Catalogue
Edgar Ladron de Guevara
(b.1961) Mexico
Bio
Edgar’s work explores the passage of time through light, transformation, memory, and the overlooked details of daily life. Using materials that evolve naturally; prints altered by weather, recycled images, and the interplay between digital and traditional processes, each piece becomes a visual metaphor that sparks curiosity. Improvisation, scale, and unexpected juxtapositions are central to the practice, creating a personal visual language that invites viewers to experience images in new and liberating ways.
He studied Communication Science at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco before earning a Master’s in Photography and Related Media at the School of Visual Arts, New York, supported by both a Fulbright-García Robles and a FONCA scholarship.
He has received multiple distinctions, including the Sistema Nacional de Creadores FONCA (2015–2018), the Exit Prize at the Third Contest of Contemporary Photography, Conarte (2017), and an Artistic Production Residency at the Banff Centre, Canada (2005).
Ladrón de Guevara has exhibited widely in North America and Europe, with solo and group shows at the Amparo Museum (Puebla), Carrillo Gil Museum (Mexico City), Centro de la Imagen (Mexico City), the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and the Museum of the City of New York, among others. His work has also been presented at major fairs such as ZONA MACO FOTO, ARCO Madrid, Art Chicago, and FotoFest Houston.
His photographs are held in collections including the JUMEX Collection (Mexico City), the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection (New York), the Carrillo Gil Museum of Art, and the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2025 The Silence of the Instant, Window Fourteen, Geneva, CH
2023 Campo Interior, Torrente Galería, San Miguel de Allende.
2022 Natura, Galería Flux & Lab, CDMX
2020 El Tiempo en Espacios Sugeridos, CORE San Miguel de Allende Gto, MX
2019 La Ultima Mirada, Seminario de Cultura Mexicana, Galería 526, CDMX
Papeles, Pagina en Blando, CDMX
2017 Apuntes, Pagina en Blando. CDMX
2015 San Antonio Open Studio, Carey Berkus Designs San Miguel Allende. MX
2012 Individual Galería de Arte Tereza Diaque, MX
2007 Individual Escuela Activa de Fotografía Cuernavaca Morelos, MX
2006 Individual Salon Malafama MX
2005 Instalación, Open studio Glyde Hall Banff Centre, CA
The Other Gallery” Banff Centre, CA
2003 Caligrafías, Galeria Nina Menocal, Fotoseptiembre/03, MX
1998 Con-Tacto, Fotoseptiembre/98, Galería Nina Menocal, MX
1996 The Irish in New York, Museum of the City of New York, New York, USA
1995 Constructions from the Eye, Galería Jill Vexler, New York, USA
1994 Intimidad, Fotoseptiembre/94, Galería Nina Menocal, MX
1993 Muerte Sin Fin, Galería Nina Menocal, MX
1983 Reflexiones Visuales, Galería El Juglar, MX
1983 Recent Work, Salón de la Fotografía, Bucarest, RO
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2026 ZONAMACO, Galería Flux & Lab, CDMX
2025 ZONAMACO, Tereza Diaque / ARTE, CDMX
Traces of Memory, Galería Flux & Lab, CDMX
2025 ZONAMACO, Tereza Diaque / Octavio Aguilar ARTE, CDMX
2024 Parafraseando a Picasso, Colegio de San Ildefonso, CDMX
Ecouter le parfum de la couleur, Galería Flux & Lab, CDMX
2023 Díalogo Luisa Corsini-Edgar Ladrón de Guevara, Galería Flux & Lab, CDMX
ZONAMACO, Troconi-Letayf & Campbell, CDMX
Semana de Arte Contemporáneo, “Poética Simbólica“, Nina Menocal Galería, CDMX
2022 Sinergética Entorno Humano, Museo de Arte de Querétaro, MX
Semana de Arte Contemporáneo, Nuevo Verdor, Nina Menocal Casa Galería, CDMX
2020 ZONAMACO,, Artbaena, CDMX.
Blanco y Negro Diálogo Monocromático entre Artistas, Artbaena, CDMX
2018 2a Bienal Nacional de Paisaje de Sonora, Museo José María Velasco, Toluca, MX
2018 ZONAMACO, CDMX
FOCO MX, 3er Concurso de Fotografía Contemporánea de México, Foto Museo Cuatro Caminos, CDMX
2017 ZONAMACO,Artbaena + Hydra, CDMX
2ª Bienal del Paisaje, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Carrillo Gil, CDMX
2a Bienal del Paisaje, Musas Museo De Arte de Sonora Hermosillo, MX
1998 Looking at the 90’s: Four Views of Mexican Current Photography, Bronx Museum, USA
Looking at the 90’s: Four Views of Mexican Current Photography, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas, USA
In the 90’s: Mexican Contemporary Art, Instituto Cultural de Washington, USA
Instituto Cultural de Nueva York, Nueva York, USA
Ab Origine. La Regla y la Medida de Todas las Cosas, Museo Amparo, Puebla, MX
1997 VIII Bienal de Fotografía, Centro de la Imagen, MX
1995 VII Bienal de Fotografía, Centro de la Imagen, MX
1995 VII Bienal de Fotografía, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Oaxaca, MX
VII Bienal de Fotografía, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, MX
VII Bienal de Fotografía, nstituto Sonorense de Cultura, Sonora, MX
VII Bienal de Fotografía, Pinacoteca de Nuevo León, Monterrey, MX
1984 Galería El Grillo y el Oso, MX
AWARDS
He has been the recipient of many awards and special distinctions including: Sistema Nacional de Creadores FONCA (2015-2018), special Exit prize Third Contest of Contemporary Photography, Conarte, Monterrey, NL. (2017), 2nd Selection Bienal Nacional del Paisaje Sonora, Hermosillo, Son. (2017), Artistic Production Residency, Banff Centre, Canada FONCA-Banff (2005), Award of the Estímulo a la Creación Artística, VIII Bienal de Fotografía, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico (1997), Apoyo de Estudios en el Extranjero Scholarship, FONCA (1994-95), Fulbright-Garcia Robles Scholarship (1993-95), Apoyo a Proyectos y Conversiones Scholarship FONCA (1993-94), Jóvenes Creadores FONCA (1990-91), Selection of the XII Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven, Aguascalientes, Mexico (1992), Bienal de Fotografia Selection, Insituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico (1986).
COLLECTIONS
His work can be found in public and private collections including the JUMEX Collection (Mexico City), Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (New York City), Carrillo Gil Museum of Art, National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, Fundación Beckmann ( Casa Cuervo ), Addison Gallery of American Art, Massachusetts, Wittliff Collection San Marco TX, and Centro de la Imagen in Mexico city.
Untitled III, 2019 Chromogenic print on Fuji Pearl Framed in white plywood Edition of 3/7 117 x 155 cm 8'000 CHF
Untitled III, 2019 Chromogenic print on Fuji Pearl Framed in white plywood Edition of 5/7 117 x 155 cm 8'000 CHF
Untitled XI, 2022 Archival pigment print on cotton paper Framed in white plywood Edition of 2/7 100 x 78 cm 8'000 CHF
Evolution I, 2021 Archival pigment print on cotton paper Framed in wenge Edition of 1/7 134 x 105 cm
Evolution VI, 2021 Archival pigment print on cotton paper Framed in wenge Edition of 2/7 134 x 105 cm 7'700 CHF
Caligraphy 8, 2003 Archival pigment print on cotton paper Framed in white plywood Edition of 6/7 134 x 105 cm 7'700 CHF
Apunte C25, 2018 Archival pigment print on cotton paper Framed in cobalt limewood Edition of 1/7 158 x 118 cm 8'000 CHF
Apunte 67, 2017 Archival pigment print on cotton paper Framed in cobalt limewood Edition of 3/7 60 x 60 cm 5'200 CHF
Apunte B-96, 2017 Archival pigment print on cotton paper Framed in cobalt limewood Edition of 3/7 60 x 60 cm 5'200 CHF
Menonites I, 1992 Silver gelatin print on linen Unique piece 75 x 61 cm 4'500 CHF
Menonites II, 1992 Silver gelatin print on linen Unique piece 75 x 61 cm 4'500 CHF
Menonites III, 1992 Silver gelatin print on linen Unique piece 75 x 61 cm 4'500 CHF
Menonites IV, 1992 Silver gelatin print on linen Unique piece 75 x 61 cm 4'500 CHF
Menonites V, 1992 Silver gelatin print on linen Unique piece 75 x 61 cm 4'500 CHF
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