GABRIELA GARCIA-LUNA CV

garcialuna.art@gmail.com / www.gabrielagarcialuna.com
b. Mexico City, 1963. Based in Treaty Six Territory, Saskatchewan, Canada.

EDUCATION
MFA Studio Art, University of Saskatchewan, 2020.
Bachelor of Graphic Communication and Design, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, 1986.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Art Gallery of Swift Current, Swift Current, SK – Flor y Canto (Flower and Song)
2024 Contemporary Museum of Morelos Juan Soriano Gardens, Cuernavaca, Mexico – Jardín, Tiempo y Memoria
2023 Contemporary Museum of Morelos Juan Soriano, Cuernavaca, Mexico – Ecos Visuales
2023 Slate Fine Art Gallery, Regina, Canada - Some Gardens
2021 Slate Fine Art Gallery, Regina, Canada – Breath
2020 Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, MFA Exhibition – TRACES, Saskatoon, Canada
2019 Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada – EDGE
2019 Slate Fine At Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada – Artist Focus - Gabriela García-Luna
2018 Slate Fine At Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada – Ponds
2016-2018 OSAC Touring Saskatchewan, Canada – Kathgodam Express,
2015 Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, Kerala, India – Talking with Walls
2015 Estevan Art Gallery and Museum, Estevan, SK, Canada – Whitescapes.
2014 Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, SK, Canada – Pensive Space
2013 Slate Fine Art Gallery, Regina, SK – Gathered Light
2012Moose Jaw Cultural Centre, Moose Jaw, SK – Blue Light
2012 Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB – New Territories
2011 Mysteria Gallery, Regina, SK – New Territories
2011 The Other Gallery, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB – What it is
2011 Mosaic Gallery, Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw, SK – New Territories & Old Walls
2010 Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre, Regina Beach, SK – White Space
2007 La Chambre Blanche, Quebec City, QC – Universos Relativos
2006 La fábrica de imágenes, Morelia, Mich, Mexico – Constelaciones
2005 Museo Regional de Querétaro, Queretéaro, Qto., Mexico – Terra incógnita
2005 Casa de Cultura Mariano Jiménez, SLP, Mexico – Caminata de Luz
2003 The Other Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB – Sacred Space

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2024 LAGUNA Art Week, Mexico City, Mexico, Tejido VIvo- jardín de Objectos Sensoriales
2023 LatinArte Festival, Salle de Diffusion de Parc-Extension, Montreal, QC, Canada – La Memoire dans les Mains
2023 NADA, Bogotá, Colombia, Titles 7
2023 330g, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, The Waterlilies Project
2023 Primera Imprenta de América, Mexico City., Titles 8
2023 Arts Placement Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Canada. Community Connections and ____.
2022 Apophony Press, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, AMBIT.
2021 McKenzie Art Gallery Regina, Canada – Beyond the Stone Angel, artists reflecting on the death of their parents.
2021 Moose Jaw, Museum & Art Gallery – Moose Jaw, SK, Canada, Fire in the Belly
2020 Neutral , Guadalajara, Mexico – ACRAR Muestra Internacional
2019 Galería Daniel Díaz, Guadalajara, Mexico – ACRAR Muestra Internacional
2018 Angus-Hughes Galley, London UK – Garden of Skin
2018 Fifth Parallel Gallery, University of Regina, Saskatoon, SK – Anthology
2018 Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK – Anthology
2017 The Art Gallery of Swift Current. SK. Art For Sale
2017 Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, History in the Making
2016 Kashi Art Gallery, Town House /Kochi Muziris Biennale Collateral Exhibition. Kochi, Kerala, India.Landscape and Silence.
2014 Art Gallery of Regina, SK, Canada, Hope
2014 Mann Art Gallery Art Gallery, Prince Albert, SK – Relative Connections
2013 Slate Fine Art Gallery, Regina, SK – You are here.
2013 Saskatchewan Arts Board Collection, SK –Creative Play
2012 Fafard Boundaries Gallery, Regina, SK – Everything in Between
2011 Dunlop Art Gallery touring exhibition Saskatchewan and Ontario – MIND THE GAP!
2011 The Other Gallery, The Banff Centre, AB – Conjure the Ghost
2009 Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, SK – Speak/Memory
2006 Fundación Sebastián, Mexico City – Lo Binario
2004 Galería Arte Alterno, Oaxaca City, Oax.,Mexico – Vulnerables
2003-04 Museo del Carmen, Mexico States touring – Summa
2002 Galería Libertad, Querétaro, Qto, Mexico – Concurso de Arte Libertad.
2001-02 Omnilife, Guadalajara, Jal. Mexico touring – Gran Salón de Octubre, 2001.
1999 Galería EL ESPACIO, Mexico City, Mexico – Espacio Humano.

RESIDENCIES
2022 Self-directed residency, Mexico City, Mexico.
2015 Artist in Residence, Kashi Art Gallery. Kochi, Kerala, India,
2013 Artist in Residence, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Queen City Expo
2013 Artist in Residence, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Saskatoon Expo
2012 Artist in Residence, Moose Jaw Cultural Centre, Moose Jaw, SK
2011 FONCA Independent Artist in Residence. The Banff Centre for the Arts, AB
2007 FONCA/CALQ Artist in Residence, La Chambre Blanche, Quebec City, QC
2008 Invited Artist in Residence, University of Saskatchewan, Kenderdine Campus, SK
2003 FONCA Independent Artistic Residency, The Banff Centre for the Arts, AB

GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022 Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2021 Creative Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2021 Independent Artist Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board
2020 Micro-Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board
2018 Graduate Award University of Saskatchewan Graduate Scholarship (UGS), University of Saskatchewan
2017 Independent Artist Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board
2011 Independent Artist Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board
2011 Artistic Residency Grant at The Banff Centre. FONCA -National Foundation for Culture and the Arts, México –The Banff Centre
2007 Artistic Residency Grant. La Chambre Blanche, Québec City, Quebec, FONCA- CALQ /Conseil de Arts et Lettres du Quebec.
2003 Artistic Residency Grant. FONCA-The Banff Centre,
2002 First Prize in Photography. Tercer concurso de arte Libertad. CEC Querétaro, México. Consejo Estatal del Estado de Querétaro y la Galería Libertad, México.
2001 First Prize in Photography. Salón de Octubre,“Gran Premio Omnilife”. Ominilife Collection and Cultural Foundation - México.

PUBLICATIONS
The Language of Landscapes and Photographies, Bhangu,Noor. Blackflash Magazine 35.1 2018: 32
Landscapes and Silence, Landscapes and Silence Group 2016. ISBN 987-0-9958798-1-2
HOPE, Catalog Art Gallery of Regina, Curated by Holly Fay, 2014, ISBN: 978-1-927422-10-6
Pensive Space, Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Curator, Heather Smith, Essay by Wayne Baerwaldt,
Let there be light and things, Thrive, Saskatchewan Annual Report 2013/2014: 32,
Old Walls of Moose Jaw. An interview with Gabriela García-Luna, by Wayne Baerwaldt. Blackflash Magazine 29, no.1 34-37
Mind the Gap!, Catalog. Dunlop Art Gallery, Curated by Amanda Cachia and Jeff Nye, 2010
Universos Relativos: the final voyage, in three movements, by Jean-Pierre Guay, Quebec City, QC, 2007
Universos Relativos de Gabriela García-Luna by Elsa Escamilla, La Fábrica de Imágenes, Mexico, 2006

COLLECTIONS
CANADA: Global Affairs Canada Collection, Saskatchewan Arts Board Collection, McKenzie Art Gallery, Moose Jaw Museum and
Art Gallery Collection. TD Bank Art Collection. MEXICO: Colección OMNILIFE, Ominilife Collection and Cultural Foundation,
Collection of the Government of the State of Querétaro. INDIA: KASHI Gallery Collection. Private collections.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018-2020 Drawing Foundations, University of Saskatchewan

MENTORING
2022 - Independent Mentor
2016-2017 CARFAC Foundational Program Mentor
2013-2017 Independent Mentor

WORKSHOPS
2023 Naturalize Azul, on Cyanotype, Contemporary Museum of Morelos Juan Soriano, Cuernavaca, Mor, Mexico
2108-2020 Documenting Art Work CARFAC SK
2016-2018 Light Play, Light Drawing, Listen to Dis Arts Organization, SK
2015-2016 Creative Photography, Prairie School Division, Moose Jaw, SK
2016 Documenting Art Work, Moose jaw Museum and Art Gallery, SK
2015 Light Play and Drawing, Kashi Gallery, India
2014 Light Play, Moose Jaw Cultural Centre, SK
2013-2014 Digital Photography, Moose Jaw Cultural Centre, SK
2013 Photograms, Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre, SK
2012 Photograms and Darkroom techniques, Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, SK
2012 Photoshop. Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery
2011-2013 Digital Photography. Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, SK
2011 Women Connecting with Women through Art – Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, SK

RELATED WORK
Art documentation photographer since 2010 for works of Dorothy Knowles, Joe Fafard, David Thauberger, Russel Yuristy, Eric
Cameron, Doug Bentham, Alison Norleen, Joan Ranking, Joan Lyons, Marie Lanoo, Chris Gadener, Goerge Glenn, Robert Scott, Rob
Froese, Ward Schell, Heather Benning, Heather Clin, Cathery Blackburn, Zacharu Logna and many others.

MEMBERSHIPS 
CARFAC; Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, SK; AKA Artist Run, SK; Paved Artist Run, SK; REMI Modern SK; Latin American-Canadian Arts Project Arts Organization, ON.

MEMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, 2020-2023
CARFAC Saskatchewan 2018-2021
Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, 2017-2019