JULIA CARRILLO
Julia Carrillo (Mexico, 1987) studied Mathematics at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and a master’s in visual arts at the Academia de San Carlos, later she studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York (SVA). She relates her artistic practice with notions derived from mathematics and physics to construct an approach to natural phenomena, such as the transformation of space, the movements of light, the travels of sound and the dynamics of fluid forces.
Her solo exhibitions include La luce e la sua assenza at A Pick Gallery (Italy, 2021); Estrofas de agua at Centro Cultural Bucareli 69 (Mexico, 2019) and Geometrías de la Luz at Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad (C3), UNAM (Mexico, 2017). She has also participated in group exhibitions in Mexico and abroad. She is a beneficiary of the Young Creators Program of the the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA) and the ACT Program (Art, Science and Technology) of the Ministry of Culture / UNAM, to name a few. She has participated as a guest artist in the residency of the Artistic Residency Program Laboratorio Arte A. C. of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico (2020); MMCA International Artist-in-Residence Program of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea (2019) and Flux Factory in New York, USA, (2014) among others. She was recently selected artist for the Art OMI Residency (2020, now scheduled for 2022).
She is currently a researcher at C3 (Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad, UNAM) and is a beneficiary of the Young Creators Program of the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA).
