Through archival research Carla Herrera-Prats' work comments on the cultural and economic transactions that flow, often invisibly, in the context of a transnational world.
Her projects juxtapose photography and material from different sources questioning the documentary value of both images and text.
She was co-director of the gallery Acceso A in Mexico City and currently is part of the collaborative CAMEL. Herrera-Prats has shown her individual work in Canada, Colombia, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, and the United States, in venues such as Centro de la Imagen, Museo Dolores Olmedo, Centre Vu, Artists Space, and The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, among others. From the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes she received the "Jóvenes Creadores" scholarship and support for studies abroad. She has also been recipient of the Interdisciplinary Grant from CalArts, the Van Lier Foundation Fellowship and the Jumex Collection Support. Currently, Herrera-Prats is a Visiting Lecturer at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and taught at the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University.
Carla Herrera-Prats received her BFA at "La Esmeralda," in Mexico City, and her MFA in Photography at CalArts, Los Angeles. She has recently been a participant at the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York.
that flow, often invisibly, in the context of a transnational world.
Her projects juxtapose photography and material from different sources questioning the documentary value of both images and text.
She was co-director of the gallery Acceso A in Mexico City and currently is part of the collaborative CAMEL. Herrera-Prats has shown her individual work in Canada, Colombia, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, and the United States, in venues such as Centro de la Imagen, Museo Dolores Olmedo, Centre Vu, Artists Space, and The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, among others. From the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes she received the "Jóvenes Creadores" scholarship and support for studies abroad. She has also been recipient of the Interdisciplinary Grant from CalArts, the Van Lier Foundation Fellowship and the Jumex Collection Support. Currently, Herrera-Prats is a Visiting Lecturer at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and taught at the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University.
Carla Herrera-Prats received her BFA at "La Esmeralda," in Mexico City, and her MFA in Photography at CalArts, Los Angeles. She has recently been a participant at the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York.