GRACIELA ITURBIDE
México D.F., México. 1942
AWARDS AND GRANTS
1980
First Prize in the Biennial of Photography of the National Institute of Fine Arts. Mexico.
1986
Employment in its absence. UN International Labor Organization Award.
1987
Eugene-Smith Award in humanitarian photography.
1988
Guggenheim Foundation grant for the project Celebration and Death.
First Prize at the Mois de la Photographie, Paris.
1990
Hokkaido International Prize, Japan.
1991
Rencontres Photographiques Award of the city of Arles, France.
2002
Richard T. Castro Distinguished Visiting Professor Award. Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida and Metropolitan State College of Denver. USA.
2005
City of Benevento Award. Italy.
2007
Smithsonian Latino Center Legacy Award. Washington D.C., USA.
2008
Photography Award. Hasselblad Foundation. Gothenburg, Sweden.
Honorary Degree in photography. Museum of Contemporary Photography. Columbia College, Chicago. USA.
2009
Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco, USA.
2017
V International Photography Award Alcobendas. Alcobendas Art Center, Madrid, Spain.
2020
Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in the Arts 2020. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington, USA.
2021
Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award 2021. Sony World Photography. USA.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1980
House of Culture of Juchitán. Oaxaca. Mexico.
1982
Pompidou Center of Paris. Paris. France
1990
External Encounters, Internal Imaginings: The Photographs of Graciela Iturbide. Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco. USA.
1993
In the Name of the Father. Juan Martin Gallery. Mexico D.F. Mexico.
1996
Graciela Iturbide: Form and Memory. Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey. Mexico.
1998
Graciela Iturbide: Images of the Spirit. Philadelphia Museum of Art. USA. Travels to Argentina, England and Japan.
1999
Travel Notebook. Gallery of Contemporary Photography. Los Angeles. USA.
Carrillo Gil Museum. Mexico D.F. Mexico.
2000
Graciela Iturbide: Images of the spirit. Parrish Museum of Art. Southampton. New York and Museum of Fine Arts Santa Fe. New Mexico. USA.
Form and Memory. Bogota. Colombia.
Travel Notebook. Manuel Alvarez Bravo Photographic Center. Oaxaca. Oaxaca. Mexico.
Graciela Iturbide: Images of the spirit. The National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington D.C. USA.
Graciela Iturbide. Museum of Fine Arts of Argentina. Argentina.
2001
Graciela Iturbide. Andersen Gallery. Rome. Italy.
Stephen L. Clark Gallery. Austin. AUSTIN, U.S.A.
Graciela Iturbide: Images of the spirit. Austin Art Museum. Austin. U.S.A.
2002
Birds. López Quiroga Gallery. Mexico D.F. Mexico.
India/Mexico. (with Raghu Rai and Sebastiao Salgado). Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso. Mexico D.F., Mexico; National Museum of Fine Arts of Chile and Casa Asia. Barcelona, Spain.
2003
Birds. Rose Gallery. Los Angeles. USA.
Graciela Iturbide: Images of the spirit. Milwakee Art Museum. Milwakee. USA.
2004
Naturata. López Quiroga Gallery. Mexico D.F. Mexico.
Eyes of the spirit. Blue Star Gallery. San Antonio. USA.
Links/Intersections. SFCC Art Gallery. Moses Lake Museum and Photographic Centre Northwest. Seattle. USA.
Birds. Robert Miller Gallery. New York. USA.
2005
Chamber Gallery of photography Prague. Czech Republic.
Form and memory. Zapopan Museum. Guadalajara. Mexico.
Birds/Naturata. Manuel Alvarez Bravo Photographic Center. Oaxaca. Oaxaca. Mexico.
Naturata. Museum of Fine Arts. Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.
Retrospective. Rose Gallery. Los Angeles. USA.
Form and memory. New York Photo Library. Veracruz. Veracruz. Mexico.
2006
Eyes to fly with. Wittliff Gallery. San Marcos. USA.
Images of the spirit. Throkmorton Fine Art Gallery. New York. USA.
Mozambique. Photography Festival. Museo di Roma in Trastevere. Rome.
2007
Eyes to fly. Image Center. Mexico DF. Mexico.
ROME, Hadrian’s Temple. Rome. Italy.
Frida Kahlo. Public Image. Private Life. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington DC. USA.
The goat’s dance. Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles, USA.
2008
Eyes to fly. Recoleta Cultural Center. Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Torrijos: The man and the myth. Americas Society. New York, USA.
2009
Graciela Iturbide. MAPFRE Foundation. Madrid, Spain.
Hasselblad Exhibition Graciela Iturbide Award Winner 2008. Fotogalleriet. Photo Biennale. Malmo, Sweden.
Photografic Center of Copenhagen. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Erasto Cortés Workshop Museum. Puebla, Mexico.
Frida’s bath. López Quiroga Gallery. Mexico City, Mexico.
Mexico-Rome. Museum Archive of Photography. Mexico City, Mexico.
2011
Retrospective (1969-2008). Museum of Modern Art. Mexico City, Mexico.
Museum of Modern Art. Mexico City, Mexico.
Rencontres D’Arles. France.
2012
Amparo Museum. Puebla, Mexico.
Frida’s bath. Frida Kalho Museum. Mexico City, Mexico.
2013
Naturals and self-portraits. Rafael Ortiz Gallery. Seville, Spain.
Graciela Iturbide. Retrospective. Tate Modern. London, United Kingdom.
Naturata, Chobi Mela VII International Festival of Photography. Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Graciela Iturbide. Amparo Museum. Puebla, Mexico.
Graciela Iturbide Retrospective. Tate Modern. London, United Kingdom.
Naturata, Simón I. Patiño. La Paz, Bolivia.
Frida’s Bathroom. CAF. La Paz, Bolivia.
Graciela Iturbide. MUSEF. La Paz, Bolivia.
Graciela Iturbide. Throckmorton Gallery. New York, USA.
2016
ARCOmadrid_16. (With Equipo 57). Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand. Madrid, Spain.
2017
Graciela Iturbide. Antiguo Instituto Cultural Center. Gijón, Spain.
2018
Graciela Iturbide. Photographs. Alcobendas Art Center. Alcobendas, Madrid. Spain,
Graciela Iturbide. Barrié Foundation. A Coruña, Spain.
2019
Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico. Fine Arts Museum of Boston. Boston, USA.
2022
Graciela Iturbide. Heliotropo 37. Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain. Paris, France.
Retratos. Situaciones. Lugares. Galería Rafael Ortiz. Sevilla, Spain.
2023
Retratos. Situaciones. Lugares. R.O. Proyectos. Madrid, Spain.
WORKS IN MUSEUMS AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Latin American Art Collection. University of Essex. United Kingdom.
Bert Hartkamp Collection. Amsterdam. The Netherlands.
Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Department of Prints and Photography. Paris. France.
Casa de las Américas. Havana. Cuba.
House of the Culture of Juchitán, Juchitán. Oaxaca. Oaxaca. Mexico.
Center for Creative Photography. Tucson. Arizona. USA.
Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris. Paris. France.
Collection of Franco Fontana. Milan. Milan. Italy.
MAPFRE Foundation Collection. Madrid. Madrid. Spain.
Gelman Collection. Mexico City. Mexico City.
Mexican Council of Photography. Mexico D.F. Mexico.
Cuban Photographic Library. Havana. Cuba.
National Museum of Modern Art. Paris. France.
Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco. USA.
Riverside Museum of Photography. California. USA.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art. USA
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. USA.
University of Parma. Parma. Parma, Italy.
Victoria and Albert Museum. London. United Kingdom.