KARINA ÁLVAREZ-CASTILLO
EDUCATION ___________________________________________________________
-Ph.D. Art, University of Guanajuato, 2010-2015. Guanajuato, Mx.
Thesis: Installation from a new morphology. A digital ontophany to explore.2015
-Graduate Certificate Diplôme National Supérieur d´Expression Plastique. 2007-2009. Fr.
-Certificat d´Etudes Supérieures d´Arts Plastiques (C.E.S.A.P.) Ecole Superieure d´Art, 2008 Fr.
- Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts, University of Guanajuato, 2000-2007. Guanajuato, Mx.
ARTISTIC DEVELOPEMENT ___________________________________________________________
Solo Exhibitions
Flatus Vocis. Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery. Memphis TN. 2021
Cāsus / Drawing for projection. Department of Art . The University of Memphis. Memphis TN ,2018
Cínico. Multimedia installation. Center for Digital Culture (CCD). CDMX. Mx., 2014
Zanate de Luz. Sound Installation. Collaborative project with Roberto Morales. Curator Roberto Arcaute,
Le Stí Bi. Museum of Contemporary Art of Oaxaca. Oaxaca, Mx., 2014
SOPRO, Trayecto suspendido. Multimedia installation. Atelie Aberto, Sao Paulo, Br. 2012
Concerts / Sound Improvisation
Non Davantage. Alacrán del Cántaro. Center for Digital Culture (CCD) CDMX. Mx., 2014
Organic Networks and Reactive Networks. Center for Digital Culture (CCD) CDMX. Mx., 2014
Muscular strain and affective dialogues. Center for Digital Culture (CCD) CDMX. Mx., 2014
Opera Dunaxii, a decapitated memory, Roberto Morales (Dir),19th Eduardo Mata Festival. Oaxaca. Mx., 2013
Group Exhibitions
Flatus Vocis. Renasant Convention Center. Memphis, TN 2021-22
ArtAccelerator Grant Recipients. ArtMemphis Gallery, March 2020
A Large Circle. Adjunct Faculty Exhibition. Soul Owner. March 2020
Ater Vulture.Videomapping/Installation. Festival Internacional Callejón del Ruido. Creación, ideas y tecnología. Edition 14. University of Guanajuato. Guanajuato. March 2019
Densitas. Open studio. Resident Crosstown Art. Memphis, TN, 2018
Art/Race/Violence A Collaborative Response. Strange Fruit. Crosstown Arts. Memphis, USA, 2017
Interactive Autonomous Systems. Densitas. Jesús Gallardo Gallery. Guanajuato. Mx., 2016
Creation in Motion. Densitas. Chapel of Art. Puebla, Mx., 2016
Sonosíntesis. Raven of light. Festival of electroacoustic music and Acusmatics. Leon. Mx., 2014
National Award L.A. Cetto Contemporary Art. Sunset. CECUT. Tijuana. Mx., 2013
Geographical Dialogues. ICBC. Tijuana. Baja California. Mx., 2013
Awards and Grants
PECDA Art Grant 2021-22. Estimulos a la creacion y el desarrollo artistico. Guanajuato
Artist Emergency Fund. The Kresge Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, The Assisi Foundation, Hyde Family Foundation. 2020 Memphis, TN
ArtsAccelerator Grant 2020. ArtsMemphis. Shelby County, TN. EE.UU.
FONCA National Bursary for Artistic Creation. 2015-2016. Mx.
Artistic Portafolio Review 2013, University Museum of Contemporary Art (MUAC). National Autonomous
University of Mexico (UNAM). CDMX. Mx., 2013
Honorable mention of the jury, National Award L.A. Cetto Contemporary Art. Tijuana. Mx., 2013
Art Residence
Crosstown Arts. 2018 Fall Session Residents. Memphis, TN. USA
Ateliê Aberto. Campinas (São Paulo), Brasil, 2012
Lectures/Papers
Musical research and musicology Symposium. "Products of creation / musical interpretation and
musicological research". University of Guanajuato. Guanajuato. Mx., April 15, 2016
2nd International Congress of Sound and audiovisual Spaces. Installation from a new morphology. The
ephemeral in permanence. Autonomous University of Madrid, Es., 2014
4th International Congress of Art and Society. Installation from a new morphology. A digital ontophany to
explore. Eumednet. Malaga University. Es., October 10-29, 2014
Collaborative workshop with Roberto Morales. Installations based on technological archetypes.
Autonomous University of Baja California. Campus Tijuana. Baja California. Mx., August 19-22, 2014
3rd Aesthetic Colloquium of Images and their social representations. Geographical Dialogues. Faculty of
Philosophy and Letters. National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Mx., April 06-09, 2013
Publications
Installation from a new morphology. A digital ontophany to explore. Karina Álvarez, Roberto Morales. Center
for Research and Promotion of Music, and Interfaculty Department of Music, Autonomous University of
Madrid. José Luis Carles (Ed.). Madrid, 2016
ISBN 978-84-608-8201-5
Representation of the staging "Dunaxhii, a decapitated memory". Karina Álvarez, Roberto Morales. The
"Opera" as a point of cohesion between the arts. Multidisciplinary proposal for research, creation, and
production through the staging. Fabrizio Ammetto (Ed.) University of Guanajuato. 2015
ISBN Complete Works: 978-607-441-375-5
ISBN Complete Works: 978-607-96972-0-4
Geographic Dialogues: Binnacle of six visual artists in the Northern Border. Mayra Huerta (coord) Mexicali,
Baja California: Autonomous University of Baja California, 2013
ISBN 978-607-607-180-9
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