About The Artist

Alex Dorfsman Born in Mexico City in 1977. Lives and works in Mexico City and Berlin. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 This mountain collapsed and became a bridge, Museo de Arte de Sonora, Mexico. 2010 This mountain collapsed and became a bridge, Centro de la Imagen del Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City. 2007 It’s Almost Real, Isn’t It?, ART&IDEA, New York. 2006 Metropolitan, Sala de Arte Público Sequeiros, Mexico City. 2005 Espacio Disponible, Garash Galería, Mexico City. 2004 It’s almost Real, Isn’t It? Garash Galería, Mexico City. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2010 XIV Photography Biennial, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City. 2009 Petit Mal, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC) UNAM, Mexico City. Imagined Constructuions, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, D.C. 2008 Animal Roto, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City. ABCDF: Portraits of Mexico City ,State Museum of Modern Art of the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russia. Schein, Galerie Birgit Ostermeier, Berlin, Germany. Citámbulos, Stadtwandeln in Mexico City, DAZ Deutsches Architektur Zentrum, Berlin, Germany. Über Zeichen unterzeichnen, Arttransponder, Berlin, Germany. 2007 Das phantastische Geheimnis des exotischen Universums, Galerie Birgit Ostermeier, Berlin, Germany. A Media Asta, Haydeé Rovirosa Gallery, New York. India Shots, Allgirls Gallerie, Berlin, Germany. 2006 Próximamente, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City. NTSC/MX/PAL: Mexican Video Art at Photoespaña, Madrid, Spain. Colectiva Arte Contemporáneo, Museo de Arte de Singapur, Singapur. Samsung-Raemian Cultural Center, Seúl, Corea. Sede Consular, Hong Kong, China. ABCDF: Portraits of Mexico City ,Queens Museum of Art, New York. 2005 América Tropical, Centro Cultural de México, Paris, France. Paisaje Artificial, Casa del Lago Juan José Arreola, Mexico City. Come Closer, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany. The RCCA Spring Animal Show, Park Circus, Glasgow, United Kingdom. 2004 XI Photography Biennial, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City. Hecho en México, Videoarte Contemporáneo Mexicano, Universidad Arcis, Santiago, Chile. Bandit-mages, 4th European and International Convention of Video Art, Bourges, France. MISCELLANEOUS 2002/04 Co editor of La Panadería 1994-2002 (Mexico City, Turner, 2004) 2001/02 Assistant curator, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City. EDUCATION 1996-2002 Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City, Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado “La Esmeralda,” Bachelor in Fine Arts. SCHOLARSCHIPS and PRIZES 2011 Latinamerican Photography Award Purificación García 2007-2008 Programa de Fomento a Proyectos y Coinversiones Culturales del FONCA, Mexico. 2005-2006 Programa Jóvenes Creadores del FONCA, Mexico. PUBLICATIONS 2008 Natural Selection (Mexico City, Editorial RM) 2006 It’s almost real, isn’t it? (Mexico City, Editorial Diamantina) WEB PAGE: www.alexdorfsman.com