About
Rodrigo Chapa (Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. 1987) currently lives and works in Mexico City. He graduated from a masters in professional photography with studio specialty in the international photographic school, Spéos, Paris (2012-2013). His work is inspired by the phenomenology of color, producing scenarios to explore the limits of its psychological and spiritual implications. In his artistic practice, he mainly explores the medium of photography, relying on the pictorial tradition as an environmental resource to build an image. He has taught photography at CEDIM, Gimnasio de Arte and LCI schools and is currently the director at his photographic studio C129 (Mexico City) and co-founded the photographic printing lab Estudio Tampiquito (Mexico City/Monterrey).
Exhibitions
2023
Paraíso. Concordia Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Episodios. Art Toronto, Art Base, Toronto, Canada.
2022
Episodios. Anent Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Episodios. Artsy Future Fair, Holiday Market, Anent, New York, U.S.A.
2020
Ausentes. Curated by Art Base. BAphoto, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ausentes. Curated by Dulce Pinzón. PARC, Lima, Perú.
2019
Dawns. Leun ‘Un, Monterrey, México.
Memorias. Art Base, Puebla, México.
Unframed. Anent, New York, U.S.A.
Ausentes. FAMA, Monterrey, México.
Ausentes. Trámite, Querétaro, México.
2018
Memorias. Museo Interactivo Bebeleche, Durango, México.
México Vivo. Museo de Arte Moderno, Ciudad de México, México.
2017
Memorias. Centro de las artes, San Luis Potosí, México.
2014
Manos. Batur, Monterrey, México.
Many Moons. Mercado Feria de Arte, Monterrey, México.
2013
Many Moons. Speos, París, France.
Many Moons. Foire Internationale à la Photo, Bièvres, France.
Bibliography
2022
Rodrigo Chapa, limited edition book, Luminous phenomena, NFC, Rimini, Italy.
Awards
2023
Gold winner in fine art abstract at BIFA, Budapest, Hungary.
Second place winner in Fine art at BIFA, Budapest, Hungary.
2022
Silver winner in fine art abstract at TIFA, Tokyo, Japan.
Official selection at London International Creative Competition, London, U.K.
2021
Gold winner in fine art nudes at TIFA, Tokyo, Japan.
Second place in fine arts at TIFA, Tokyo, Japan.
The Independent Photographer color-themed award finalist.
2020
Honor Mention PX3, París, France.
2018
Honor Mention PX3, París, France.
2017
Jóvenes Creadores Grant, FONCA. Memorias (2016-2017).
External Links
Thomas, Eve. "11 Artists to watch", Nuvo Magazine, April 2024.
https://nuvomagazine.com/daily-edit/11-artists-to-watch-at-montreals-contemporary-art-fair
Montgomery, Jameson. "In Chelsea, Latin American Artists Consider the Concept of Paradise", NY Times, T-Magazine, September 2023.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/t-magazine/anastasia-inciardi-prints-vending-machine.html
Sutherland, Eleanor. "Colour and Form", Aesthetica Magazine, February 2022.
https://aestheticamagazine.com/colour-and-form/
Artsy
https://www.artsy.net/artist/rodrigo-chapa-1/works-for-sale
Artspace
https://www.artspace.com/artist/rodrigo-chapa
Cultura Inquieta, Astrolábica. February 22, 2021.
Vesnin, Arseny. Design Collector. October 25, 2019.
https://designcollector.net/likes/rodrigo-chapa?rq=rodrigo%20chapa
Gonzalez, Victoria. “The beauty of the absent.” Trendland, October 18, 2019.
https://trendland.com/the-beauty-of-the-absent/
Fuggetti, Claudia. “Ausentes, Rodrigo Chapa’s sensual minimalism.” Collateral, December, 2019.
https://www.collater.al/en/rodrigo-chapa-ausentes-photography/
“The contemporary nude uncovered.” Artspace, 2018.
https://link.artspace.com/view/5cb7b6b79c625f042a00c429boz0k.1n39/e3929094
“Arte Vivo Catalogo.” Fundación México Vivo, September 14, 2018.
https://issuu.com/artevivo2010/docs/arte_vivo_2018
“PICS.” Centro de la Imagen, 2017.