About The Artist

Curriculum Vitae Dante Busquets, Mexico City 26.02.1969 Dernburgstraße 7 14057 Berlin. Education San Francisco Art Institute Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography (partial). Escuela Activa de Fotografía Mexico City. Selected solo shows: Pioneeros MUCA Roma, Mexico City 2009. West Side Kansas Street Gang, Zamora, Michoacán House of the First Printing Press of America, Mexico City 1997. Selected group shows: Resiliencia (Audience Prize/M2, PHotoEspaña section, 2009). Itinerancy: Tétouan, Morocco, 2011. Belgrade, Serbia, 2011. Rome, Italy, 2011. New Delhi, India, 2010. New York, USA, 2010. Chicago, USA, 2010, Madrid, Spain, 2009. Mexican Worlds | 25 contemporary photographers Connaught House, PhotoIreland Festival, Dublin, 2011. Citámbulos: Stadtwandeln in Mexico City, A journey to the Mexican megalopolis. Deutsches Architektur Zentrum. Berlin, Germany, 2008. The Gaze of 45 Mexican Photographers *Three Shadows Photography. Beijing, China, 2008. *Guangdong Museum of Art. Guangzhou, China, 2007. Global Cities Tate Modern. London, England, 2007. 6-Pack Houston Center for Photography. Houston, Texas, 2007. XII Bienal de Fotografía Centro de la Imagen. Mexico City, 2006. 10 Mostra Internazionale di Arquitectura la Biennale di Venezia, Italy, 2006. Che Guevara: Revolutionary & Icon Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, 2006. Grants and awards Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico 2012-2104. Project “The desolate landscapes of Eduardo Galeano: a visual journey through the Open Veins of Latin America”. KL International Photoawards Finalist, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2011. Descubrimientos PHE México DF PHotoEspaña Festival, Centro Cultural de España, Mexico City, 2009. Leica Scholarship FotoFest, Houston TX, USA, 2008. Acquisition Prize XII Bienal de Fotografía SATELUCO series, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, 2006. Young Creators Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes de México 2000-2001, Diario DeAntes project. Honorable Mention VIII Bienal de Fotografía, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, 1997. Books and Catalogues The Endless City and Living in the Endless City. Phaidon. Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic. RSLC Catalogue of the exhibition Resiliencia, Instituto Cervantes / AECID. Las Muertes Chiquitas Generalitat de Catalunya / Ajuntament de Barcelona. Mireia Sallarés. La Ciudad de México - Seis paseos fotográficos Fundación Televisa, DGE/El Equilibrista. Citámbulos - Mexico City Journey to the Mexican Megalopolis Catalogue of the exhibition Stadtwandeln in Mexiko Stadt. Museums of Germany and Austria. Jovis. 45 Miradas Mexicanas Catalogue of the exhibition The Gaze of 45 Mexican Photographers. Guangdong Museum of Art, China. Cittá: Architettura e societá Catalogue of the exhibition 10 Mostra Internazionale di Arquitectura, La Biennale di Venecia. 160 años de Fotografía en México Océano/CONACULTA, Estela Treviño. ABC DF Graphic dictionary of Mexico City, Diamantina, Control Bureau/Cristina Faesler. Public Art Collections 100 Fotógrafos Contemporáneos en México II, Fototeca Nacional de Pachuca, Hidalgo. Photography Collection, Centro de la Imagen, México City.