SABINA GÁMEZ IBARRA

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Audiovisual artist with a BFA focused on electronic media and a minor degree in biology from Universidad de Los Andes (COL). Currently, she is pursuing her MFA in Intermedia at Concordia University (CA). She has experience in photography direction, video, photography, video installation, post-production, and audiovisual creation.

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In her artwork, Sabina Gámez focuses on the body and its relation to scale, representation, digitalization, and interaction with the environment. Her research and art practice is centred on understanding the physical, phenomenological experience of embodiment and how the body is understood and contextualized in the media. Gámez, experiments with different formats and approaches to audiovisual media, including chroma key, projection, video performance, and VR to explore notions of the self, self-recognition, remnants, and embodiment in the media. Owing to her studies in biology, she is interested in the observation of the body and its dynamics with external objects and different phenomena. 

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Studies 

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2022 - Present       MFA candidate, Studio Arts, Intermedia / Concordia University, Montréal, QC

2015 - 2019             Bachelor of Fine Arts and Electronic Media / Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, CO.

2015 - 2016             Minor in biology / Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, CO.

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Scholarships and Awards 

 

2023        Fine Arts Scholarship for (2023-2024) academic year/ Concordia University, Montréal, QC

2023        Elspeth McConnell Fine Arts Internship Award / Concordia University, Montréal, QC

2022        International Tuition Award of Excellence (2022- 2024) academic year/ Concordia University,  Montréal, QC

2022        Merit Scholarship (2022-2023)  academic year / Concordia University, Montréal, QC

2019        Distinction of Excellence, for obtaining the best semester average of the program/ Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, CO.

2018        Scholarship "Fondo Guillermo Wiedemann", Faculty of Arts & Humanities / Universidad  De Los Andes, Bogotá, CO.

2015        National Government Scholarship for Higher Education in High-Quality Accredited Institutions / Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, CO.

 

Exhibitions 

 

2023        I'm not there, photo series / Maureen 8,  Montréal, QC

2021        I'm not there, photo series / Factible: Fábrica de creación”, Mexico City

2020        La utopía ciclista, photo series In collaboration with the art collective "Birula Gráfica“/ Abierto Mexicano de Diseño, Mexico.

2018        Pináculo, photo series / The international photo exhibition of Incheon Marine Festival and Film, in South Korea.

2018        Periferia, video installation/ Fine Arts Department Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, CO.

2016        Gravedad, photograph / La Muerte Chimba, the UAM Unidad Xochimilco de  México, Mexico City.

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Research Groups 

 

2023        Member of Loyola Sustainability Research Centre / Concordia University, Montréal, QC 

2023        Member of Hexagram / Montréal, QC 

2022        Research Assistant at Elastic Spaces Lab / Concordia University, Montréal, QC

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Artist Talks 

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2023      Social Justice, Migration, and the Environment - Thinking Allowed Fall Colloquium / Concordia University, Montréal, QC

2023      IMCA Lunchtime Talks, Studio Arts department / Concordia University, Montréal, QC

2022      IMCA Lunchtime Talks, Studio Arts department / Concordia University, Montréal, QC

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