ABOUT
Anni Garza Lau is a transdisciplinary artist and programmer who lives and works in Mexico City. Her practice focuses on questioning the use of technological devices in everyday life and its effects on the development of identity, privacy, social behavior and the perception of reality. Through the appropriation and design of interactive physical and digital interfaces, as well as textiles, drawing, video and performance, her artworks provide disruptive experiences to the audience, thus promoting dialogues between art, science, culture, technology and humanity. She is particularly interested in the speculative design of futures and the development of a posthuman identity.
Photo: Hugo Vargas
Selected for / AIR
2020-2023
- Fellowship Holder - Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte | SACPC-CONACULTA | Mexico.
2020
- 404 International Festival of Art & Technology. Mediademic | 404festival | Argentina.
- Isea 2020 Montreal. Why sentience? | Artist Talks | Canada.
- Hilaku Mutaciones. IV Encounter of Textile Art in Zaragoza | Mottainai. ZGZ, Spain.
- AI for good / AI Artist of the Week | United Nations agency for ICTs and STATE Studio Berlin.
2019
- Athens Digital Arts Festival / ADAF 15th edition | Athens, Greece.
2018-2020
- Fellowship Holder - Programa MACG-BBVABancomer Foundation | Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil| Mexico City, Mexico.
- Fellowship Holder - ACT (Arte, Ciencia y Tecnología) | UNAM, Centro Multimedia, FONCA | Mexico.
2018
- Inclusion & Diversity Scholarship / EYEO Festival | Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
- Artist in Residence at Laboratorio de Inmersión y Realidades Mixtas | CCD Estela de Luz / BBVA-Bancomer Foundation | Mexico City.
2017
- Artist in Residence at Seoul Art Space Geumcheon | Seoul, South Korea.
2015
- FILE Festival | FIESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2014-2015
- Fellowship Holder- Program for Young Creators. New Technologies | FONCA-CONACULTA | Mexico.
- PRISMA RECTANGULAR The box as starting point prize - honorary mention | CUADRO, Mexico.
2013
- YICCA Prize | Young International Contest of Contemporary Art | Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Toolkit Festival | Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa | Venice, Italy.
- Artist in Residence at Werkleitz center | EMARE-FONCA-CMM-Göethe Institut-Werkleitz | Halle, Germany.
2012-1024
- Fellowship holder - Program for Research and Production in Arts at Centro Multimedia | CENART | Mexico.
2012
- XXXII National Meeting of Young Art | Aguascalientes, Mexico.
- Finalist for the 6th. Arte Laguna Prize. In Virtual Art | MOCA-Arte Laguna | Venice, Italy.
2009-2010
- Fellowship Holder - Program for Young Creators. Multimedia | FONCA-CONACULTA | Mexico.
2008
- Fellowship Holder - Program for young creators. Multimedia | FOECA in Morelos | Mexico.
Selected Exhibitions
2021
- Parasitage. Ruidos negros | Museo de la Ciudad, Querétaro | México.
- Clavo | Movimiento independiente | Casa Versalles, Ciudad de México.
2020
- Inmersiva 3. Otros Sentidos, Otras Realidades | Centro de Cultura Digital, Mexico City.
- 404 Festival. MediaDemic / International Art And Technology Festival | Argentina.
- Hilaku - Mutaciones / IV Textile art encounter in Zaragoza | Mottainai ZGZ | Spain.
- Inmersiones errantes / Solo exhibition / Museo Internacional del Barroco | Puebla, Mexico
- Parasitage. Ruidos negros/ Fundacion BBVA | Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil / Mexico City.
2019
- Athens Digital Art Festival / ADAF | Eugenides Foundation / Athens, Greece.
- Meta Affection. The human as an open concept | The Front / San Diego, California, USA.
- FAKE / Solo exhibition Galería NoAutomatico | Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
- Roaming of INMERSIVA | Escuela Adolfo Prieto, Parque Fundidora | Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
- Roaming of INMERSIVA | Centro de las Artes Tlaxcala | Tlaxcala, Mexico.
2018
- Gwangju Media Arts Festival (GMAF 2018) / AsiaCulture Center | Gwangju, South Korea.
- SingularityU summit Mexico | Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México.
- INMERSIVA Internation mixed reality festival | CCD Estela de Luz | Mexico City, Mexico.
- Transpiksel / Los 14 Piksel Festival (NO) | Mexico City, Mexico.
- Hello World 1.0 Festival / Casa Limantour | Mexico City, Mexico.
2017
- Auguries / SASG Gallery | Seoul, South Korea.
2016
- Immersive Space / Noox Gallery | Mexico City, Mexico.
- Estado Abstracto / Ex Convento del Carmen | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
2015
- Visualizar / Ex Convento del Carmen | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Transitio MX_06 / National Arts Center - Main Gallery | Mexico City, Mexico.
- Imago Mundi - Luciano Bennetton collection at Venice Biennale | Venice, Italy.
- Metanarrativas / Universidad Iberoamericana | Mexico City, Mexico.
- Pink Art Fair / Intercontinental Seoul COEX / Seoul, South Korea.
- FILE Electronic Language International Festival / FIESP | Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- #NotArt - solo exhibition. / The Neon Rex Proyect | Mexico City, Mexico.
- Periferica Interactive and Digital Art Fest / Fusolab 2.0 | Rome, Italy.
- Neuroart / Together Gallery | Rome, Italy.
2014
- Festival della Scienza / La Commenda di Pre | Genoa, Italy.
- Muestra Papiam / Centro Multimedia /Centro Nacional de las Artes | Mexico City, Mexico.
- Privacy Agreement / White Cremnitz Gallery | Mexico City, Mexico.
- Prisma Rectangular / Centro Cutural Estación Indianilla | Mexico City, Mexico.
- UNPAINTED - International Fair of Digital Art with The Neon Rex Project / Postpalast Munich | Germany.
2013
- YICCA Prize / Red House | Sofía, Bulgaria.
- Transitio MX_05 / Centro de Cultura Digital Estela de Luz | Mexico City, Mexico.
- Toolkit Festival / A plus A Gallery | Venice, Italy.
2012
- XXXII Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven / Benjamín Manzo Gallery | Aguascalientes, Mexico.
- Trois Essais sur L’Art et la Technologie / Galerie des Arts Visuels, Université Laval | Quebec, Canada.
- Arte Laguna Prize/ Arsenale di Venezia | Venice, Italy.
2011
- Creación en Movimiento (FONCA) / Diego Rivera- Anahuacalli Museum | Mexico City, México.
2010
- Creación en Movimiento (FONCA) / Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños | Oaxaca, Mexico.
- CUADRO / Polyforum Siqueiros | Mexico City, Mexico.
2009
- CUADRO / Centro Cultural Estación Indianilla | Mexico City, Mexico.
Publications / talks / workshops
2021
- Art and Science Intersections. Seminar - workshop | National Arts Center Mexico.
- Web 2.0 tools for learning. Online workshop design | National Arts Center Mexico.
2020
- Book “Parasitage. Ruidos negros” | Edited by Michel Blancsubé, Sara Schutz and Fernando Espinoza.
- Fundación BBVA / Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil | Mexico.
- ISEA 2020. Artist presentation | Montreal, Canada.
- Simposium Tierras Raras. Dialogue table | Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico.
- Conference “La Virtualización del Cuerpo” | Festival de Arte Nuevo | North of Mexico.
- “A day tomorrow” short story published in Este País magazine and artwork presentation | Mexico.
- Festival El Aleph. Artwork presentation and round table | UNAM, Mexico.
- Conference. Perception of reality through digital filter | Semana de la Cultura Digital | UAMX
2019
- Artistic Presentation. Dyslexic Readings / El Aleph Festival / Museo-Teatro | UNAM, Mexico City.
- Masterclass. Perception and construction of reality / Escuela Adolfo Prieto | Monterrey, NL, Mexico.
- Conference. Hay vida en Martes (There’s life in Mars-Tuesday) / Centru Cultural de España | Fundacion Telefonica.
- Talk. Meet the protagonists of Art in Mexico / Open Space - Torre BBVA | Mexico City, Mexico.
2018
- Conference. Digital piracy and creativity / Fabrica Digital el Rule | Mexico City, Mexico.
- Conference. Hello World 1.0. Creative development in artistic process | Mexico City, Mexico.
- Chapter for book. New Perspectives in Education | I-Kygay Editorial, compiled by Rocío Guzmán | Mexico.
- Workshop. From the flesh to the machine | INMERSIVA / CCD Estela de Luz | Mexico City, Mexico.
- Talk. Open Dada: Data and interactive art | Art as input for public policies / Centro de Artes Vivas | Mexico City.
- Workshop. Generative traces | (Trans)Piksel 2018 / Centro Cultural de España | Mexico City.
- Conference. Creativiy and innovation in social design | Creatio / Galería Torre del Reloj | Mexico City.
2017
- Workshop. Electronics for kids | Noox / Huasca de Ocampo | Mexico.
- Talk. Playful art: Why to make artwork with/from/as games? | LEIVA / CMM Cenart | Mexico.
2015
- Conference. Transitio MX_06 symposium. Game, social interaction and and collaboration. With Lisa Ma and Tilman Reiff (/////fur////).
- Conference. Skepsis. About art and materiality | MUAC, UNAM | Mexico City.
2014
- Text. Ludic Systems: the game as a trigger for creativecollaborative process . Chapter for the book “Transit Devices”. First edition on theory and practice of Art. General Publications Directive, CONACULTA. Mexico City, Mexico.
- Conference. Art in game with technology | Campus Party MX | Zapopan, Jalisco, México.
2012
- Investigación Transversal | Paper for the Global Net Society Conference | Spain-Belgium.
- Article for Website. Festival Espacio Enter Canarias | Spain.
2011
- Conference. Transdisciplinary Art Production within the first meeting of Transversal Art| CENART | Mexico City, Mexico.
2010
- Catalogue, video. (Redy) Media, Laboratorio de Arte Alameda | Mexico City, Mexico.
- ARS-tesauro, Dictionary of Emergent Artists | Mexico.
2009 - 2011
- CUADRO, a guide for Emergent Artists| Mexico.
2008
- Conference for Laboratorio Arte Alameda in MUAC museum within the exhibition “Sujeto en la Pantalla”. | Mexico City, Mexico