Photo: Oriol Tarridas, Courtesy of CIFO

Emerging Artist Award Recipient

Óscar Farfán is a photographer and visual artist born in Guatemala in 1973, and has spent most of his career living in Mexico. Farfán’s work is based on the registration and memories related to documentary photography, as well as the conceptual origin of the rules and intrinsic problems of photography as a medium towards other strategies of production in visual arts. Óscar Farfán was nominated by Rosina Cazali.

Photo courtesy of the artist.

A Look Inside:

Born │ Guatemala, 1973

Education │ M.F.A. (Photography). Academia de San Carlos, Escual Nacional de Artes Plásticas, UNAM. Mexico City, Mexico. (2005-2008). | Bachelors in Economics, Tecnológico de Monterrey. Mexico City, Mexico. (1993-1997).

Awards │ Grants & Commissions Program Award (Emerging artist). CIFO – Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation. Miami, Florida. (2016). | Scholarship. Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA). Mexico. (2015-2018 / 2011-2013 / 2008-2009). | Grand Acquisition Award. Two- dimensional format. IX FEMSA Biennial. Monterrey, Mexico. (2009). | Scholarship. DGEP Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).  Mexico City, Mexico. (2006-2007).

Selected Exhibitions │ Grants & Commissions Program Exhibition. CIFO – Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation. Miami, Florida. (2016). | Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (MACO). Oaxaca, Mexico. (2015). | Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín. Medellin, Colombia. (2015). | Museo de Arte de Sonora (MUSAS). Sonora, Mexico. (2014). | Casa Rafael Galván. Mexico City, Mexico. (2013). | Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños (MUPO). Oaxaqua, Mexico. (2013). | GuatePhoto. Festival Fotográfico Internacional. La Fototeca. Guatemala City, Guatemala. (2012). | Centro Cultural de España. Mexico City, Mexico. (2011).