Mexico, 1961
He was born in Mexico City on May 25, 1961. Coronel Rivera's professional work develops as a poet, storyteller, photographer, essayist, critic and art historian, curator, and editor. He began his photography work in 1985 as a critic and historian of the subject, with the text Visiones de agua dulce, that accompanied the homonymous exhibition by Dornith Doherty and which was presented at the Galería Alternativa in June of that year. Since then, he has collaborated with texts on the subject for books, catalogs, magazines, and newspapers. In 1987 he co-founded the Kahlo-Coronel Fotogalería, the first of its kind in Mexico, which remained open until 1991. From July 1989 to May 2001 he maintained a column on art criticism and art history in the newspaper Uno Más Uno, in which frequently addressed topics related to the image. Since 1995 he has dedicated himself to photography, in this field he has the photobooks Rituales atmósferas (Mexico, Envidia, 2000), Ce Acatl: Cuando las piedras hablaron (Mexico, Envidia, 2005) and La plaga. Un análisis alrededor del turismo. (Mexico, Talamontes Editores, 2019).
Exhibitions · He has had multiple solo exhibitions such as Day of the Dead (1991) at The Detroit Institute of Arts (USA), Altar to Diego (1996) at the Latin American Art Museum, Long Beach, California (USA), Rituales atmósferas (2000 ) at Galería Lourdes Sosa, Mexico City, Fotografías selectas (2001-2002), at Rafael Coronel Museum, Zacatecas, Mexico, Ce Acatl: cuando las piedras hablaron (2002), at Church of San Luis. Asolo, Italy, Ce Acatl: cuando las piedras hablaron (2005), Galería José María Velasco, Mexico City, Ce Acatl: cuando las piedras hablaron (2007) within the FotoSinaloa 2007 Program at the DIFOCUR Cultural Center, Galería de Arte Joven, Culiacán, Mexico, La plaga. Un análisis alrededor del turismo. (2009) at the Sinaloa Art Museum, Culiacán, La plaga. Un análisis alrededor del turismo. (2017) at the Centro Deportivo Israelí, Galería Juan Gerson, Mexico City.
He has participated in group exhibitions such as Colectiva de Invierno (2000) at Galería Lourdes Sosa, Mexico City, Paisaje Tropical (2001) at the Galería José María Velasco, Mexico City, Despojo y Accidente (2006) at the Centro de Estudios Integrales de la Imagen AC in Mexico City, Taco de Ojo. Erotismo Popular (2014) at the Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares. Mexico City, Monstruosismos (2016) at the Museo de Arte Moderno.
Awards · In 2018, The Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) & AAMC Foundation, together with Diana Magaloni-, awarded him first place for excellence for the exhibition Picasso y Rivera: Conversations through time. This same year, the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, awarded him the first place of the Antonio García Cubas Prize in the Art Book category, to volumes III and IV of the Francisco Toledo compendium. Work 1957-2017, of which he made the Academic and Research Coordination. In 2019, the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, awarded the first place of the Antonio García Cubas Prize in the Art Catalog category, to the book Graciela Iturbide. Cuando habla la luz, of which he made the concept, the curatorship of the sample, and the curatorial text of the edition.
Publications · His publications include photobooks Rituales atmósferas (2000), Ce Acatl: Cuando las piedras hablaron (2005), both with the publishing house Envidia S.A., and La Plaga. Un análisis alrededor del turismo. (2019) with Talamontes Editores.
