Marcos López

Was born in Santa Fe, Argentina in 1958. Is one of the most renowned Argentine artists, with a leading position on the international visual arts scene. In 1982 he abandoned his engineering studies to devote himself to photography, which he has been practicing since the age of 20. The same year, he obtained a scholarship from the Argentine National Fund of Fine Arts and moved to Buenos Aires.

He is one of the founders of the photography research and promotion group Núcleo de Autores Fotográficos, created in 1984.

In 1987, he was part of the first class of foreign scholarship holders at the International School of Cinema and Television of Cuba and produced video documentaries.

He has represented Argentina in various international biennials, such as the 1st Biennial of Images of the World Photoquai in Paris, France, and the 10th Biennial of Plastic Arts in Havana, Cuba.

He has been invited to give lectures in various institutions such as Casa de América (Barcelona), Foundation Getty (United States), Festival Gabo (Colombia), Foundation Itau (Brazil), among others. He has received numerous awards and recognitions, such as the Citoler International Photography Prize (2008) and the Konex Platinum Trajectory Prize (2012), among others.

His work has been cataloged in important leading national and international publications and he has had numerous individual and group exhibitions in countries such as Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, the United States, Cuba, Spain, France, Italy, Finland, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands, among others.

His work is part of renowned institutional collections such as the Reina Sofía National Art Museum (Madrid, Spain); Museum of Contemporary Art of Castilla y León in Spain (Madrid, Spain); Foundation Daros-Latin America in Switzerland and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; The Quai Branly Museum and the Cartier Foundation in Paris, France; Museo del Barrio, New York, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas in the United States; National Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Modern Art and Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires, Argentina; among other public and private collections.

For several years now, he has put the camera aside to start painting and producing his own photos and publications.