Ernesto Solana (B.
Guadalajara, 1985) is an artist based in Mexico City. He works in different mediums like photography, sculpture and installation.
His artistic practice is parallel to his research and explorations around the
suburban belts of different cities in the US, Mexico, Northern Africa and the
Netherlands. In his works, Solana discusses the tensions between natural and
artificial realms and the way in which urbanization and colonialism have
clashed both categories. He leaps from prehistorical fossil deposits; to early
notions of biological nomenclature and display; to the normalization of
industrialized waste within marginalized urban landscapes. Solana recently presented his solo show Primal Reflex in PEANA Gallery, Monterrey, MX, and has been part of groups show like As to Be Inaudible at C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany curated by Jörg
Colberg; El castillo
de los ladrillos rotos, in Mexico City, and Prima Materia in New York. He
recently published his book titled “Systema Artificialis” where he explores the
consequences of the anthropocene and the new forms of relationship between the
notions of humanity and nature. Solana studied at ICP in New York and got his MFA
in Photography at the University of Hartford, in Hartford, Connecticut.
Director of Instituto de la prehistoria
For inquiries
ernestosolanan[at]gmail.com
Director of Instituto de la prehistoria
For inquiries
ernestosolanan[at]gmail.com
Selected Shows
Solo Shows
2021 Museo de Geologia de la UNAM, Mexico City, MX | (Upcoming)
2021 guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, MX | (Upcoming)
2020 Ecología feral, Casa Wabi Santa Maria, Mexico City, MX (Currently)
2020 Transformarse en objeto, Proyecto Arte, Guadalajara, MX
2019 Primal Reflex, PEANA, Monterrey, MX
2018 Taxon Drift, Non-fiction Gallery, Savannah, US
Group Shows
2020 Capitaloceno, LAAA Movil, Mexico City, MX (Currently)
2020 Transatlantico, Mana Contemporary & Palazzo Monti, Jersey City, US (Currently)
2020 Arte Vivo CDMX 2020, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, MX
2020 Inmanente: Disoluciones en el paisaje, OPC, Puerto Vallarta, MX
2020 Pájaro piedra, kino, Cine Tonalá, Mexico City, MX
2020 Plaza de la informalidad, guadalajara90210, ZONA MACO, Mexico City, MX
2019 Mercurio retrógrado, guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, MX
2019 Arte Vivo CDMX 2019, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, MX
2019 El castillo de los ladrillos rotos, guadalajara90210, Mexico City, MX
2019 Guest Room, Der Greif, curated by Emma Bowkett, Munich, DE (Online)
2019 Sympoiesis, SVA Bio Art Lab, NYC, US, 2019
2019 Our Environment : Our Common Core, SXSE PhotoGallery, Molena, US
2019 BREAK A LEG, sUgAR, Fayetteville, US
2018 Prima Materia, LaCasaPark, Gardiner, US
2018 Sustained Pause, Joseloff Gallery, West Hartford, US
2018 Salon Emergente, Guadalajara, MX
2017 NET 2.6: What does natural look like…?, Oranbeg Press, US
2017 As to Be Inaudible, C/O Berlin, curated by Jörg Colberg, Berlin, DE
2017 Salon ACME, Ciudad de México, MX
2017 Indocumentados, Guadalajara, MX
Solo Shows
2021 Museo de Geologia de la UNAM, Mexico City, MX | (Upcoming)
2021 guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, MX | (Upcoming)
2020 Ecología feral, Casa Wabi Santa Maria, Mexico City, MX (Currently)
2020 Transformarse en objeto, Proyecto Arte, Guadalajara, MX
2019 Primal Reflex, PEANA, Monterrey, MX
2018 Taxon Drift, Non-fiction Gallery, Savannah, US
Group Shows
2020 Capitaloceno, LAAA Movil, Mexico City, MX (Currently)
2020 Transatlantico, Mana Contemporary & Palazzo Monti, Jersey City, US (Currently)
2020 Arte Vivo CDMX 2020, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, MX
2020 Inmanente: Disoluciones en el paisaje, OPC, Puerto Vallarta, MX
2020 Pájaro piedra, kino, Cine Tonalá, Mexico City, MX
2020 Plaza de la informalidad, guadalajara90210, ZONA MACO, Mexico City, MX
2019 Mercurio retrógrado, guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, MX
2019 Arte Vivo CDMX 2019, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, MX
2019 El castillo de los ladrillos rotos, guadalajara90210, Mexico City, MX
2019 Guest Room, Der Greif, curated by Emma Bowkett, Munich, DE (Online)
2019 Sympoiesis, SVA Bio Art Lab, NYC, US, 2019
2019 Our Environment : Our Common Core, SXSE PhotoGallery, Molena, US
2019 BREAK A LEG, sUgAR, Fayetteville, US
2018 Prima Materia, LaCasaPark, Gardiner, US
2018 Sustained Pause, Joseloff Gallery, West Hartford, US
2018 Salon Emergente, Guadalajara, MX
2017 NET 2.6: What does natural look like…?, Oranbeg Press, US
2017 As to Be Inaudible, C/O Berlin, curated by Jörg Colberg, Berlin, DE
2017 Salon ACME, Ciudad de México, MX
2017 Indocumentados, Guadalajara, MX
Residencies & Awards
2021 USSR, Mexico City, MX | (Upcoming)
2021 Casa NaNo, Tokyo, JPN | (To be rescheduled due to pandemic)
2021 LACASAPARK, Gardiner, US | (To be rescheduled due to pandemic)
2019 Palazzo Monti, Brescia, IT
2019 SVA’s Bio Art Lab, SVA New York, New York City, US
2019 Sindicato, Guadalajara, MX
2018 Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido, MX
2018 Fellman Award, Universidad de Hartford; Hartford, US
Publications
Photobook Vol. 3, Fisheye, 2019
Systema Artificialis, Self Published, 2018
NET 2.6: What does natural look like…?, Oranbeg Press, 2017
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2021 USSR, Mexico City, MX | (Upcoming)
2021 Casa NaNo, Tokyo, JPN | (To be rescheduled due to pandemic)
2021 LACASAPARK, Gardiner, US | (To be rescheduled due to pandemic)
2019 Palazzo Monti, Brescia, IT
2019 SVA’s Bio Art Lab, SVA New York, New York City, US
2019 Sindicato, Guadalajara, MX
2018 Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido, MX
2018 Fellman Award, Universidad de Hartford; Hartford, US
Publications
Photobook Vol. 3, Fisheye, 2019
Systema Artificialis, Self Published, 2018
NET 2.6: What does natural look like…?, Oranbeg Press, 2017
Featured Work
Esquire Russia - Featured in literature edition
Fisheye Magazine - Featured on the cover of issue #39
Fisheye Magazine - Published on Photobook Vol.3
Vogue Italia
Cream Magazine - Interview
Fisheye Magazine - Interview
Aint-bad - Interview
Don’t take Pictures
FotoRoom
Oranbeg Press
Hummingbird Pedestal (Totemic Studies) in the cover of Fisheye Magazine