Rodrigo Ímaz Alarcón

Mexico City (1982)

Rodrigo relates his work with site-specific strategies to investigate the blurry limits between time and space. Through poetical analogies of Nature and anthropogenic events his work emphasises the inadequacies of the instrumental reason and criticizes contemporary societies through an exploration of the violent relation between life and the cycles of nature. In his work,organic forms arise threatening the arrogant human pride and the course of progress, while poetic lengaje ennobles human creations.

EDUCATION:
- 2010: International Studio and Curatorial Program New York.
- 2009: Master in Fine Arts by the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain. Graduated with honors.
- 2007: Bachelor in Fine Arts by the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Graduated with honors.

GRANTS AND AWARDS:
- 2010: Artist in residency by the Programa de Intercambio de Residencias Artísticas of the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes.
- 2010: Inspires the script and makes several artworks for the movie Cefalópodo (Dir. Rubén Ímaz), the movie was supported by FIDECINE and Cinefundation Cannes. (”Best Opera Prima” 25 International Film Festival of Guadalajara.)
- 2010: Ilustrations for the animated film “Xochimilco 1914”. Winer of the 5th Call for Independent Producers of Canal 22. (”Best Mexican Animation” International Film Festival Expresión en Corto.)
-2008-2009: Scolarship for master studies. Becas para Estudios en el Extranjero, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes.
- 2008-2009: Fundación/Colección Jumex. Master studies support.

EXHIBITIONS:
- 2010: Cefalópodo. Conejo Blanco, Mexico City.
- 2009: Ya no llueve. Galería Casa Frissac, Mexico City.
- 2007: Sombra de la sombra. Galería Casa Frissac, Mexico City.
- 2007: Ecos de Juana. Galería R38, Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico City.
- 2006: Especulaciones. Galería Tonalli, Centro Cultural Ollín Yoliztli, Mexico City.
- 2005: La incertidumbre también es un motivo. Galería Autónoma, Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas, UNAM, Mexico City.

His work has been part in many group exhibitions in countries like Mexico, U.S.A., Argentina, Spain, Italy, Holand, Belgium, Germany and Poland.