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[ENG]

Cristóbal Ascencio (Guadalajara, 1988) is a photographer and visual artist who is part of Mexico's National System of Creators (SNCA). His work explores the relationship between images and memory. With studies in Audiovisual Media (CAAV Jalisco) and Contemporary Photography (EFTI Madrid), his practice goes beyond traditional photography into virtual reality, data manipulation, and photogrammetry. He has exhibited individually at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Spain (2025) and Getxo Photo Festival (2022), and collectively at Foam Amsterdam, Athens Photography Festival, Casa del Lago UNAM, and Deutsche Börse Foundation. Selected for FOAM Talent 2024-25, he won the First Prize FotoCanal Photography Book of the Community of Madrid (2024) and published Las flores mueren dos veces with Editorial Dispara (2025). His work is present in collections such as Art Vontobel and Fundación ENAIRE. His work has been published in FOAM Magazine, Exit, Aesthetica, and the British Journal of Photography.


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Cristóbal Ascencio (Guadalajara, 1988) es un fotógrafo y artista visual que forma parte del Sistema Nacional de Creadores (SNCA) de México. Su trabajo explora la relación entre las imágenes y la memoria. Con estudios en Medios Audiovisuales (CAAV Jalisco) y Fotografía Contemporánea (EFTI Madrid), su práctica trasciende la fotografía tradicional hacia realidad virtual, manipulación de datos y fotogrametría. Ha expuesto individualmente en el Instituto Cultural de México en España (2025) y Getxo Photo Festival (2022), y colectivamente en Foam Amsterdam, Festival de Fotografía de Atenas, Casa del Lago UNAM y Fundación Deutsche Börse. Seleccionado para FOAM Talent 2024-25, obtuvo el Primer Premio FotoCanal Libro de Fotografía de la Comunidad de Madrid (2024) y publicó Las flores mueren dos veces con Editorial Dispara (2025). Su obra está presente en colecciones como Art Vontobel y Fundación ENAIRE. Su trabajo ha sido publicado en FOAM Magazine, Exit, Aesthetica y British Journal of Photography.





SOLO EXHIBITIONS

"Maiz", Fundación Marso, Madrid, Spain, 2025

"Las flores mueren dos veces", Festival Verzasca Foto, Switzerland, 2025

"Estrategias de recuperación", Instituto Cultural de México en España, Madrid, Spain, 2025

"Las flores mueren dos veces", PhotoEspaña, Campo Grande, Valladolid, Spain, 2024

"Fósiles instantáneos", Las Cigarreras, Alicante, Spain, 2024

"Future Archeology", Médiathèque Pierre-Moinot, Niort, France, 2024

"Las flores mueren dos veces", Sala Melchor Zapata, Benicàssim, Spain, 2023

"Las flores mueren dos veces", Art Photo Barcelona, Spain, 2023

"Las flores mueren dos veces", Bfoto Festival, Barbastro, Spain, 2022

"Las flores mueren dos veces", Getxophoto Festival, Getxo, Spain, 2022



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

“Family Stories”, Hangar, Brussels, Germany, 2026

"Conocer el mundo con la boca, sin que te piquen las espinas", Casa del Lago UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico, 2025

FOAM Talent 2024, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, Frankfurt, Germany, 2025

Athens Photo Festival, Main Exhibition, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece, 2024

"Decentralized Futures", Koelhuis District, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2024

DongGang International Photo Festival, Seoul, South Korea, 2024

"Te prensé entre las hojas", Sala de Arte Joven, Madrid, Spain, 2024

FOAM Talent Exhibition 2024, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2024

"Futuros descentralizados", Etopia Centro de Arte y Tecnología, Zaragoza, Spain, 2024

"Las flores mueren dos veces", Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, USA, 2024

Open Days by Ph Museum, Bologna, Italy, 2023

"Instant Fossils", Festival Luminic, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain, 2023

Noorderlicht International Photography Festival, Groningen, Netherlands, 2023

"Las flores mueren dos veces", Menorca Doc Festival, Menorca, Spain, 2022

Discovery Awards 2022, Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal, 2022

"Los Algoritmos del arte", Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte, Badajoz, Spain, 2022

"Memory", Beirut Image Festival, Beirut, Lebanon, 2022

Photo Slam 2021, Les Rencontres de Arles, Arles, France, 2021

"Spring Show", The Curated Fridge, Online, 2021

"Sin territorio", Gimnasio de Arte y Cultura, Mexico City, Mexico, 2019

"Fluxus Terra", Karne Kunst, Berlin, Germany, 2019



AWARDS & HONORS

FOAM Talent 2024-2025, Selected Artist, Netherlands, 2024

Foto Canal Photography Book Award, First Prize, Madrid, Spain, 2024

Plat(t)form 2023, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Selected Artist, Switzerland, 2023

Fundación ENAIRE Photography Award, Third Prize, Spain, 2023

British Journal of Photography "Ones to Watch 2022", Selected Artist, UK, 2022

Art Photo Barcelona, Art Photo Bcn Award, Spain, 2022

Festival de Cine y Fotografía Panoramic "Open Panoramic", First Prize, Spain, 2022

International Marianne Brandt Award, Nominated Artist, Germany, 2022

Photovogue Fashion 100 "The Next Great Fashion Image Makers", Selected Artist, Italy, 2022

Encontros da Imagem Discovery Awards, Finalist, Portugal, 2022

Ph Museum Photography Grant, Finalist, Italy, 2022

Noches PICS, Plataforma de Imágenes Contemporáneas, Centro de la Imagen, Selected Artist, Mexico City, 2023

Descubrimientos PhotoEspaña, Portfolio Review Selection, Spain, 2023

SCAN Tarragona Full Contact, Selected Artist for Portfolio Review, Spain, 2022

FER FOC, II Feria de Fotografía Profesional de Castellón, Selected Artist, Spain, 2022



RESIDENCIES

Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Artist in Residence, Virginia, USA, 2025

TextielLab at Textielmuseum Tilburg, Production Residency, Netherlands, 2024

Rencontres de la Jeune Photographie Internationale, Villa Perochon, Artist in Residence, Niort, France, 2024

ARTeCHÓ – Art, Economy & Technology, Etopia Centro de Arte y Tecnología, Project Development Residency (4 weeks), Zaragoza, Spain, 2023

Return to Ithaca Artists' Residency, Artist in Residence, Greece, 2023

Menorca Doc Fest, Esfar Cultural, Artist in Residence, Menorca, Spain, 2023



FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS

Pérez Art Museum Miami Digital art commission, USA,  2026

National System of Art Creators (SNCA), Grant Recipient, Mexico, 2025-2028

Gwaertler Grant, Grant Recipient, Switzerland, 2025

ARTeCHÓ – Art, Economy & Technology, Grant Recipient, Spain, 2023

FONCA Jóvenes Creadores (Young Creators), Grant Recipient, Mexico, 2022-2023

Horizontes Jalisco, Grant Recipient, Mexico, 2021-2022

EFTI Masters in Contemporary Photography, Partial Scholarship, Spain, 2021



PUBLICATIONS

Books:

"Las flores mueren dos veces" (Photobook), Editorial Dispara, 2024

Featured in "Desbordar el espejo" by Joan Fontcuberta, Galaxia Gutenberg, Barcelona, Spain, 2024


Magazine Features:

Revista Exit, Issue #94, 2024

FOAM Magazine, Issue #65, Talent Issue, 2024

Chinese Photography Magazine, Plant Issue, 2024

Aesthetica Magazine, Issue 117, 2024

British Journal of Photography, Ones to Watch Issue, London, UK, 2022

Creative Review, New Talent Issue, 2022



COLLECTIONS

Art Vontobel, Private Collection, Switzerland

SCAN Network, Public Collection, London, UK

Fundación ENAIRE, Public Collection, Spain



EDUCATION

Master's in Contemporary Photography and Project Management, EFTI, Madrid, Spain, 2021-2022

Bachelor's Degree in Audiovisual Media and Advertising, CAAV, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2009-2013