Ilán Rabchinskey (b. 1980) is a Mexican artist, photographer and educator.
Among other themes, his work explores the tension between the forces of nature and the human species, the physical constitution of mater, the influence of chance, and the dynamics between objects and images.
He has exhibited in Mexico, France, England, the United States, Spain, Chile and Brazil, and has been invited to artist residencies in Tokyo (Casa Nano, 2019), Finland (ONOMA AiR, 2018), Oaxaca (Casa Wabi, 2016) and Chiapas (Dedazo Artist Residency, 2019).
Ilán has received several awards and grants, has been featured in numerous international publications, and has published four books. He travels frequently but is based in Mexico City where he sporadically teaches a project development workshop.
Ilán is represented by Patricia Conde Galería and is a member of Mexico's SNCA FONCA National Endowment for the Arts.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2018 Foundation Stone, Centro de Artes Vivas, Mexico City.
- 2017 Firmament, 1 Mes 1 Artista, Mexico City.
- 2016 Foundation Stone, Patricia Conde Galería, Mexico City.
- 2015 Residents / Terrestrial Environent, El Estudio Galería, Morelia, Michoacan.
- 2014 Whirlwind of Earth, Ediciones Acapulco, Mexico City.
- 2012 Terrestrial Environment, Museo Archivo de la Fotografía. Mexico City.
- 2003 Greatest Hits!, Galería Reverso, Mexico City.
AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
- 2020 Member of the SNCA FONCA National Endowment for the arts.
- Nominated for World Press Photo 6x6 Global Talent Program.
- Member of the Jury, FINI Festival Internacional de la Imagen, Hidalgo, Mexico.
- 2019 Artist in Residence, Casa Nano, Tokyo, Japan.
- Artist in Residence, Dedazo Artist Residency, Chiapas, Mexico.
- 2018 Artist in Residence, ONOMA Fiskars AiR, Fiskars, Finland.
- 2017 The Society of Publication Designers (SPD) Merit Award, United States.
- 2016 Artist in Residence, Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, Mexico.
- Honorable Mention, Festival Portfolio, Mexico.
- Honorable Mention, NexoFoto prize, Spain.
- 2015 Recipient, Young Creators Grant, FONCA, Mexico.
- Finalist, 1st National Nature Photography Award, Mexico.
- 2014 Shortlisted, XVI Biennial of the Centro de la Imagen, Mexico.
- Honorable Mention, Festival Portfolio, Mexico City.
- 2010 Selected for the National Book Program, Department of Public Education, Mexico.
- 2006 Recipient, Art Projects and Cultural Co-investment Fund, FONCA National Endowment for the Arts.
- 2004 1st prize winner, International Photography Prize, University of Salamanca, Spain.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND ART FAIRS
- 2020 Pausa, Patricia Conde Galería, Mexico City.
- Friends are Flowers that Never Fade, Dedazo Chiapas, curated by Alejandro Garcia Contreras.
- Kairos #3 Waiting for the Rain, Carrillo Puerto Project Space, Mexico, curated by Julie Escoffier.
- Espacios Encontrados, IMACP Municipal Institute of Arts and Culture, Puebla, Mexico.
- 2019 Confluencias, Patricia Conde Galería, Mexico City, curated by Adriana Martinez and Reyna Aguiar.
- Salon ACME, Main section, Mexico City.
- 2018 National Endowment for the Arts FONCA, Young Creators Grant, Foto Museo Cuatro Caminos, Mexico
- 2017 Conceptual Optics, Leon International Photography festival FFIEL, Leon.
- Luz Portátil, Centro Cultural Olimpo, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
- 2016 National Endowment for the Arts FONCA, Young Creators Grant, Capilla del Arte, Puebla, Mexico
- Ekho Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
- 10 years of the Portable Light Photobook Collection, Museo Archivo de la Fotografía, Mexico City.
- 3W Gallery, Reims, France.
- ArtCube Gallerie, Paris, France.
- 2015 Remolino de Tierra, Nave Dos Quince, Mexico City.
- Casa Nomada, San Miguel Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.
- Gallery Weekend Mexico, Patricia Conde Galería, Mexico City.
- Visiones de Nuestra Naturaleza, Rejas de Chapultepec Open Gallery, Mexico City.
- 2014 Gallery Weekend Mexico, Patricia Conde Galeria, Mexico City.
- 52, Rejas de Chapultepec Open Gallery, Mexico City.
- Paris Photo, Patricia Conde Galeria Booth, Paramount Picture Studios, Los Angeles, California, US.
- Sin Motivo Alguno (Without a Known Motive), Hamburgo Kunstgalerie 43, Mexico City.
- Biophilia 3.7, Taller 13, Mexico City.
- Zona MACO, Patricia Conde Galeria Booth, Mexico City.
- 2013 HFAF (Houston Fine Art Fair), Texas, US.
- The Story of the Creative, Angel Orensanz Foundation for Contemporary Art, NewYork, US.
- Biophilia, Mycellium Ingenium, Mexico City.
- 2012 Obra Reciente (Recent Works) Galería Patricia Conde, Mexico City.
- El Lago Asfaltado (The Asphalted Lake), Museo Archivo de la Fotografía, Mexico City.
- 2009 Revive la Ciudad (Revive the City), Rejas de Chapultepec Open Gallery, Mexico City.
- 2005 Them! Virreyes Hotel, Mexico City. Curated by Agustina Ferreyra.
- 2004 Cuadricula (Grid), Ist International Photography Prize, University of Salamanca, Spain.
- Guadalupe en la Cultura Popular (Guadalupe in Popular Culture), Chapultepec Open Gallery, Mexico.
BOOKS (author)
- 2019 Piedra Fundacional, Pewen Cuandernos de Fotografía, Editorial Muga, Spain.
- 2016 El Medio Terrestre (Terrestrial Environment with text by Mario Bellatín), Artes de Mexico, Mexico.
- 2014 Remolino de Tierra (Whirlwind of Earth), Ediciones Acapulco, Mexico.
- 2009 Yo'tanK'op Corazón de la Palabra (Heart of the Word), Trilce, INAH, FONCA and INALI, Mexico.
TEACHING
- 2016 - 2018 Adjunct Professor, Integral Photography Program, Centro ADM, Mexico City.
- 2106 Facilitator of the “Looking and Deciding, Photography as a Construction” workshop for local teenagers as part of a community project while at residence at Casa Wabi, Oaxaca.
- 2010 - 2012 Adjunct Professor, Advanced Photography Course, Escuela Estudio Urquiza, Mexico City.
ARTIST LECTURES
- 2020 Natural Forces, FINI Festival Internacional de la Imagen, Hidalgo, México (upcoming).
- 2019 Inspiration, technique, and project development, Patricia Conde Galería, México City.
- 2018 Exploring Photobooks, by FOLIO and Panorama Fotografico at Centro de la Imagen, Mexico.
- ONOMA Cooperative of Artists, Designers and Artisans, Fiskars, Finland.
- Transient Matter, with Alan Heiblum, Centro de Artes Vivas, Mexico City.
- 2017 MUNAL National Museum of Art, Mexico City.
- Casa Wabi Santa Maria la Riviera, Mexico City.
- FIL International Book Fair, Book launch and round table, Palacio de Minería, Mexico City.
- Patricia Conde Galería, Mexico City.
- Library of Mexico, Mexico City.
- 2016 Los Solistas Backstage Lecture series, Bandini Art Space, Mexico City.
- FONCA National Endowment for the Arts, Young Creators Grant artist meeting, Taxco, Mexico.
- FONCA National Endowment for the Arts, Young Creators Grant artist meeting, Puebla, Mexico.
- 2015 PaperWorks Artist Book Fair, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City.
- El Estudio Galería, Morelia, Michaocan, Mexico.
- 2014 Ediciones Acapulco, Book launch and roundtable.
- 2012 Guest Lecturer, 20th anniversary of the Escuela Activa de Fotografía, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
- 2009 National Anthropology Museum, Book launch and lecture.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- 2020 Aint - Bad, An Independent Publisher of New Photographic Art, online feature, USA.
- Shimmering Blue light on a Still Red Square, exhibition catalog, IMACP Pueba Municipal Institue of Arts and Culture.
- LUR, Visual Studies and Research Network, Human time - Cosmic Time, interview, on line, Spain.
- 2019 Local.mx, online feature on the Terrestrial Environment series, Mexico.
- 2017 Panorama Fotográfico, online feature on the Residents series, Mexico.
- PICS, Centro de la Imagen, online, artist profile, Mexico.
- 2016 Tom Smith, Amuse, I.D, Vice, online, Mexico´s Beautiful Artist Comunne, England.
- David Polo, Cuartoscuro Magazine, El Principio de las cosas (The Beginning of Things), interview, Mexico.
- Lourdes Zambrano, Reforma Newspaper, Explora otros mundos (Exploring other Worlds), interview.
- Ramón Rivas, EMNM Magazine, Ilán Rabchinskey, interview, Spain.
- Huemanzín Rodriguez, Canal 22, online, El Orden eltiempo y el comienzo (Order, Time and the Beginning).
- Bartolomé Delmar, Chilango Magazine, Buscando el origén (Searching for the Origin).
- 2015 LAT Photo Magazine, online, feature.
- Guillermo Sanchez Cervantes, Gatopardo Magazine, Una bitacora de viajes (A Travel Journal), Mexico.
- Bartolomé Delmar, Chilango Magazine, Artsection, book review, Mexico.
- 2012 Éricka P. Bucio, Reforma Newspaper, Idealizan mundo salvaje (Idealizing the Wilderness), Mexico.
- Joyce García, Cuartoscuro Magazine, El espacio imaginario (Imaginary Space), interview, Mexico.
- Bartolomé Delmar, Chilango Magazine, Memoria disecada, (Dissecated Memory), exhibition review.
- Emiliano Balerini, Milenio Newspaper, El medio terrestre, vision crítica del medio ambiente (Terrestrial
- Environment, a Critical Vision of Habitat), exhibition review, Mexico.
- El Universal Newspaper Sunday supplement, El método Rabchinskey (The Rabchinskey Method), Mexico.
- Yanireth Israde, Reforma Newspaper, Captan paso del tiempo (Capturing the passage of time), Mexico.
- 2009 Jorge Ricardo, Reforma Newspaper, Ilustra libro la actualidad de los tseltales (Book Ilustrates the Modern
- Tseltal), Mexico.
EDUCATION
- 2005 BA Degree, Media Studies, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City.
- 2004 Photography studies with Allen Frame, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City.
- 2003 Media and Photography studies, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.
INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS
- 2020 (acquisition) MAM Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
REPRESENTATION
- Patricia Conde Galería www.pcg.photo
CONTACT
- + (52) 55 50756846
- + (52) 55 62364704
- contact@ilanr.com
- www.ilanr.com