The work of Pablo López Luz examines the relationship between people and landscape and includes projects about the US/Mexico border, the use of historic imagery in contemporary architecture, and, most recently, about the use of volcanic stone in the construction of Mexico City. Pablo will share highlights from his extensive body of work and discuss the themes that he explores through photography.
Pablo López Luz is a photographic artist based in México City. After studying his MA in Visual Arts at New York University in 2006, he moved back to his home country to pursue his photographic career.
His work has been internationally recognized having solo exhibitions at Museo El Eco, Museo del Chopo, Sasha Wolf Gallery, Botanique, Arroniz Arte Contemporáneo and Centro Fotográfico Álvarez Bravo. He has also participated in collective exhibitions at Photographer´s Gallery, Fondation Cartier pour l´art Contemporain, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, International Center of Photography New York National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, The National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul, Museo de Arte Moderno México and Palacio de Bellas Artes.
His work has been published widely in newspapers and magazines such as Aperture, Foam, Exit, Platform, L´Insense, Animal, National Geographic, Photoworld, Wired, Zoom, La Tempestad, Beaux Arts Editions, Rara and Icon.
He is the author of six monographs: Pablo Lopez Luz (Editorial RM; Bilingual edition. 2012), Pyramid (Editorial RM; Bilingual edition. 2014), Frontera (Newwer editorial, Toluca Editions, Bilingual edition 2016), Frontera (Photogramas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2017), Bajo la Sombra de la Pirámide (Toluca Editions, Bilingual edition 2018) and Piedra Volcánica (Toluca Editions, Editorial RM, Bilingual edition 2019).
His awards include MAST Foundation Photography, Les Résidences de Photoquai, The Syngenta Photography Award, Alt+1000 Photography Award, IILA Photography Award and his nominations include Prix Pictet, Prix HCB and Prix Elysée. He has been the recipient of several grants, including: Sistema Nacional de Creadores, Jovenes Creadores, Programa Arte Actual Grant, and the Velazquez Grant.
Public and Private Collections have acquired his work including the SFMOMA, National Gallery of Canada, Fondation A. Stitching, Poniatowsky photography collection, Fondation Hermés, Perez Museum, The LeBaron Collection, Museum of Modern Art Mexico, Chapman University Art Collection, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Mellon Bank Collection.