Ana Blumenkron (Mexico City 1989). Graduated from the master's degree in Photojournalism and Photography Documentary with the highest honours from University of the Arts London.

Education 

2009 - 2013 Bachelor Degree Media Communications by Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City, Mexico. Graduation project a short film on motherhood and surrogacy. 

January - August 2012  Journalism Seminar at Universidad Alberto Hurtado in Santiago de Chile, Chile. Research on how TV changes through Latin-American. 

2016  Photo Production Seminar Centro de la Imagen Mexico City, Mexico. Work called Interiores, reflecting on peoples homes and memory.  

2019 - 2021  MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, University of The Arts London, UK. Graduation project on love and feminism. (Distinction) 

Selected exhibitions and awards 

2017 Códigos de Convivencia Centro de la Imagen, CDMX, Mexico.

2017 Winner Best Young Portafolio FOTOMEXICO.

2018 Art Residency AAVI, CDMX, Mexico.

2019 Solo exhibition Código Blumenkron at Trendo Arts Mexico. 

2019 Shortlisted Dior Photography Awards for Young Talents "Dior the Art of Color” exhibited in Luma, Arles, France. 

2019 Collective exhibition Abierto Mexicano de Diseño Gallery El Rule, Mexico. 

2019 Parts of the 100 most Creative Mexicans in the World by Forbes Mexico. 

2020 Winner Camaradas MEX-UK exhibition with the Mexican Embassy in UK. 

2020 To defeat the purpose: Guerilla tactics in Latin American Art, collective exhibition Aoyama Meguro gallery, Japan. 

2020 Shortlisted Photoworks Photography+ Graduate Award UK.

2020 2020 Digital Exhibition Class 2020 Aesthetica Magazine, London, UK. 

2020 Digital Exhibition Photo Fringe Graduating Photography MA London, UK.

2020 Digital Exhibition Graduating in a Pandemic, UAL Post Grad Community, UK. 

2021 She Ate the Tablecloth Shortlisted The Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers, UK.

2021 Public Enquiry UAL Graduate Showcase, UK.

2021 Correspondance X The Photographers Gallery, online exhibition, London. 

2021 PlayDate at UK Mexican Art Society, London. 

2021 PlayDate now part of UAL Collections UK. 

2021 Somos una y Somos Muchas collective exhibition, Las Rejas de Chapultepec, Mexico. 

2021 A Question of When collective exhibition, Four Corners Gallery London, UK. 

2021 Boredom is Not a Luxury, collective exhibition, Craft Central, London, UK. 

2021 FAMA exhibition and art fair in Monterrey Nuevo León, México. 

2021 ART’N DIOR exhibition at Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning, China. 

2021 ART’N DIOR exhibition at West Bund Artistic Center, Shanghai, China. 

2021 Yearbook 2021 online exhibition, publication by Shutter Hub also highly commended work by The Newspaper Club London UK. 

2022 Yo en 2020, 2020 en mi collective exhibition, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City. 

2022 8M catalogue of Female Photographers by FAMA, MTY, Mexico.

2022 Rehabitar el Silencio Patricia Conde Galería, Mexico City.

2022 Printmaster Zine Fair, South London Gallery, UK.

2022 Rompamos el Silencio 3er piso de Relaciones Exteriores, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico City.

2022 Somos una y somos muchas, Galería Abierta de la Alcaldía Iztapalapa, México.

2023 Cazadores de Paraíso, Galeria El Palmar 137, Mexico City.

2024 Valentin, Photobook Cafe London.

2024 Everything is coming up roses, Somers Gallery, London UK.

Publications

2017 Fanzine del Amor.

2019 The Otherworldly zine.

2020 Foreplay zine.

2021 PlayDate zine

2022 Decolonising Wikipedia: opportunities for digital knowledge activism - Spark Journal UAL

2022 Terms of Engagement p. 135 - 145 How to Start a Feminist Socially Engaged Art Practice

 2024 Photobook Valentin