Livia Corona Benjamin visual artist México / NY liviacorona.com
The work of Livia Corona Benjamin explores the social and political implications of geography and architecture. Her photographs and texts comment on how these affect and modify human relations. She received a BFA from The Art Center in Pasadena, California, is a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow and a current recipient of an SNCA Endowment for the Arts, granted by Mexico’s Commission of Arts and Culture, as well as a 2013 Prix Pictet Nominee. Her works have been exhibited worldwide including Pinakothek der Moderne, Münich; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Bronx Museum of The Arts, New York; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City; Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City; Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Spain; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium; Ballroom Marfa, Texas; Fundación Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Københavns Museum, Denmark; and in an upcoming 2017 exhibition at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, titled, “Home - So Different, So Appealing,” curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Chon A. Noriega, and Mari Carmen Ramírez.
Her photographs are in the collections of the Portland Museum of Art, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum and William Benton Museum of Art, the Berezdivin Collection and other private collections. She is the author of two monographs, “Enanitos Toreros,” 2008, and “Of People and Houses,” 2009, and is preparing a third book on her acclaimed series “Two Million Homes for Mexico.” Corona Benjamin grew up in Ensenada, Baja California. She lives between New York and Mexico City.
Livia Corona has collaborated with Eyelevel in two shows and has recently curated a show together along with Alva CalyMayor, this show was part of SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2015 called The X, The Y, The Z .
Corona Benjamin’s first Solo Exhibition in New York, Manhattan Transfer opens at Sgorbati Projects, April 9th, 2015.
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STUDIO VISIT DATE: January 11, 2014 LIVIA CORONA BENJAMIN
__ All artwork images by: © Livia Corona Benjamin A Conversation with : Aurora Pellizzi. Photographs by: Alva CalyMayor
