Silvia González de León, Mexican, sociologist, editor and photographer.
I have been interested in the practice of alternative photographic techniques: the camera without lens and cyanotype, as well as in the elaboration of artist's books. I have given workshops with these procedures in different cities in México and in Dublin, Ireland, 2007.
I had the teaching of two outstanding professors: I was a student of the Photography Workshop of Kati Horna (1984-1985), legendary photographer of Hungarian origin, at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas; and of the artist and photographer Carlos Jurado, who taught me the handling of cameras without lens, in Veracruz, México, at the end of the 90's.
Solo exhibitions:
Only cardboard and light, Gallery of Photography, Dublin, 2007.
The relativity of the visible, Escuela Nacional de Fotografía, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2011.
A dark box, Instituto Veracruzano de Cultura, Veracruz, México, 2016.
A dark box (2008-2018), Museo de la Ciudad de México, México, 2019.
Publications:
Ship (Nao), photographs by Silvia González de León and poems by Francisco Segovia, Taller Martín Pescador, México, 1990.
Silvia González de León, Secretaría de Cultura, Dirección General de Publicaciones, Círculo de Arte collection, México, 2018.
Unfoldings (Desdoblamientos), artist´s book (self-published, 20 copies), México, 2021
The Waiting (La espera), poems by Laura González Durán and photos by Silvia González de León, published during the pandemic (digital version), México, 2020
L'attente (French digital version of La espera), Écrits des Forges, Quebec, Canada, 2020
Route (Rumbo), poems by Laura González Durán and photographs by Silvia González de León, published during the pandemic (digital version), México, 2020
Harbour (Puerto), poems by Laura González Durán and photos by Silvia González de León, published during the pandemic (digital version), México, 2021
Berenice´s Drawers (Los cajones de Berenice), digital version, México, 2021
Paz (1898-1966). From the family Album (Del álbum familiar. Paz (1898-1966), Ediciones El Reloj, México, 2021
The Woodpecker. Musicians and Lute Players of Veracruz (El pájaro carpintero. Músicos y lauderos de Veracruz), Ediciones Odradek, México, 2023.
Residencies:
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, California, 1997.
Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada, 2001.
National School of Photography, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2011.
Awards and recognitions:
First place in the Reserva de la Biósfera Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Photography Contest, Professional Category, México, 2019.
Grant: Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte to carry out photographic projects, México, 2014-2016 and 2019-2022.
Work in collections of the Fototeca Nacional and the Museo de la Ciudad de México.
