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"The gaze of 45 mexican photographers"
Curated by: Francisco Mata and Pedro Meyer


Fernando Montiel

Biography:

Born in Mexico, 1978.

Individual Exhibitions: Fototeca de Veracruz, Fábrica de Imágenes, Morelia 2007, Centro de la Imagen, Galería Trolebús Arte Experimental 2006, Casa Purcell, Coahuila, Casona de Juárez, Acapulco 05.

Collective Exhibitions: Maco/Galería MYTO; Retroalimentación, Galería Gran Angular 2007; 212 Berlin - "Estudio Abierto", ARCO 2006, MACO 2005, Galería Emma Molina.

Coming Exhibitions at Museo Carrillo Gil, "Pasión/Provocación": Teófilo Cohen collection, Centro de la Imagen 06; Narrativa de un retrato "El Che de Korda" Mexico, USA, Italy, Spain 2006; Mextilo / CNART, 2005.

Awards: XXVI Arte Joven. 1st. prize in the Farenheit photography contest. Omnilife 2001. 1st. prize magazine I-D and the Reforma newspaper.

Honorable Mentions: XII Photography Biennale, XXV Arte Joven, selected in the 4th. Puebla de los Ángeles Biennale: selected in the 2nd. and 3rd. Yucatán Visual Arts Biennale, XI Photography Biennale, XXIII y XXII National Young Artists Encounter.

Grants: Co-investment Grant of FONCA 06: Young Creators Grant, FONCA 2004 - 2005.
Represented in Mexico City by Galería MYTO and Galería Emma Molina in Monterrey.

Statement:

Confined Space
The Confined Space is part of the idea of pathology, the staging seeks to portray a fragment of a society that permits media to bombard it with banality, thus fracturing its sensitivity.
I perform a staging for the camera to record through photography. I create atmospheres to reflect this artificial reality through the narrative of the stories told by my images.
I am not interested if my subject is considered original. What I seek is to capture a fragment of its immediate reality.
 
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"Cuernavaca"
2006
"Ultrapasteurized"
2005
"Where is mom?"
2005
"At home"
2006
"Salamanca"
2006
         
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"Sunday"
2005
"Confined space"
2006
"Nirvana"
2007
"Artist in his studio"
2007
"Suellen Mason"
2007