Born in 1970 in Mexico City. Received a scholarship to study
architecture at the Cracow University of Technology, Poland. Graduated
in 1998. She moved to Berlin in 1996, where she worked as an architect
in the office Kleihues + Kleihues until 2013. 2001 began as autodidact
with black and white photography. 2007 assists the photographer Stefan
Müller (Architecture photography), Berlin. From 2006 to 2014 she worked
in theater photography. 2013 decided to focus solely on art and
photography. From 2014 to 2016 mentoring by Timothy Persons (Professor
at Aalto University School of Art, Design and Architecture in Helsinki,
Finland). 2019 nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2019, for the publication Silence,
Hatje Cantz Verlag, Gemany. 2020 nominated full member of the German
Society for Photography, DGPh, proposed by Ms. Barbara Lauterbach and
Mr. Ditmar Schädel (Chairman of the DGPh)
Exhibitions
2021
-14th Arte Laguna Prize 2020. Finalists' exhibition at the Arsenale of Venice, Italy
-The Path of Least Resistance. An approach to natural phenomena. Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2019
-Raíces, solo exhibition, RotwangHaus, Berlin
-Zu-Fall, group exhibition, Embassy of Mexico in Berlin
-Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, N.Ireland
-Silence, book Presentation, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo MUAC, Mexico City
-Silence, book Presentation, Librería Profética, Puebla, Mexico
2018
-GESTE Paris, group exhibition Binary / Non-Binary, Paris
-Squares, group exhibition, CICA Museum, Czong Institut for Contemporary Art, Korea
-Silence - Gabriela Torres Ruiz, solo exhibition. EMOP Berlin - European Month of Photography 2018
GALERIE im TEMPELHOF MUSEUM, Berlin
-ZONAMACO, Mexico City Contemporary Photography Fair.
-Athens Photo Festival. EMOP, European Month of Photography Athens, Benaki Museum, Athens
-lieux de mémoire / Memory Places, group exhibition, Pavlov's Dog Gallery, Berlin
2017
-Silence, Gabriela Torres Ruiz, book Presentation and Exhibition, Galerie Brockstedt, Berlin
-8. Charity Art Auction, Berlinische Gallery / Museum of Modern Art, preview, Mianki Gallery, Berlin
-(Im) balances, Gabriela Torres Ruiz, solo exhibition, Gallery Brockstedt, Hamburg, Germany
-Accrochage, Gallery Brockstedt, Berlin
-Toshima Ward Office Building, Tokyo, Japan
-(Im) balances, Gabriela Torres Ruiz, solo exhibition, Gallery Brockstedt, Berlin
-Festival de la Photographie Mediterranéenne, at Station, Beyrouth, Lebanon
2016
-Silence, Gabriela Torres Ruiz, solo exhibition, Galeria Trzecie Oko - Leica, Cracow, Poland
-7. Charity Art Auction, Berlinische Gallery / Museum of Modern Art, preview, Mianki Gallery, Berlin
-Umbral 28, MACO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Oaxaca, Mexico
-Collective, House at Kleistpark, Berlin
-Festival de la Photographie Mediterranéenne, Sanary-sur-Mer, France
-Art is Everywhere, Chashama´s at 4 Times Square, New York
-Aesthetica Art Prize, York St Mary´s, York, UK
-Extrañamiento, Gabriela Torres Ruiz and Nin Solís, Casa de las Culturas Contemporáneas, Puebla, Mexico
2015
-Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
-Fourth Annual Art Takes Miami, Art Basel Miami, USA
-6. Charity Art Auction, Berlinische Gallery / Museum of Modern Art, preview, Mianki Gallery, Berlin
-Fifth Annual Exposure Award, New York. Digital display at the Louvre, Paris
2014
-8th Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenal of Venice, Italy
-Last Paradise, Triennial Exhibition of Visual Arts, Museum Chiostro del Bramante, Rome
-Photographic Being II, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, New York
-Pure Art Festival, Battle, UK
-Battle Arts and Music Festival, UK
-Fifth Annual Art Takes Miami, Art Basel Miami, USA
Awards
2019
-Art Olympia Competition, honorable mention, Tokyo
-Belfast Photo Festival, winner Photo Book, Silence, Belfast
-Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2019, nominated for the publication Silence, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Germany
2018
-GESTE Paris, shortlisted, Paris
-Hariban Award, shortlisted, Kyoto
2017
-Felix Schoeller Photo Award, shortlisted, Germany
-Hariban Award, shortlisted, Kyoto
-Art Olympia Competition, 4th Prize and Jury Award, Tokyo
-Festival de la Photographie Mediterranéenne, laureate, Beyrouth, Lebanon
2016
-Art Prize at Haus am Kleistpark, nominated artist, Berlin
-Hariban Award, shortlisted, Kyoto
-Festival de la Photographie Mediterranéenne, winner, Sanary-sur-Mer, France
-Aesthetica Art Prize, nominated artist, York, UK
-HSBC Prix pour la Photography, finalist, Paris
-Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Medalle d´Or from the SNBA and Prix Jean Lariviére, Paris
2015
-Fifth Annual Exposure Award, Winner, New York
2014
-9th Dave Bown Projects, first prize, New York
-8th Arte Laguna Prize, honorable mention, Venice
-PX3 Prix de la Photographie, honorable mention, Paris
Publications
Silence, Gabriela Torres Ruiz, Hatje Cantz Verlag.
Text von Timothy Persons
Deutsch, Englisch, Spanisch
112 Seiten, 88 Abb., Leinen, 23,00 x 29,00 cm
Hatje Cantz Verlag
ISBN 978-3-7757-4318-1
Nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2019, for the publication Silence. Hatje Cantz Verlag, November 2017, Germany
