I work with technology not because it is something original or new but precisely because it is inevitable and prevalent in our globalized society.
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Born in 1967 in Mexico City, Mexico
Lives and works in Montreal, Canada, and Madrid, Spain

Daros Exhibitions
Bibliography
Selected titles in our library

Manifestos and polemics in Latin American Modern Art. Edited and translated by Patrick Frank. Albuquerque, University of Mexico Press, 2017.

Sabotage art. Politics and iconoclasm in contemporary Latin America. edited by Sophie Halart and Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra, with texts by Catherine Spencer, Robin Adele Greeley (et al.). London, New York, I.B. Tauris, 2016.

Rosauro Ruiz, Elena. Historia y violencia en el Sur americano. Prácticas artísticas, 1992-2012. Tesis doctoral. Madrid, Universidad Autónoma, 2015.

MUAC. 2008-2015. Collection catalogue. With texts by Olivier Debroise, Graciela de la Torre, and Cuauhtémoc Medina. Mexico City, Museo Universitário Arte Contemporáneo MUAC, 2015.

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Pseudomatismos = Pseudamotisms. Exhibition catalogue, MUAC - Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, UNAM, October 29, 2015 - March 27, 2016. With texts by José Luis Barrios, Kathleen Forde, Alejandra Labastida, the artist (et al.). México, D.F., RM Verlag, 2015.

Barnitz, Jacqueline. Twentieth-Century art of Latin America. Revised and expanded edition. Austin, University of Texas Press, 2015.

Cruce de colecciones. 25. Aniversario del CAAM. Exhibiion catalogue, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Obtober 16, 2014 - January 25, 2015. Texts by Larry Álvarez, Omar-Pascual Castillo and Ángel Mollá Román. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, CAAM, 2014.

Permission to be global. Latin American art from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection = Prácticas globales. Exhibition catalogue, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA, December 4, 2013 - February 23, 2014, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA, March 19 - July 13, 2014. With a conversation between Jen mergel, Liz Munsell and Jesús Fuenmayor. Miami, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, 2013.

Sin límites. Arte contemporáneo en la ciudad de México 2000-2010. With texts by Cuauhtémoc Medina, Patricia Sloane, Guillermo Santamarina (et al.). Mexico City, RM, 2013.

The Global contemporary. Kunstwelten nach 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ZKM, Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 17, 2011 - February 5, 2012. With texts by Peter Weibel, Andrea Buddensieg, Hans Belting, Sara Giannini, Gerardo Mosquera (et al.). Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT Press and Karlsruhe, ZKM, 2013.

Oncena Bienal de La Habana. Prácticas artísticas e imaginarios sociales. Exhibition catalogue, Centro de arte contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, La Habana, Cuba, May 11 - June 11, 2012. With texts by Jorge Fernández Torres, Francisco Jarauta, Boris Groys, and Dannys Montes de Oca (et al.). La Habana, Artecubano Ediciones / San Marino, Maretti Editore, 2012.

Unsaid/spoken. Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros and CIFO Collections. Exhibition catalogue, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA, December 5, 2012 - March 4, 2013. With texts by Moacir dos Anjos and José Roca. Miami, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, 2012.

The Global contemporary. Kunstwelten nach 1989. Exhibition brochure, ZKM, Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 17, 2011 - February 5, 2012. With texts by Peter Weibel, Andrea Buddensieg and Hans Belting. Karlsruhe, ZKM, Museum für Neue Kunst, 2011.

Al calor del pensamiento. Obras de la Daros Latinamerica Collection = Al calor del pensamiento. Works from the Daros Latinamerica Collection. Exhibition catalogue, Fundación Banco Santander, Madrid, Spain, February 3 - April 30, 2010. With texts by Katrin Steffen (et al.). Madrid, Fundación Banco Santander, 2010.

Colección CA2M. Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo de la Comunidad de Madrid. Volumen I. Collection catalogue. With texts by Ferran Barenblit and Mariano Navarro. Móstoles, Madrid, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo CA2M, 2010.

Los impolíticos. Exhibition catalogue, Palazzo delle Arti PAN, Napoli, Italy, December 19, 2009 - February 28, 2010. With texts by Laura Bardier (et al.). Napoli, Electa, 2010.

Los impolíticos. Q 04 Centro di documentazione. Exhibition catalogue, Palazzo delle Arti PAN, Napili, Italy, December 19, 2009 - February 28, 2010. With texts by Laura Bardier (et al.). Napoli, Palazzo delle Arti PAN, 2010.

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Recorders. Exhibition catalogue, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK, September 18, 2010 - January 30, 2011. With texts by Timothy Druckrey, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Beryl Graham, and an interview with the artist by Jacinta Laurent. Manchester, Manchester Art Gallery, 2010.

Graham, Beryl, and Sarah Cook. Rethinking curating. Art after New Media. Cambridge, Mass., The MIT Press, 2010.

Studio international. Visual arts, design and architecture. Yearbook/special issue 2008, vol. 207, no. 1030. 2010.

Valparaíso 2010. Intervenciones. Exhibition catalogue, Valparaíso, Chile, February 28 - April 15, 2010. With texts by Jorge Díez, José Roca, Paulina Varas and Carolina Lara. Madrid, Seacex, 2010.

Being in the world. Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection. Exhibition catalogue (DVD), Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA, December 2, 2009 – March 07, 2010. Curated by Berta Sichel. Miami, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, 2009.

Coulter-Smith, Graham. Brumaria 13. Deconstruyendo las instalaciones = Deconstructing Installation Art. Madrid, Brumaria, 2009.

Braunstajn, Helena. El mapa del centro histórico: territorios imaginarios. Un estudio sobre la producción artística en torno al Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México. Mexico City, Casa Vecina, 2008.

Emergentes. Exhibition catalogue, Laboral, Gijón, Spain, November 16, 2007 - May 12, 2008, Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 12 - August 31, 2008, Fundación Telefónica, Lima, Peru, October 2008. With texts by José Carlos Mariátegui, Rodrigo Alonso (et al.). Gijón, Laboral, 2008.

FILE POA 08. Se liga. Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica. Exhibition catalogue, Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre, February 20 - April 20, 2008. With texts by Paula Perissinotto (et al.). São Paulo, FILE, 2008.

FILE Rio 08. Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica. Se liga. Exhibition catalogue, FILE, Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 27 - March 30, 2008. With texts by Paula Perissinotto (et al.). São Paulo, FILE, 2008.

Face to face. The Daros collections. Exhibition catalogue, Daros Exhibitions, Zurich, October 5, 2007 - February 17, 2008 (Part 1), March 14 - September 7, 2008 (Part 2). With texts by Alexander Alberro and Luis Camnitzer. Zürich, Daros-Latinamerica and Daros Services ; Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz, 2008.

Haunch. London, Haunch of Venison, 2008.

It's not neutral = Ez da neutrala = No es neutral. Exhibition catalogue, Tabakalera, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, July 19 - October 5, 2008. With texts by Joxean Muñoz, Luis Camnitzer and Eugenio Valdés Figueroa. Donostia - San Sebastián, Tabakalera, 2008.

Mad. Sq. Art 2008. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Pulse Park. Exhibition catalogue, Madison Square Park, New York, October 24 - November 17, 2008. With a text by John Hanhardt. New York, Madison Square Park Conservancy, 2008.

Máquinas & almas. Arte digital y nuevos medios. Exhibition catalogue, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, June 26 - October 13, 2008. With texts by Roy Ascott (et al.). Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2008.

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Sampler of works 1993-2008. Antimodular Research, 2008. (DVD)

The 5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale. Turn and widen. Exhibition catalogue, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Corea, September 9 - November 5, 2008. With texts by Ilho Park, Raúl Zamudio (et al.). Seoul, Museum of Art, 2008.

The art of participation. 1950 to now. Exhibition catalogue, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, November 8, 2008 - February 8, 2009. With texts by Rudolf Frieling (et al.). New York, Thames & Hudson, 2008.

The prisoner's dilemma: Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros-Collection. Exhibition catalogue, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA, December 3, 2008 - March 1, 2009. With texts by Leanne Mella (et al.). Miami, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, 2008.

La Ferla, Jorge (ed.). El medio es el diseño audiovisual. With texts by Arlindo Machado, Christine Mello (et al.). Manizales, Editorial Universidad de Caldas, 2007.

Fortunate objects. Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection = Objetos afortunados. Selección de la Colección Ella Fontanals-Cisneros. Exhibition catalogue, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (Cifo), Miami, December 5, 2007 - February 17, 2008. With texts by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill. Milan, Charta, 2007.

IKF Latin American art auction 2007. Cisneros Fontanals art foundation. Auction catalogue, IKF Latin American Art Auction at the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, November 8, 2007. Miami, International Kids Fund, 2007.

La Biennale di Venezia. 52. Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte. Think with the senses - feel with the mind. Art in the present tense. Vol. II. Participating countries, collateral events. Exhibition catalogue, Biennale di Venezia, Italy, June 10 - November 21, 2007. With texts by Davide Croff, Simon Njami et al. Venezia, Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia, 2007.

Plataforma Puebla 2006. Exhibition catalogue, Plataforma, Puebla, November 2006 - January 2007. With texts by Karla Jasso (et al.). Mexico City, A&R Press, 2007.

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Algunas cosas pasan más veces que todo el tiempo = Some things happen more often than all of the time. Exhibition catalogue, 52. Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte - La Biennale di Venezia, Mexican Pavillion. With texts by Manuel DeLanda (et al.). Madrid, Turner, 2007.

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Under Scan. Nottingham, emda / Montréal, Antimodular, 2007.

Olivares, Rosa (ed.). 100 artistas Latinoamericanos = 100 Latin American artists. Madrid, Exit, 2006.

Forms of classification. Alternative knwoledge and contemporary art. Exhibition catalogue, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, December 6, 2006 - February 18, 2007. Edited by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill (et al.). Miami, Cifo, 2006.

Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht. Licht als Medium der Kunst im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert = Light art from artificial light. Light as a medium in 20th and 21st century art. Exhibition catalogue, ZKM / Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany, November 19, 2005 - August 6, 2006. With texts by Peter Weibel, Grogor Jansen, Peter Sloterdijk (et al.). Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz, 2006.

Net.art. Práticas estéticas y políticas en la red. Brumaria 6. Madrid, Brumaria, 2006.

Beyond delirious. Architecture in selected photographs from the Ella Fontanals Cisneros collection. Indeterminate states. Video in the Ella Fontanals Cisneros collection = Más allá del delirio, Estados indeterminados. Exhibition catalogue, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA, November 30, 2005 - February 3, 2006. With texts by Christopher Phillips and Michael Rush. Miami, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, 2005.

Dataspace. Exhibition catalogue, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, February 5 - 27, 2005. With texts by Príamo Lozada. Madrid, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, 2005.

MUSAC. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León. Colección Vol. I = Collection vol. I. Collection catalogue, with texts by Rafael Doctor Roncero (et al.). León, MUSAC, 2005.

México en Arco 05. Madrid, España. Exhibition catalogue, XXIV Feria de Arte Contemporáneo Arco 2005, Madrid, February 10 - 24, 2005. With texts by Luis-Martín Lozano (et al.). Mexico City, Conaculta; Madrid, Turner, 2005.

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, November 5, 2005 - January 14, 2006. With a conversation between José Luis Barrios and the artist. Geneva, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, 2005.

Sala de arte público Siqueiros. Memorias 2005. With texts by Itala Schmelz (et al.). Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2005.

Scrabble. Video, lenguaje, abstracción. Exhibition catalogue, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, September 22 - October 30, 2005. Edited by Álvaro Rodríguez Fominaya, with texts by Laura Baigorri (et al.). Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, 2005.

Transitio_mx 01. Festival internacional de artes electrónicas y video. Festival catalogue, México, 2005. With texts by Iván Abreu, Marina Grzinic, Primao Lozada (et al.). Mexico City, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 2005.

2004 Shanghai Biennale. Techniques of the visible. Exhibition catalogue, Shanghai Biennial, September 2004. With contributions by Sebastián López (et al.). Shanghai, Municipal Administration of Culture, 2004.

Critical Conditions: Information, atmospheres and event scenes. Exhibition catalogue, Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania March 28 -May 17, 2003. With texts by Timothy Druckrey (et al.) and an interview with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer by Geert Lovink. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The Wood Street Galleries, 2003.

La ciudad radiante. Exhibition catalogue, Centre Cultural Bancaixa, Valencia, June 4 - August 31, 2003. With texts by Achille Bonito Oliva (et al.). Milan, Skira, 2003.

Felix. A journal of Media Arts and Communication Vol. 2, No. 3. Risk/Riesgo. New York, The Standby Program, 2003.

FILE-Festival internacional de linguagem eletrônica. Internet art. Digital culture. Catalogue, published in conjunction with the FILE Festival, São Paulo, 2002. With texts by Paula Perissinotto and Ricardo Barreto. São Paulo, Imprensa Oficial do Estado ; Paço das Artes, 2002.

International 2002. Liverpool Biennial. Exhibition catalogue, Liverpool Biennial, September 14 - November 24, 2002. With texts by Declan McGonagle, Lewis Biggs, Lynne Cooke (et al.). Liverpool, Liverpool Biennial, 2002.

7th Istanbul Biennial. Egofugal. Exhibition catalogue, Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey, September 22 - November 17, 2001. With texts by Yuko Hasegawa. Istanbul, Foundation for Culture and Arts, 2001.

Alzado Vectorial. Arquitectura Relacional No. 4 = Vectorial Elevation. Relational Architecture No. 4. Exhibition catalogue, Zócalo Square, México D.F., December 26, 1999 - January 7, 2000. Edited by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, with contributions by Daniel Canogar (et al.). Mexico City, Conaculta, 2000.

Séptima Bienal de la Habana 2000. Exhibition catalogue, 7th Habana Biennial, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wilfredo Lam, Havana, 2000. With texts by Nelson Herrera Ysla (et al.). Geneva, Art for the World, 2000.

Séptima Bienal de la Habana. Uno más cerca del otro. Exhibition catalogue, Bienal de La Habana, Cuba, November 2000 - January 2001. With texts by Nelson Herrera Ysla, Sara Vega, Alicia García (et al.). La Habana, Consejo Nacional de las Artes Plásticas, 2000.

Moi et ma circonstance = I and my circumstance = Yo y mi circunstancia. Mobilité dans l'art contemporain mexicain = Mobility in contemporary mexican art = Movilidad en el arte contemporáneo mexicano. Exhibition catalogue, Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, November 4, 1999 - February 6, 2000. With texts by Eduardo Abarao (et al.). Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, 1999.

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