Ernesto Ríos (born October 8, 1975) is a Mexican new media artist and academic based in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

Career

Born in

Cuernavaca Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi language, Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state, state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican civilizatio ...

, Ríos is a visual artist who showcases drawing, painting, video, photography, animation, virtual reality, performance, interactive art and net.art. Ríos has shown his work at galleries and museums in Mexico and other countries, such as at Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in

, Fototeca de Cuba in

Havana, Cuba Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Institute of Contemporary Arts The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is an modernism, artistic and cultural centre on The Mall (London), The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. Located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps a ...

in London. His artwork has been presented through channels such as the Java Museum Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art, and exhibited in international shows such as NetSpace: Viaggio nell'arte at the National Museum of the 21st Century Arts. In 1999, Ríos participated in the "National Presence of Creators" gallery of the

Instituto Politécnico Nacional The National Polytechnic Institute (), abbreviated IPN, is one of the largest public universities in Mexico with 171,581 students at the high school, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is the second-best university in Mexico in the techni ...

. In 2003 and 2004, he showcased at the IV and VI International Salon of Digital Art in Havana Cuba. In 2008, Ríos participated in the New Media Festival, Digital Media at the "Centre Cultural Valencia" in Valencia, Spain.

Education

Ríos joined the International Studio & Curatorial Program in 2003. He studied language and Hispanic literature and linguistics in CIDHEM in 2004. He earned a MPS from the

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of the Tisch School of the Arts at

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where he studied with R. Luke DuBois. Ríos holds a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) from RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)

Works

* DF Maze (2006) * Sand-Clock (2006) * Labrys-Syrbal (2006)

Selected exhibitions

* 2000 Disolvencias / Mirrors of the Memory, Center of the Image, Mexico City. Mexico. * 2003 Ernesto Ríos, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York * 2004 Ernesto Ríos, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana Cuba * 2004 ''Ernesto Ríos''. Gallery Art Resources Transfer, New York * 2017 Sismo Gallery, Constelaciones, Mexico City, Mexico. * 2017 Code_of_the_forest, Centro Roberto Garza Sada, UDEM, N.L. Monterrey, Mexico.

References

External links

Home Page

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20071112002812/http://www.secrel.com.br/jpoesia/ag41rios.htm ''Agulha- Art Magazine''
'New York University ITP''
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