René Serrano Rodríguez

René Serrano Rodríguez

Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

About René Serrano Rodríguez

René Serrano was born in 1975 in C. Guanajuato, Mexico. Lives in Morelia MX. After a year living in a Catholic seminary, he was “suggested” to leave the ecclesiastical career and finished the high school in Morelia. At 18 years old he starts a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration studies, he quit it to travel to the Canary Islands and central Europe to play music in the street. He returns to Mexico to study Communication - Design. At the same time, he starts to works as a trainee accountant and travels in the smalls indigenous communities in Mexico. He quit the Design School and return to Europe. In 2002 he finished the bachelor’s degree at the Academy of Fine Arts of Tournai in Belgium. In 2005 he finished a Master degree in Arts and technologies at the European University of Madrid, Spain. His artistic work has been exhibited individually and collectively in Mexico, Belgium, Ireland, Arab Emirates and in the United States. Along with his projects, he has taught and directed programs in Mexican universities like: La Salle University, Autónoma de Querétaro University and Tecnológico de Monterrey in different campus. Selected for the Mediatine award in Belgium, the Morelia Film Festival; he has also won prizes for acquisitions and selections in various contests, publications and festivals such as the Cervantino in Guanajuato, and other biennials. He has received a few grants from the Ministry of Culture in Mexico, including: “Creators with a career”, “Young Creators” and “Artistic Co-investments”. His body of work appears as part of private collections as well as inside museums such as the Morelia Contemporary and the National Anthropology photo library in Mexico. He divides his time in personal artistic projects and privates projects. He is an audiophile and amateur musician.

Education:

+ Master Degree in Arts. European University of Madrid. Madrid,Spain
+ B.A.A.: Applied Arts. Fine Arts Tournai Academy. Pictorial Research Section. Tournai,Belgium.
+ B.A. Business Administration (Not Finished) The Morelia Institute of Technology. Morelia, Michoacán. Mexico
+ Language: Spanish, French, English.

Events:

Distinctions:

+Official Selection International Cervantino Festival. Guanajuato, MX. 2018
+ XXXVI Anthropological photography award. ENAH. CDMX, MX. 2017
+Official Selection International Cervantino Festival. Guanajuato, MX. 2015
+Trajectory Artist Grant. CONACULTA/IECG Guanajuato, MX. 2013
+Official Selection International Film Festival of Morelia, MX. 2007
+Prize winner Efraín Vargas Art Prize Morelia, MX. 2007
+Co-Inversión Art Grant Cultural Ministry of Michoacan, MX. 2007
+Young Artist Grant. CONACULTA/Cultural Ministry of Michoacan,MX. 2006
+Official Selection Mediatine Prize. Brussels, BE. 2002

Exhibitions:

SOLO Exhibitions:
+ Olga Costa Museum, Guanajuato, MX, 2018
+Diego Rivera Museum, Guanajuato, MX, 2015
+Tecnológico Museum, Puebla, MX, 2015
+Pórtico Gallery, Morelia, MX, 2011
+Fábrica de Imágenes Gallery, Morelia, MX 2011
+Maison de l’ Amérique Latine, Bruxelles, BE, 2010
+Michoacán State Museum, Morelia, MX, 2007
+Querétaro City Museum, Querétaro, MX, 2003

GROUP Exhibitions:
+Courtyard Gallery, Dubai, UAE, 2019
+National School of Anthropology and History, CDMX, MX, 2017
+Héctor García Gallery. CDMX, MX, 2015
+Olga Costa Museum Guanajuato, MX, 2014
+TAG Gallery Bruxelles, BE, 2012
+International Film Festival of Morelia, Morelia, MX, 2007
+Casa de la Cultura, Morelia, MX, 2007
+Artank Gallery, Belfast, IE, 2004
+Centre Touristique de la laine et la mode. Verviers, BE, 2002
+Centre cultural W.S.L. Bruxelles, BE, 2002