• Livia Corona Benjamin lives and works between New York, Mexico City and Ensenada, Baja California. She was born in Mexico. Corona’s overall work centers on the diminution of the human experience by the manmade. Her recent projects focus on the artisanal, as it simulates the branded and hyper industrialized. Her multi-genre practice combines formalism to the concerns of the subaltern, the developing world and new technologies.

    Corona Benjamin is a Guggenheim Fellow with her project Two Million Homes for Mexico (Dos Millones de Casas para México). She is a twice honored recipient of a SNCA Endowment for the Arts, granted by Mexico’s Commission of Arts and Culture, most recently for her body of work, Nobody Knows, Nobody Knew (Nadie Sabe, Nadie Supo). Comprised of photograms, paintings, videos, and other types of pictorial objects, Nobody Knows, Nobody Knew explores the socioeconomic history and political symbolism of “grain silos for the people” — graneros del pueblo — the more than 4,000 conical-shaped structures built in rural communities nationwide by Mexico's Commission for Popular Subsistence. Corona's project considers the subsequent disuse of these silos in the wake of NAFTA, and the consequent mass migration of people from rural Mexico to the United States.

    Her works have been exhibited worldwide including LACMA, Los Angeles; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Bronx Museum of The Arts, New York; Pinakothek der Moderne, Münich; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City; Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City; Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Spain; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium; Ballroom Marfa, Texas; Fundación Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Københavns Museum, Denmark; the Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA 2017 exhibition titled Home - So Different, So Appealing, and the exhibition Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay: Indigenous Space, Modern Architecture, New Art, at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

    Her works are in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Portland Museum of Art, the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, the William Benton Museum of Art, the Berezdivin Collection and other private collections. She is the author of two monographs, Enanitos Toreros, 2008, and Of People and Houses, 2009, and is preparing a third book on her acclaimed series Two Million Homes for Mexico.

  • A W A R D S A N D G R A N T S

    Winner Julius Shulman Photography excellence Award. USA (2019)

    Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte of the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. Grant awardee for .925, Auges y Declives de la Plata Mexicana. CONACULTA, Mexico (2015 - 2017)

    Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte of the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. Grant awardee for Nadie Sabe, Nadie Supo – Entre la S.E.P. y la CONASUPO. CONACULTA, Mexico (2012-2014)

    Winner of Julia Margaret Cameron Award. USA (2010)

    John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. New York, NY. USA (2009)

    Photo España 2009. Official selection. Madrid, Spain (2009)

    XIII Bienal de Fotografía, Honorable mention for Two Million Homes for Mexico. Mexico City, Mexico. (2008)

    International Photographer of the Year, Lucie Foundation Awards. Finalist for Two Million Homes for Mexico. USA (2008)

    International Photography Award, Architecture Category. Winner for Two Million Homes for Mexico. USA (2008)

    Sony World Photography, Architecture Category. Winner for Two Million Homes for Mexico. Cannes, France (2008)

    The REAL Photography Award, Honorable mention for Two Million Homes for Mexico. ING, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2008)

    New Photographers Showcase, Honorable mention for Two Million Homes for Mexico. Cannes, France. (2006)

    Winner of Premio Lente de Plata, awarded by Mexican President Vicente Fox. Acapulco, Gro., Mexico (2005)

    International Photography Awards. Winner. USA (2003)

    Clement Mok Workshop Award, Art Center College of Design. USA (2001)

    9th term honors, Art Center College of Design. USA (2000)

    BMW Inziniere Kraft, Prize for Young Photographers. Munich, Germany (2000)

    30 under 30. Winner. Photo District News (PDN). New York, NY, USA (2000)

    Prix Pictet Nominee. United Kingdom (2013)

    Prix Pictet Nominee. United Kingdom (2012)

    KLM Paul Huf, Foam Fotografiemuseum. Nominee. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2010)

    L E C T U R E S / V I S I T I N G A R T I S T

    Harvard University. Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (2018)

    Soma. Mexico City, Mexico (2016)

    PFC. Tijuana, B.C., Mexico (2016)

    Centro Estatal de las Artes. Ensenada, B.C., Mexico (2016)

    Centro Estatal de las Artes. Mexicali, B.C., Mexico (2016)

    Julius Schulman Institute, Image, Architecture Now. Los Angeles, CA, USA (2011)

    2º Forum Latinoamericano de Fotografía de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil (2011)

    Soma. Mexico City, Mexico (2010)

    AAVI, Visual Arts Academy (AAV). Mexico City, Mexico (2010)

    Cornell University. Ithaca, NY, USA (2010)

    Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Boston, MA, USA (2009)

    Haus der Architekture. Graz, Austria (2009)

    Little People of America National Conference. Brooklyn, NY, USA (2009)

    Estación Tijuana. Tijuana, B.C., Mexico (2009)

    S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S

    ​​​​​​​2021 PROXYCO Gallery. New York, NY, USA

    2019 Julius Shulman Institute Excellence in Photography Awardee - Livia Corona Benjamin. Woodbury University Hollywood Gallery. Los Angeles, CA, USA

    2019 Public Works. Woodbury University Hollywood Gallery. Los Angeles, CA, USA

    2019 Frieze New York. Randall's Island Park. New York, USA

    2016 Nadie Sabe, Nadie Supo. Parque Galería. Mexico City, Mexico

    2015 Manhattan Transfer. Sgorbati Projects. New York, NY, USA

    2014 Previous/Next. Galería Agustina Ferreyra. San Juan, Puerto Rico

    2011 Of People And Houses. Hartell Gallery, Cornell University. Ithaca, NY, USA

    2010 Enanitos Toreros. Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts. Portland, OR, USA

    2009 Of People And Houses. Haus der Architektur. Graz. Styria, Austria

    2009 Of People And Houses. Galerija Herman Pečarič. Piran, Eslovenia

    2008 Enanitos Toreros. Powerhouse Arena. Brooklyn, NY, USA

    G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S

    2022

    Este Fino Borde de Alambre de Púas. LaNao Galería, Mexico City

    Kolapse. Galería Machete. Mexico City

    2021

    Trienal de Tijuana: Internacional Pictórica. Tijuana, Mexico

    XIV Bienal Femsa, Inestimable Azar. Morelia, Mexico

    2020

    ARCOmadrid, Openings. Curated by Tiago de Abreu Pinto and Övül Ö. Durmusoglu. Madrid, Spain

    Observaciones sobre historia natural y artes útiles. Laboratorio Arte Alameda in collaboration with Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Museo de Arte Moderno y Museo Nacional de Arte. Online Exhibition

    2018

    Native Perspectives, in conjunction with Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY, USA

    CMA’s Annual Art Auction. Children’s Museum of the Arts. New York, NY, USA

    CoRe Foro Urbano. Instituto de Políticas para el Transporte y Desarrollo. Mexico City, Mexico

    Pacha, Llaqta, Wasichay: Indigenous Space, Modern Architecture, New Art. Curated by Marcela Guerrero and Alana Hernandez, Whitney Museum of American Art. New York, NY, USA

    Made in Public / Hecho en Público. Arroyo de la Plata Gallery. Zacatecas, Mexico

    2017

    Home - So Different, So Appealing. Curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Chon A. Noriega and Mari Carmen Ramírez, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH). Houston, Texas, USA

    Kitchen Debate. Curated by Paulina Ascencio. Regina Rex Gallery, New York, NY, USA

    Home - So Different, So Appealing. Pacific Standard Time. Curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Chon A. Noriega and Mari

    Carmen Ramírez, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Los Angeles, CA, USA

    2016

    México Megalopolis. Curated by Christophe De Jaeger and Ramona Van Gansbeke. Knokke Heist, Belgium

    Subasta SOMA. Mexico City, Mexico

    Cape Cod Modern House Trust. Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY, USA

    ZOOM! Architecture and Town in The Image. Curated by Hilde Strobl, Architekturzentrum. Vienna, Austria

    Cotidiano Latino/US. Curated by Claudi Carreras Guillén, Centro Cultural de España. Mexico City, Mexico

    2015

    Inaugural Show. Parque Galería. Mexico City, Mexico

    #BAE #AQN. Curated by Natalia Ibáñez Lario, Gallery Yautepec. Mexico City, Mexico

    The X, The Y, The Z, Skylight at Moynihan Station. Spring/Break Art Show. New York, NY, USA

    ZOOM!. Curated by Hilde Strobl, Architecture and Town in The Image, Pinakothek Der Moderne. Munich, Germany

    Hot Slice. Curated by Liz Nielsen and Carolina Wheat Zolla, Lieberman Gallery. Chicago, IL, USA

    Existe lo que Tiene Nombre. Curated by Javier Ramírez Limón and Sergio de la Torre, ASU Art Museum. Tempe, AZ,USA

    Existe lo que Tiene Nombre. Curated by Javier Ramírez Limón and Sergio de la Torre, SF Camera Works. San Francisco, CA, USA

    Clifford Chance. Curated by Jacob Robichaux. New York, NY, USA

    2014

    The Last Brucennal. Organized by The Bruce High Quality Foundation. New York, NY, USA

    Beyond the Supersquare. Curated by Holly Block and María Inés Rodríguez, The Bronx Museum of The Arts. NY, USA

    Donde Hay Protesta Hay Negocio. Curated by Marina Reyes Franco, Galería Agustina Ferreyra. San Juan, Puerto Rico

    El Teatro del Mundo. Curated by Andrea Torreblanca, Museo Tamayo. Mexico City, Mexico

    Foreshock. Curated by Aline Skurovich, Galería La Fabrica. New York, NY, USA

    OFF, Away, Down. Curated by Curaçao C.M.,Spring/Break Art Show. New York, NY, USA

    Dreaming Is a Form of Planning. Galería Agustina Ferreyra. San Juan, Puerto Rico

    Latino Cotidiano/US. Curated by Claudi Carreras Guillén, Museum of Latin American Art (MoLA). Long Beach, CA, USA

    2013

    Pavel Acosta, Livia Corona, Ignacio Lang, Gabriela Salazar. Sgorbati Projects. New York, NY, USA

    X Bienal Monterrey Femsa. Museum of Modern Art of Monterrey (MARCO). Monterrey, Mexico

    X Bienal Monterrey Femsa. Antiguo Colegio de San Idelfonso. Mexico City, Mexico

    2012

    Nueva Fotografîa. Curated by Yvonne Venegas, Zona MACO, Galería Santiago Toca. Mexico City, Mexico

    Ciudad Total. Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM). Valencia, España

    Fabricated. Curated by Melissa Stafford, Tremaine Gallery at the Hotchkiss School. Lakeville, CT, USA

    The Return of the Dinosaurs. Curated by Adrián Saldaña, Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY, USA

    Mujeres Detrás de la Lente. Curated by Emma Cecilia García Krinsky, Museo Arocena. Torreón, Coah., Mexico

    Mundos Mexicanos. CerModern. Ankara, Turkey

    2011

    Twins (project by Diego Berruecos). Zona MACO, Galería Gaga. Mexico City, Mexico

    Vivienda Social y Autoconstrucción. Curated by Daniel Garza-Usabiaga, Museum of Modern Art (MAM). Mexico City, Mexico

    Testimonio y Visión. Bienal Internacional de Fotografía, Museum of Modern Art of Bogota (MAMBO). Bogota, Colombia

    Mundos Mexicanos. Curaduría de Alejandro Castellanos, Bozar Center for Fine Arts. Brussels, Belgium

    No Existen Soluciones Fáciles, Galería Nina Menocal. Mexico City, Mexico

    Citambulos, Kobenhavns, The Museum of Copenhaguen. Copenhague, Denmark

    Clifford Chance. Curated by Jacob Robichaux. New York, NY, USA

    Mujeres Detrás de la Lente. Curated by Emma Cecilia García K., Centro Cultural Tijuana. Tijuana, B.C., Mexico

    Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Palais de Glace. Buenos Aires, Argentina

    World Documents. Curated by Anthony W. Lee, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. South Hadley, MA, USA

    2010

    The Last Newspaper/New City Reader. Curated by Joseph Grima and Kazys Varnellis, New Museum, New York, NY, USA

    In Lieu of Unity. Curated by Alicia Ritson, Ballroom Marfa. Marfa, TX, USA

    Apexart Franchise Project – Finalist Apex Arts, New York, NY, USA

    Image, Architecture, Now. Curated by Audrey Landreth. Julius Schulman Institute, Woodbury University. Burbank, CA, USA

    2009

    Citámbulos, un Viaje a Través del Espejo. Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, Mexico

    Visionaris, Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca. Palma de Mallorca, Spain

    Umbrales. Photo Quai, Instituto de México. Paris, France

    The Female Gaze: Nymphoto Presents. Sasha Wolf Gallery. New York, NY, USA

    Parientes de Ocasión. Curated by Javier Ramírez Limón, Atheneum Arts Center. La Jolla, CA, USA

    Resiliencia. Curated by Claudi Carreras Guillén. PhotoEspaña, Instituto Cervantes. Madrid, Spain

    The Real Photography Award, Winners Exhibition. LP III Art Exhibition Centre. Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    2008

    XIII Bienal de Fotografía. Centro de la Imagen. Mexico City, Mexico

    Parientes de Ocasión. Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo. Oaxaca, Mexico

    Citámbulos, The Incidence of the Remarkable, DAZ, Deutsches Architektur Zentrum. Berlin, Germany

    Parientes de Ocasión. Curated by Javier Ramírez Limón, Cecut. Tijuana, Mexico

    Asperger’s First, Arts in Bushwick. Curated by Gabriela Alva Cal y Mayor. Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Sony World Photography Award, Winners Exhibition. Cannes, France