Biography
Born in Mexico City, Ileana is a professional in graphic communications and advertising. She studied in San Diego, CA. in the United States and later on she returned to Mexico City where she worked as a copywriter, graphic designer and creative director for several advertising agencies, until she realized she had a more artistic calling and a very strong feeling for painting and photography. She learned about painting techniques and engaged in developing and combining her photography and computer graphics skills through her visual expression. She is now an independent visual artist and photographer. Her work has been recognized and awarded internationally by Mobile Photo Awards, Mobile Camera Club, the Gala Awards (Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers), Tokyo International Foto Awards, Better Photography Magazine and was just recently nominated by Mobiography Awards for the best photographer of the year 2021. Her work has been exhibited in Brazil, Korea, United States, Hungary, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Turkey and Argentina. In 2017 she presented Fragmentos de Luz, her first solo exhibition in Mexico City. She has been featured and collaborated in some important blogs about mobile art and photography.
Through her work, she tries to evoke sensations. Her images are the combined inspiration of interweaved images and stories layered through her feelings and emotions. She appreciates the little things in life and aims to transmute them in emotional works that provoke connection and resonate with the collective.
Press
Education
- Graphic Communications, University of California San Diego, 1988.
- Radio & TV Commercial Copywriting, Columbia School of Broadcasting, 1988.
- Radio Announcer License A, Secretaría de Educación Pública, México, 1986.
- Diplôme De Langue Française de Paris, Alianza Francesa de México, 1985.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017
Fragmentos de Luz, German Centre, CDMX, México.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
MIRA Mobile Prize Street Photography Black & White 2022 Exhibition. Porto, Portugal.
2022
MIRA Mobile Prize 2022 Exhibition. Porto, Portugal.
2021
Barcelona Foto Biennale. FotoNostrum, The Mediterranean House of Photography. Barcelona, Spain.
2021
Melancholia a FotoNostrum Exhibition, The Mediterranean House of Photography. Barcelona, Spain.
2020
All Colors of the World, Palazzo di Città. Cagliari, Italy.
2019
The Beauty Myth Exhibition, Copernico Gallery, Milan, Italy.
2019
2018
2018
Mobile: A juried international photography exhibition. PH21 Photography Gallery. Budapest, Hungary.
2017
Festival e Prêmio Latino Americano de Mobgrafia 2017. Museu da Imagem e Do Som. Sao Paolo, Brazil.
Awards
2022
PX3 Prix de la Photographie de Paris. Gold Winner in Fine Art. Paris, France.
2022
MIRA Mobile Street Photography Black & White Prize 2022 Exhibition. Porto, Portugal.
2022
MIRA Mobile Prize Shortlist 2022. MIRA Forum. Porto, Portugal.
2021
2021
2021
2021
10th Annual Mobile Photo Awards: Self Portrait Honorable Mention, Fine Art Honorable Mention.
2021
Tokio International Foto Awards 2020: Fine Art/Collage Honorable Mention. Tokyo, Japan.
2020
Mobile Digital Art and Creativity Summit (MDAC 2020). Top 11 Winners. California, USA.
2020
2020
9th Annual Mobile Photo Awards: Self Portrait Honorable Mention
2019
2019
2018
7th Annual Mobile Photo Awards: Self Portrait Honorable Mention.