feria MACO Mexico, FIA Caracas and Madrid ARCO).
EDUCATION
1976-1982BA in Engineering at the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Became interested in Photography and starts doing pictures in 1978. In 1982 lefts University to focuse on Photography.
1981Collaborate in Santa Fe with the historian and researcher Luis Priam in the rescue and preservation of glass plates and old photographs.
1982Gets an improvement scholarship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts. He moved to Buenos Aires and attends a prestigious series of workshops of Argentine and foreign photographers.Between 1982 and 1983, made a documentary essay Neuropsychiatric Hospital Joseph T. Borda and psychotherapeutic work in a workshop of one year with patients.
1984 Participate in the creation of the core group of authors of photographs, along with 12 colleagues (Painter, Grossman, Perez Aznar, E.Gil ...). They worked for three years creating an environment for discussion, criticism and research of photography as a medium of expression, also conducting various exhibitions.Connects with artists from other disciplines (L. Maresca, M. Schvartz ...) and participates in the design and implementation of collective projects: "La Kermesse", "Lavarte", "La Conquista", etc.Works for documentary photography and with various independent media published in Buenos Aires: "Imaginary Express", "Banana", "Alfonsina", "El Porteño", "The Angel"and others.
1989Integrates the first promotion of foreign scholars from the International School of Film and Television in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. Reside ½ years in Cuba as a student of the school where he made documentaries for 16 mm film and video.Back to School invited by the Cuban writer Gabriel García Márquez to attend a TV Script Workshop for two months.Works in Buenos Aires as assistant photographer and film lighting for a documentary and several feature films.
SOLO EXHIBITION (selection)
2009Galería El Museo. Bogotá, Colombia.
2008“Tinta Roja”. Museo Pedro de Osma. Lima, Perú.Galería Project B. Milan, Italia.
2006“Tinta Roja”. Galería Fernando Pradilla – Madrid, Spain.“Subrealismo Criollo” – Sala Puertas de Castilla – Fotoencuentros 06 – Murcia, Spain.
2005 Galería Ruth Benzacar. Buenos Aires, Argentina.“Artista Invitado Extranjero”. FIA -Feria Iberoamericana de Arte-. Caracas, Venezuela.“Al sur del realismo”. Galería White Box. New York.Victor Barsokevitsch Photographic Centre, Kuopio, Finland.
2004Galería KBK. México DF.“Poplatino”. Sanomatalo. Helsinski, Finlandia“Sub-realismo Criollo”. Galería El Ojo Ajeno, Centro de la Fotografía, Lima, Perú.Sala Rivadavia. Cádiz, Spain.Instituto Cervantes. Berlín, Germany."La Salsa" /Trabajo en colaboración con Raúl Recio. Museo de Arte Moderno de República Dominicana. Festival “Transition (s)”. La Feuille de Route. Biarritz, France.
2003"Sub-realismo Criollo. Fotografías Color 1993-2003. Galería Fernando Pradilla. Madrid, Spain. Feria ARCO. Galería Fernando Pradilla. Madrid, Spain."Transphotographiques". Lille, France.
2002Espace Cedille. Paris, France.Galería Chateau D'eau. Toulouse, France."Backlight 02". Tampere, Finland.
2001Feria ARCO. Galería Arte x Arte (Argentina) Museo Emilio A. Caraffa. Córdoba, Argentina
1997Museo de Bellas Artes. Caracas, VenezuelaFundación Banco Patricios. Buenos Aires, Argentina Centro Rojas "Doble Discurso". Buenos Aires, Argentina
1988Fototeca de Cuba. La Habana, Cuba
1986Fotogalería del Teatro San Martín. Buenos Aires, Argentina Galerie Agathe Gaillard. París, France
GROUP EXHIBITION (selection)
2008Décima Bienal de Artes Plásticas. La Habana, Cuba.“Sutil Violento”. Sala Matta. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Santiago. Chile.“Selección Premio AAMC de Fotografía Contemporánea Argentina”. Museo Caraffa. Córdoba. Argentina.“Escénica”. Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas. Festival de la luz. Buenos Aires, Argentina.“Sutil Violento”. Centro Cultural Recoleta. Festival de la luz. Buenos Aires, Argentina.“GETXOPHOTO 2008”. Getxo, Spain. “II Premio Internacional de Fotografía Pilar Citoler”. Exposición colectiva de las obras finalistas. Sala Puerta Nueva de Córdoba. Córdoba, Spain.“97º Edición Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales”. Palais de Glace. Buenos Aires, Argentina.“Signos de existencia”. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Buenos Aires, Argentina“Signos de existencia”. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Santiago de Chile.
2007“Arte, Sátira, Subversión. Cinco visiones Latinoamericanas". Casa de América. Madrid, Spain.1º Bienal de Imágenes del Mundo. Photoquai. Paris, France.NY C Photo Exhibition. C International Photo Magazine. Phillips de Pury & Company. New York..“20 + 20: Presente y Futuro de la Fotografía”. Casa de Vacas. Escuela de Fotografía Centro de Imagen (EFTI). “Signos de existencia”. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Santiago de Chile, Chile.“Sutil Violento”. Forum Latino-Americano de Fotografía. São Paulo, Brasil.
2006"Laurits & Lopez". Tallinn Art Hall's gallery. Tallin, Estonia“Pasión / Provocación” (fotografía & video). Centro de la Imagen. DF, México.
2005 “Barrocos y Neo Barrocos” (El infierno de lo Bello). Domus Artium 2002. Salamanca, Spain
2004 “Mapas abiertos - Fotografía Latinoamericana 1991-2002”. Muestra itinerante. Palau de La Virreina (Barcelona) y Fundación Telefónica (Madrid). Spain. “Fotografía Argentina”. Museo de la Fotografía. Charleroi, Belgium.“Argentina, Visiones de un mito”. Maison de la Radio. Paris, France.Festival “No Tango Buenos Aires-Berlín”. Villa Elizabeth, Berlín, Germany.
2003 "Calcio di Rigore". Palacio Santa Croce. Roma, Italy.Eye-see Gallery. Aalst, Belgium
2002Noorderlitch Festival. Holland
2001"Políticas de la Diferencia-Arte iberoamericano de Fin de siglo". Muestra itinerante. MALBA. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1999“Mitos, Sueños y Realidades de la Fotografía Argentina”. International Center of Photography. New York.
Marcos Lopez is a South American artist born in Santa Fe, Argentina in 1958.
His work is represented by Gallery Luis Fernando Pradilla (Madrid), Benzacar Gallery (Buenos Aires) and ProjectB Gallery (Milan). These galleries regularly show their work at major exhibitions of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Art Basel Miami, Paris Photo, Art BA, Feria MACO Mexico, FIA Caracas and Madrid ARCO).
