Biography
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Fina Ferrara is a Mexican performance and video artist. She started her artistic career as a professional classical ballet dancer at the age of 10. Seeking to exploit her interpretative skills, she incorporates contemporary dance and theatre into her training later in her career. Exploring movement is a fundamental element in her work. In 2010, she decided to step out of the stage and interact intimately with the audience, performing in art galleries, museums, and art fairs, in tandem with producing video art as her second, yet strong, form of expression. As a multidisciplinary artist, she creates sculpture, photography, painting, installation, and original music pieces for her work, collaborating with other artists as well.
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Her work has been exhibited in London, Paris, New York, Venice, Rome, Madrid, Marbella, Turkey, Colombia, Brazil, Chicago, and, of course, Mexico. She has been awarded the Power of Creativity Art Prize, Faces of the Peace Art Prize, and the Future of Art Global Masterpiece Award by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, in 2021, 2022, and 2024 respectively. In 2023, she received the International Prize Leonardo da Vinci, The Universal Artist, at the Museum of Science and Technology in Milan, Italy. Selected as one of the Top Contemporary Artists to watch in 2024 by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, and included in the 2024 Gold List of Top Contemporary Artists of Today by Art Market Magazine.
ACADEMIC STUDIES
1994 to 2002 Classical Dance, National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA).
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
2023 The Resolution on Mysticism, notes on Video Art, MARCO Museum.
2022 Performatic Practices Lab, Bárbara Foulkes, MARCO Museum.
2021 Art and Feminism, Online Course, Women Museum Costa Rica.
2020 Learning about Contemporary Art through art and American museums, Online Course, MARCO Museum.
2019 Acting Workshop, ISEM, Monterrey, NL.
2011 Choreography Workshop, Elena Córdoba, Gijon, Spain.
2010 Improvised Choreography Workshop, Ana Fernandez, Gijon, Spain.
2010 Creating Choreography Workshop, Carmen Werner, Gijon, Spain.
2002 Certificate in Dramatic Arts, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, UANL.
2002 Summer Intensive with Ballet Austin, TX.
2001 8th International Ballet Academies Meeting, La Habana, Cuba.
1999 Summer Intensive with Briansky Saratoga Ballet Center, New York.
AWARDS
2024 FUTURE OF ART GLOBAL MASTERPIECE AWARD, by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine.
2024 PREMIERE ARTIST PRIZE, by Contemporary Art Station, Barcelona.
2023 INTERNATIONAL PRIZE LEONARDO DA VINCI, The Universal Artist, Foundation EFFETO ARTE, Italy.
2023 COLLECTORS ART PRIZE, by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine.
2022 FACES OF THE PEACE ART PRIZE, by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine.
2021 POWER OF CREATIVITY ART PRIZE, by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine.
2020 Contigo en la Distancia, with the support of the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, with the project COVID-19 MeToo.
2012 Most Creative Work Prize, by Muestra de Artistas Independientes, Gijon, Spain.
2001 Third Place during the V National Ballet Contest, Mexico.
CONTESTS
2024 4th Nuevo León State Art Award, Mexico.
2024 ACCIONISMOS Contest, Plaza Fátima Cultural Center, Mexico.
2021 First National Performance Contest, TIME OUT, Mexico.
VIDEOART AND VIDEOPERFORMANCE FESTIVALS
2024 UNDOXX Performance Festival: A Series for Untangling Censorship, New York.
2023 SPMAV Video Art Festival, Pelotas, Brazil.
2022 ESTAR SIENDO, Performance Art International Festival, Saltillo, Mexico.
2021 Muestra Internacional de VideoPerformance DISLOCADA, Bogota, Colombia and Philadelphia, USA.
2021 II National Meeting of Performance and Gender, Queretaro, Mexico.
2020 Continuo Latidoamericano de Performance 2020, Cartografías en Contexto.
2020 II Encuentro de Acciones Foráneas, Facultad de Artes Visuales de la Universidad de Nariño, Colombia.
2020 Ciclo de Confinamiento PERFORED, Mexico.
2020 Muestra Internacional de VideoPerformance, DISLOCADA, Bogota, Colombia and Chicago and Philadelphia, USA.
2020 BODYINPERFORM, International Performance Platform, Turkey.
2020 PERFORMÁTICA, Performance Festival, Cholula, Puebla, Mexico
2019 Itinerant VideoDance Festival, AGITE Y SIRVA, CDMX, Oaxaca, Puebla, Mexico and Paris, France.
2018 International VideoDanza Festival FIVA Almagro, Spain.
2018 VII Festival Internacional de VideoPoesía VIDEOBARDO, Argentina.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITONS
2023 A CRIB FOR SARAH, Casa LaCuraduria, Monterrey, Mexico.
2022 ES DIFICIL AMARTE, Gallery LCExpos, Monterrey, Mexico.
2021 Tutte Bo Dan le Cochon, Casa LaCuraduria, Monterrey, Mexico.
2020 Tutte Bo Dan le Cochon, Casa LaCuraduria, Monterrey, Mexico.
2020 Fina Ferrara, Performance and Expression, Gallery/ Museum Puerta Rosa, Monterrey, Mexico.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2024 4th Nuevo León State Art Award, Centro de las Artes, Mexico.
2024 BORING ENTRETAINMENT, SilentSister Production, Casa Versalles, Mexico City.
2023 ROME FUTURE WEEK, Rossocinabro Gallery, Rome, Italy.
2022 Vibración, Gallery SOPHART, CDMX.
2021 The Secret Garden, Venice Contemporary International Art Fair by ITSLIQUID Group, Venice.
2021 The Line Contemporary Art Space, London Contemporary International Art Fair by ITSLIQUID Group, London.
2021 Coming Out, M.A.D.S. Gallery, Milan.
2021 MULTI, Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX.
2021 Reflejos de Sol y Luz, Gallery Gaudi, Madrid.
2019 La Esencia de Paris y Colonia, Gallery Gaudi, Madrid.
CONTEMPORARY ART FAIRS
2023 VISIONS, Venice International Art Fair, Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice.
2022 ARTEXPO NEW YORK, represented by Gallery Artifact New York.
2021 Contemporary Art International Fair ART3F, Paris.
2021 F-A-M-A, Feria de Arte Mexicano Accesible, Performance THE TAPABOCAS PROJECT, Mexico.
2020 ART MARBELLA, Modern and Contemporary Art International Fair Marbella, Spain.
2019 Contemporary Art International Fair ART3F, Paris.
2018 F-A-M-A, Feria de Arte Mexicano Accesible, Performance SARAO, Mexico.
PUBLICATIONS.
2024 GOLD LIST TOP CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS OF TODAY, by ART MARKET MAGAZINE.
2024 TOP CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS TO WATCH IN 2024, by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine.
2024 INTERVIEWS Book by Al-Tiba9 Contemporary.
2023 5th International Prize LEONARDO DAVINCI, The Universal Artist, by Fondazione Effeto Arte, Italy.
2023 CONTEMPORARY CELEBRITY MASTERS, Volume 2 and 3, by Fondazione Effeto Arte.
2023 FACES OF PEACE, de Contemporary Art Curator Magazine.
2022 POWER OF CREATIVITY BOOK, by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine
2021 IOYK MAGAZINE, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
2021 EL NORTE Newspaper, Jumps from Dance to Performance.
2020 EL HORIZONTE Newpaper, Shares her Art Online.
2020 EL NORTE Newspaper, Performance links their art.
2019 AMAB Magazine, Celebrity Edition, Austin, TX.
2018 FLAMANTES, LIBRO DE JÓVENES ARTISTAS, edited by HAGO COSAS, Spain.
DIGITAL PUBLICATONS
2024 Work review by Marta Puig, Chief Editor of Contemporary Art Curator Magazine.
2023 Interview by Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art.
2023 Interview Collectors Art Prize de Contemporaray Art Curator Magazine.
2022 Faces of the Peace Art Prize de Contemporary Art Curator Magazine.
2021 Interview with Contemporary Art Curator Magazine.
2021 Interview with ITSLIQUID Group, Venice Contemporary International Art Fair.
2021 Artists Talk on Art, Virtual Open Studio, New York.
2020 Interview with ArteryNYC, New York.
PERFORMANCE
2024 ECOS DE PERCEPCIÓN, winner of the ACCIONISMOS Contest at Plaza Fátima Cultural Center, San Pedro Garza Garcia, NL, Mexico.
2024 YELLOW BOREDOM, Performance as part of the group exhibition BORING ENTRETAINMENT, Casa Versalles, CDMX.
2024 ALTERIDAD, Performance executed during the Total Solar Eclipse, Nazas, Durango.
2022 SHAME ON YOU, invited guest for the II National Performance Contest, TIME OUT.
2022 WE ARE COLORS, Edificio Lolyta, as part of the individual exhibition, ES DIFÍCIL AMARTE, Gallery LCExpos, Monterrey, Mexico.
2022 LA SILLA INCÓMODA, Gallery Sophart, CDMX.
2021 THE TAPABOCAS PROJECT, F-A-M-A, Feria de Arte Mexicano Accesible, Mexico.
2021 LA LOKA DE LA CASA, Gallery ETRA, and Gallery LCExpos, Monterrey, Mexico.
2021 LO MÍO, LO TUYO, LO NUESTRO, Museum El Centenario, collaboration with artist Miriam Medrez, Mexico.
2020 COCHINO MARRANO CUINO, Gallery LCExpos, Monterrey, Mexico.
2020 PALIMPSESTO, Museum El Centenario, collaboration with artist Miriam Medrez, Mexico.
2020 ILNAMIQUI, Gallery LCExpos, Monterrey, collaboration with artist Melissa Paredes, Mexico.
2020/2019 OJOS QUE NO VEN, MUSEUM MUNE, Monterrey, Mexico.
2020/2019 RESONANCIAS, Centro Cultural ISEM, LaCuraduría and Gallery Puerta Rosa, Monterrey, and in Performatica Festival in Puebla, Mexico.
2018 EL LENGUAJE DEL SOL, MUSEUM MARCO, Monterrey, collaboration with artist Raúl Quintanilla, Mexico.
2018 NO ES DE TU INCUMBENCIA, LaCuraduría and Espacio Libertad, Monterrey, Mexico.
2018 SARAO, F-A-M-A, Feria de Arte Mexicano Accesible, Mexico.
2018 REMINISCENCIA DE UN ESPACIO, Casa Venecia, Mexico.
2017/2016 LA EVOLUCIÓN DEL IMPROVISTO, LaCuraduría and Circoteca, Monterrey, Mexico.
2014 YAGÉ ESPEJO DEL ALMA, Parque Ecológico La Huasteca, Santa Catarina, Mexico.
2013/2012 URIEL, Muestra de Artistas Independientes, Gijon, Asturias, Spain and in Museum of Mexican History, Monterrey, Mexico.
VIDEO ART
2023 SARAH
2023 AÚN ME DUELE
2022 SOTERRADO
2021 ANISOMICINA
CITRINITAS Y
RUBEDO RODACACA
2020 YO TAMBIÉN SOY COVID-19
TRANSDUCCIÓN
ALBEDO
NIGREDO
ILNAMIQUI
ROPAS ROJAS
WHO ARE WE NOW
2019 RESONANCIAS
RESONANCIAS, LA REESTRUCTURACIÓN
2018 NO ES DE TU INCUMBENCIA
2017 LA EVOLUCIÓN DEL SER
EXPERIENCE AS A PROFESSIONAL DANCER
20014/2016 Contemporary Dance Company PROYECTO TREX, Mexico.
2005/2006 Contemporary Dance Company TEORÍA DE LA GRAVEDAD, Mexico.
2006/2004 International Contemporary Dance Festival EXTREMADURA, Mexico.
2004 Contemporary Dance Company DANZA CONTEMPORANEA EN CONCIERTO, Mexico.
2004 ESPACIO, Theatre Company SET Televisa, Mexico.
2003 Theatre Company EQUILIBRIO, Mexico.
2003 Las Zarzuelas by Hernan Galindo, Mexico.
2002/2004 Company BALLET DE MONTERREY, Mexico.
2001 Company Provincial de Ballet, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
2000 First International Ballet and Contemporary Congress, Mexico.