Born in Mexico City in 1974, Alejandro Durán is a multimedia artist now based in Brooklyn, New York. Through photography, installation and video, his work examines the fraught intersections of man and nature, particularly revealing the pervasive impact of consumer culture on the natural world. He received an MA in Teaching from Tufts University in 1999 and an MFA in poetry from the New School for Social Research in 2001.
Durán received En Foco’s 2011 New Works Award, was included in the 2012 Bronx Biennial of Latin American Art, and was nominated for the 2014 and 2015 Prix Pictet and the 2016 Prix Thun for Art and Ethics. He has exhibited his work at the Galería Octavio Paz at the Mexican consulate in New York and was Hunter College’s Artist-in-Residence for 2014-2015 with his solo show, Washed Up: Transforming a Trashed Landscape.
Publications include Land Art (Palette Editions, 2013), Art & Ecology Now (Thames & Hudson, 2014), and Unexpected Art (Chronicle Books, 2015). Most recently, Duran’s work will be featured in Photo Viz (Gestalten, 2016). Notable press includes a photo essay published in Germany’s Die Zeit, and has also been featured on ABC News, The Huffington Post, El Diario/La Prensa, and the New York Daily News.
Durán has taught youth and adult classes in photography and video since 2002 and has worked as a museum educator at The Museum of Modern Art and The International Center of Photography. He is also the founder of video production company Luma Projects, whose clients include MoMA, The Museum of Arts & Design, and Columbia University.
