Mariana Botey
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Born 1969 in Mexico City.

Resides in Los Angeles, California

Master of Fine Arts, University of California, Irvine, 2000

Bachelor or Arts, Central Saint Martin, School of Art and Design, London, 1997

Film Studies, Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos (National University School of Film), Mexico City, 1989-90


Selected Exhibitions and Projects

2005
ECO: Arte Contemporaneo Mexicano, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

2003
Los Motivos de Cain (short film), presented as part of the program INDEPENDENT LOS ANGELES, Curated by Steve Anker and Bérénice Reynaud, Red Cat Theater at the Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA.

the schematics of a state crime an intervention at the show I AM A CURATOR: a project by Per Hüttner, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK.

2002
"Axis Mexico: Common Objects and Cosmopolitan Actions," San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA.

"Mixed Feelings," Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA.

FREECUENCIA, LA Freewaves, Annual Festival of cinema and experimental video, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA.

2001
Cruzob, (multimedia installation), "The Axiomatic Arcade," group show, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

"Capital Art," co-curator, co-editor, and artist, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

The Passage of a Few (short film),"Video Latinoamericano", Reina Sofía Museum, Madrid, Spain

2000
El dedal de rosas (short film), "Mexperimental Cinema Program", Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain

1999
El dedal de rosas (short film), "Mexperimental Cinema Program", Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

Athanor (multimedia installation), "At the Curve of the World", Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

1998
El dedal de rosas (video presentation), Museo Carrillo Gil Mexico City

Valis Tezcatlipoca #5 and El dedal de rosas, (short films), First International Festival of Short Films, Mexico City


Selected Awards and Honors

1998-2000
Full scholarship for graduate studies abroad. National Foundation for the Culture and the Artsm (FONCA). Mexico.

1997
Honorary mention, El dedal de rosas. First International Festival of Short Films, Mexico City

1996-1997
National Grant, "Jovenes Creadores" (Alternative Media), Foundation for the Culture and the Arts (FONCA). Mexico.


Lectures, Curator works and Teaching

2003
Visiting Artist and film presentation, Seminar in Latino American Film and Video, Critical Studies department, CALARTS, Valencia, CA.

Professor Topics in Digital Media in the Arts. Advanced Video, School of Fine Arts University of Southern California USC.

2001
Speaker for the round table Voices of Chiapas: The Global Message of a Peoples Insurrection, organized by The Nation Institute, Track16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

Curator of the group show CAPITAL ART, Track16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

Editor of the catalog CAPITAL ART, On the Culture of Punishment, publish by Smart Art Press.

2000
Speaker for THE CULTURAL MATRIX: A CULTURAL POLICY DISCUSSION, organized by The Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PE.


Selected Bibliography

2003
Risk/Riesgo FELIX: A journal of Media Arts and Communication,Vol.2 No 3, 2003

The Conspiracy of Silence, The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, Volume 1 Issue 2

2002
Axis Mexico: Common Objects and Cosmopolitan Actions (exhibition catalogue), San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego,CA.

Mixed Feelings(exhibition catalogue), Fisher Gallery, University of Southern CA.

Democracy When, (exhibition catalogue), Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.

2001
Capital Art (exhibition catalogue). Smart Art Press. Santa Monica, CA.

1999
At the Curve of the World (exhibition catalogue). Smart Art Press. Santa Monica, CA.

Mexperimental (exhibition catalogue) Cinema Program,Guggenheim Museum. New York, NY

CinemaTexas International Film Festival (catalogue) University of Texas, Austin