Patricia Lagarde

Patricia Lagarde López

Mexican photographer.


Individual and group exhibitions in spaces as Centro de la Imagen, Museo de Arte Moderno, Museo Carrillo Gil, Museo de Historia Natural, Museo Alvarez Bravo, Ocurrance Gallery, Jack Fischer Gallery, Patricia Conde Gallery, Paris-Photo Fair, Context Art Miami, Zona MACO, CODEX International Book Fair, ACME Hall, among others.

Publications in books and specialized magazines such as Luna Córnea, Artes de México, Book Art Object 2, CODEX Foundation and Artist and their books, books and their artist, Getty Foundation.

Her photographs and books are part of international collections, including Stanford University Library, The Paul Getty Foundation, The University of California, Berkeley, Special Collections, University of Miami, Pennsylvania State University, Fundación Alumnos 47, MH Centro de documentación , Museo Archivo de la Fotografía, Fundación Televisa.

Currently her work is represented by Patricia Conde Gallery in Mexico City and San Francisco, USA by The Jack Fischer Gallery.

Patricia Lagarde has displayed her work in galleries and museums around the world in both group and solo shows.

She published books and specialized magazines such as Luna Córnea, Artes de México, Casa del Tiempo, Alquimia, La Tempestad and Espacio.


Prizes and distinctions:

  • First Prize, International Artist Book Fair & Competition, Masquelibros V, 2016, Madrid, Spein
  • Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte 2015-2017
  • First place in TV Category, XIX Festival and Exhibition of National TV and Video Network for the documentary on her work: Naturaleza Quieta: “Polaris”, TV UNAM, 2013
  • Special Prize II FUMCA Competition, 2013
  • Certified at PROGRAMA EDMUNDO VALADÉS, FONCA, 2011-2012
  • Honorary mention for her book “Wunderkammer” from FOTOSEPTIEMBRE (International Artists Book Fair), Mexico City, 2011
  • Jury member and tutor to winners of Programa Jóvenes Creadores, FONCA, 2009
  • Selection, XI Bienal de Fotografía, México, 2004
  • Selection, X Bienal de Fotografía, México, 2002
  • Accepted at Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte, 2001-2003
  • Grant recipient, Programa de Fomento a Proyectos y Coinversiones Culturales, FONCA, 2000
  • Grant recipient, Programa Jóvenes Creadores, FONCA, 1995

She has participated in the following international contemporary art fairs: Context, Art (Miami: 2012), Paris Photo (Paris: 2013, 2014, 2018) Zona MACO (Mexico City: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017)

In the United States, her photos and books are housed by collections at Stanford University Library, The Paul Getty Foundation, and The University of California at Berkeley. In Mexico, they form part of collections at Fundación Alumnos 47, Centro de Documentación MH, Museo Archivo de la Fotografía, and el Centro Universitario UAQ of Querétaro.

She has given courses and workshops in Oaxaca at both the Museo Álvarez Bravo and at the Centro de Artes de San Agustín; in San Luis Potosí at the Centro de Artes; in Guadalajara at ITESO and in Mexico City at the Museo de Arte Moderno, at the Centro de Cultural Digital, at the Academia de San Carlos and at “La Esmeralda”, among others.