Conceptual nominee

It is a series of 4 photographs that represent different spaces within an old hinduist palace.

Based on the compilation of Franck André Jamme’s collection of tántric paintings from the 17th Century, “yantras” or tantric instruments that were used for promoting concentration are drawn over the photographs as a symbolic intervention. These drawings are represented as minimalist geometrical figures which are at the same time charged with powerful symbolism. Their main purpose was to serve as “drishtis” which refer to the gazing technique in which our attention is directed to a specific focal point, producing a reflection of our mental thoughts and driving our senses to turn inwards. This tantric art was used mainly for a utilitarian purpose, since it served as the medium to achieve the openness of high channels of consciousness and entering into a meditative state.

Through these photographs that remain only in the artist’s memory, she intends to revive the physicality of the experience and return to the present moment questioning whether the physical architectural space that we perceive as a space for contemplative purposes and the symbolic yantras play an important role in the process of reaching a place of Oneness or not.

Born in Mexico City in 1985.

Studied Architecture and Urbanism at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. She obtained a bachelor’s degree from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, and she coursed studies in analog photography B&W at the Speós School of Photography in Paris, France. Subsequently she studied a Digital Photography Workshop at Estudio Urquiza Fotógrafos.

She delved into many workshops, attending printing and pictorial technique workshops at the National Painting and Sculpture School La Esmeralda, Mexico City. She has coursed certification programs in Photopainting and attended the Contemporary Art Center founded by photographer Sául Serrano.

Her more important exhibitions include “2 European Capitals” at the Gaudí Gallery of Contemporary Art (Madrid, Spain). She participated in the International Art Fair 3 (Paris, France), and formed part of the group show “Mexican Contemporary Photography” at Pared Negra Gallery in the Cuban Art Factory. She has also exhibited work at the Casa de México Benito Juárez and the Cuban Sound Archive (Havana, Cuba). She has participated in “Artificial Simulations” at the Contemporary Art Gallery (Mexico City) and in pop-up shows with Artifice Gallery. Moreover, she has been selected to show at the exhibition “Expanding Boundaries” at the Los Angeles Center for Photography.