Ernesto Ríos

Ernesto Ríos (born October 8, 1975, in Cuernavaca, Morelos) is a Mexican new media artist and academic based in New York City.

Ríos has been working with a diverse palette of tools developing his work in drawing, painting, video, photography, animation, virtual reality, performance, interactive and net art. Rios has shown his work at distinguished galleries and Museums in Mexico and other countries such as Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Fototeca de Cuba in Havana Cuba, Institute of Contemporary Art in London.

Rios artwork has been presented through channels such as the Java Museum Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art since 2007 and exhibited in international shows such as NetSpace: Viaggio nell'arte at National Museum of the XXI Century Arts in Rome, Italy. Rios have 13 Solo Exhibitions and 60 group exhibitions in major cities such as London, Paris, Tokyo, New York, Valencia, Sao Paulo and Mexico City.

Rios has participated in the New Media Festival, Digital Media at the "Centre Cultural Valencia", Valencia, Spain (2008), IV and VI International Salon of Digital Art, at Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente, Havana Cuba (2003 and 2004) as well as "National Presence of Creators" Gallery of the National Institute Polytechnic, Mexico (1999). He has received numerous awards, including the Artistic Residence at the International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York City 2003, and the Tisch School of the Arts Scholarship, New York University (2004-2006).

Education

Rios studied Language and Hispanic Literature and linguistics in CIDHEM in 2004. He earned a MPS from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University where he studied with Luke DuBois.

Works

DF Maze (2006) [http://www.ernestorios.com/dfmaze]

Sand-Clock (2006) [http://www.ernestorios.com/newmedia/newmedia001.html]

Labrys-Syrbal (2006) [http://www.ernestorios.com/newmedia/newmedia002.html]

elected Exhibitions

2004
*"Ernesto Ríos". Gallery Art Resources Transfer, New York

2004
*Ernesto Ríos, Fototeca de Cuba, Havana Cuba

2003
*Ernesto Ríos, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York

2000
* Disolvencias / Mirrors of the Memory, , Center of the Image, Mexico City. Mexico.

External links

* [http://www.ernestorios.com "Home Page"]
* [http://portal.unesco.org/culture/fr/ev.php-URL_ID=21286&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html "United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization"]
* [http://replica21.com/archivo/articulos/s_t/104_springer_rios.htm "Replica21"]
* [http://www.secrel.com.br/Jpoesia/ag41rios.htm "Agulha- Art Magazine"]