Maria Olivares Alfaro
Mexico, 1984
Lives and works in Berlin.
Creating is for me, a practice of self-knowledge.
Drawing is a way to translate what I see, my personal experiences and concerns, my work is related to motherhood, parenting, migration and language.
Education
2004-2008 Visual Arts Studies,
University of Guanajuato
Mexico
Exhibitions (Selection)
2023 Kontraste
Kunstflügel Gallery, Rangsdorf, Germany
2023 Playground
48Stunden Festival, Fablab Neukölln, Berlin
2021 Zwiebelwickel (solo)
Premarts Projektraum, Berlin
2020 Still connected
Weserhalle Gallery, Berlin
2020 The Mothers, Life in Lockdown (online)
2020 Territorien
Scotty Enterprises, Berlin
2019 Photobookshow Zine Archive
Photobookshow, Brighton, UK
2019 Abismarse
Graphic Arts Museum, Coahuila, Mexico
2017 Silent Auction
The Drawing Hub Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2016 Coahuila Contemporaneo
ICBC Gallery, Tijuana, Mexico
2015 Alas y Raices
Mexican Embassy, Berlin, Germany
2015 Fieber Festival
ACUD Gallery, Berlin
2011 Re Cover
Casa del Lago Gallery, Mexico DF
2011 Wunderkammer
Lage Egal Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2009 2° Salon Becarios
Casa de las Monas Gallery, Guanajuato, Mexico
2007 Becarios 2006 Pecda
Arts Center CEARG, Guanajuato, Mexico
Publications
2015 Selfie Zine
Selfpublished
Limited Edition
2014 Heimat Zine
2011 Headache
Published by Editions du Livre
Grants
2008 Small Format Art Production / Instituto Cultural de León ICL
2006 Young Artists (Visual Arts Category) / Guanajuato Fund for Art and Culture
Public Collections
Centro de la Imagen
Mexico, DF