March 15 – April 20, 2013
Steve Turner Contemporary is pleased to present House of Games, a solo exhibition by Fabiola Torres-Alzaga consisting of two vitrines, a group of drawings and a video. Torres-Alzaga uses magic, illusion and special effects to create works that are not always what they appear to be. The title of the exhibition derives from the David Mamet film in which deception, perception and viewpoint are all components in determining what is real.
The custom-made vitrines house tables and playing cards utilizing a 19th century aesthetic. Through the use of mirrors, the scene varies according to the vantage point of the viewer who must circumnavigate the vitrine, and in so doing, the artist allows the viewer to see both the mechanics of the illusion and the illusion itself. The drawings and the video work in a similar fashion in that they simultaneously reveal what is visible and what is hidden. The works evoke the sensations one might have experienced in a 19th century cabinet of curiosities or magic lantern show.
Born in Mexico City in 1978 and educated there, Fabiola Torres-Alzaga studied at the Active School of Photography and La Esmeralda. She had a solo exhibition at Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros, Mexico City (2004) and will have her second solo museum exhibition at El Chopo, Mexico City in October 2013. Her work has also been included in group exhibitions at Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City (2011); Zapopan Museum of Art, Jalisco, Mexico (2010) and Luis Adelantado Gallery, Mexico City (2010). Torres-Alzaga lives and works in Mexico City.
Born in Mexico City in 1978 and educated there, Fabiola Torres-Alzaga studied at the Active School of Photography and La Esmeralda. She had a solo exhibition at Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City (2004) and will have her second solo museum exhibition at El Chopo, Mexico City in October 2013. Her work has also been included in group exhibitions at Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City (2011); Zapopan Museum of Art, Jalisco, Mexico (2010) and Luis Adelantado Gallery, Mexico City (2010). Torres-Alzaga lives and works in Mexico City.
Born in 1978, Mexico City
Lives and works in Mexico City
Education
2004
Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, La Esmeralda, Mexico City
2002
Video Art Workshop with the Mexican artist Ximena Cuevas
2001
Video and Sound Workshop with Brazilian artist Eder Santos
1999
Escuela Activa de Fotografía, Mexico City
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013
House of Games, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles
2005
Sólo Creo lo que Veo, Glorieta del Metro Insurgentes, Mexico City
2004
Porta-infinitos, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City
La Habitación, Museo Alhóndiga de Granaditas, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Guanajuato, Mexico
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
Proyecto Basurto, Steve Turner Contemporary, Mexico City
2011
Machina/Medium/Apparatus, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City
Art Room Talent, Mexico City
2010
Constante, la Nueva Babilonia, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Paisaje después del temblor, Galería Luis Adelantado, Mexico City
2009
El Resplandor, Salón Los Angeles, Mexico
2008
Cooperativa de Arte en Video, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico (catalog)
Bienal de Arte en Vidrio, Museo del vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico
NTSC.MX.PAL, Centro Cultura de España, Mexico
Imágenes Multimedia de un Mundo Complejo, Centro Multimedia del Centro
Nacional de las Artes, Mexico (catalog)
México, New York, París, Estación Indianilla Cultural Center, Mexico
2007
XXVII Venta anual de arte contemporáneo, Grupo de los Dieciséis, Mexico
Eventos Sociales, Arte Mexicano Gallery, Mexico City
Locus Solus: Conversaciones Sobre Razón Inanimada en la Finca, Galería Myto, Mexico City
Monumenta, interventions on public monuments, Mexico City
2006
True Fantasies, The 3rd Internacional Video-Art Bienal in Israel en The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (catalog)
Creación en Movimiento, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico
Ntsc-mx-pal, Photospain, Instituto de México en España, Madrid
2005
Creación en movimiento, Casa de la Cultura de Morelia, Mexico
In the Air; Projections of México, Guggenheim Museum, New York
2004
X Años, La Esmeralda at CENART, Central Gallery, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico
Pinche Malinche, 10º Festival Internacional de Fotografía, Huesca, Spain
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Germany
2003
Paisajes, Panorámica en el Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
Beyond the Poseidón Adventure, Festival L´Alternativa, Barcelona
Cooperativa de arte en video, Tamayo Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico
Risk/Riesgo, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico
NO ESCAPE/ MEDIA DISSONANCE, Ocularis, New York
Sensacional de México, Cineteca Nacional, Mexico City
Testigos, MUCA Roma, Mexico City
Beyond the Poseidón Adventure, Video Mundi Festival, Chicago Cultural Center and Heaven Gallery, Chicago
Selected Bibliography
2013
El acceso a la ilusión se paga con la aceptación del engaño, El Onitorríngo Tachado, Vol.1
2011
Medina, Cuauhtémoc. Aquelarre Interactivo, El Ojo Breve, Periódico Reforma
2010
La ciudad: propuestas para el cambio, Exit Express, Spain, Vol. 50
2007
Memorias 2003-06, Muca Roma, Mexico (catalog)
Medina, Cuauhtémoc. Entre la Literalidad y el enigma, El Ojo Breve, Periódico Reforma
Gutiérrez, Diana. Alteran Creadoras Estatuas, Cultura, Periódico Reforma
2006
Videozone3, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (catalog)
2004
Memorias 2004, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Conaculta INBA, Mexico
32th Cervantino International Festival (Catalog), Conaculta FIC, Mexico
MacMasters, Merry. Dos Creadoras Convierten Ilusiones Ópticas en Arte, Cultura, Periódico La Jornada
Medina, Cuauhtémoc. Entre Reflejos y Sombras, El Ojo Breve, Periódico Reforma
2003
Millennium Journal Film, New York
Felix: A Journal of Media Arts and Communication, New York, Vol. RISK
Awards and Residencies
2013
Jóvenes Creadores, FONCA
2011
Residencias en el Extranjero, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2005
Jóvenes Creadores, FONCA
Reviews
2011
Medina, Cuauhtémoc. Aquelarre Interacivo, El Ojo Brerve, Periódico Reforma
2007
Medina, Cuauhtémoc. Entre la Literalidad y el Enigma, El Ojo Breve, Periódico Reforma
2004
MacMasters, Merry. Dos Creadoras Convierten Ilusiones Ópticas en Arte, Cultura, Periódico La Jornada
Medina, Cuauhtémoc. Entre Reflejos y Sombras, El Ojo Breve, Periódico Reforma
