The space in between: Bakehouse photographers in dialogue
Join Curatorial + Public Programs Associate, Laura Novoa as she speaks with Rose Marie Cromwell, Diana Espin, Mateo Serna Zapata, and Clara Toro, four Bakehouse artists, whose works are featured in the exhibition The space in between. The conversation will focus on the artists’ photographic practices and the role of the medium in times of crisis.
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About the artists
Rose Marie Cromwell is a photographic and video artist whose work explores the effects of globalization on human interaction and social politics. Her first monograph El Libro Supremo de la Suerte (2018, TIS books) was awarded the Light Work Photobook Prize. Rose is an awardee of a Getty Reportage Grant, a Light Work Residency, and is a Fulbright Scholar. She has had solo exhibitions at the Diablo Rosso Gallery and Antitesis Gallery in Panama City and has exhibited at the Aperture Foundation, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, and Light Work. Rose is frequently commissioned by The New York Times, California Sunday Magazine, Harpers, The New Yorker, and Vice.
Diana Espin has a Bachelor’s Degree from the Metropolitan University of Caracas and a Masters in Business Administration from New York University. Currently, Diana is pursuing a full-time career as a photographer. She has done documentary projects, landscape fine art photography, panoramic image projects, as well as some professional portraiture and architectural photography. She has an extended body of work related to an animal rescue project in South Florida, Another Kind of Humans.
Mateo Serna Zapata is a Colombian-born, Miami-raised photo-based artist. As a photographer, Mateo is drawn to the exploration of the human experience. He uses his camera as a tool to navigate through conversations that develop into organic interactions between people and the environment. His work has been exhibited at MOCA, New World Gallery, Cisneros-Fontanals Art Foundation, Mindy Solomon Gallery, and the Coral Gables Museum. Mateo received his BFA from the University of Florida through New World School of the Arts.
Clara Toro graduated with a degree in Industrial Design from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in 1987. In 1988, she moved to Montreal and then New York, attending both Université de Montreal and Pratt Institute, taking courses towards a Master’s degree in Industrial Design and Marketing. She moved to South Florida from New York in 1992, where she pursued a career as an educator from 1996 through 2008. Over the course of the last several years, she has dedicated herself full time to the study and practice of photography. Currently, she is the Director of Roberto Mata School of Photography.
Image: Installation view of The space in between. Photo by Pedro Wazzan, 2020.