Luis Javier Rodríguez López

Cel. (+ 52 1) 271 1594017

e.mail [email protected]
Calle Morelos #18, Fortín, Veracruz, Mexico
Portfolio https://ljvisualarts.com/curator
Vimeo https://vimeo.com/ljrodriguez
40 years old, October 11 1982
Mexican
Spanish, English

Curator and digital museographer, masters program

supported by a scholarship from The National Council
of Science and Technology and was endowed with the
support for cultural and creative enterprises of the
state of Veracruz 2016.

Education
Jan 2012 - Dec 2013. M.A. on Aesthetics and Art at BUAP, Puebla with a Fellowship from
CONACYT (National Council on Science and Technology of México).

2008 - 2010. Specialty on Digital Film at UCEM, San Luis Potosi

2002 - 2003 Auditing student through the second term of Dramatic Arts Major at UASLP’s
Theatre School, San Luis Potosi.

1999 – 2005 BBus. on Marketing at Universidad del Centro de Mexico, San Luis Potosi.

Areas of specialization: Digital Art, Film, Video

Professional Work Experience

February 2021 to date
Marketing Content Manager
IT Capital

February 2020 to date

Translator, transcriber and Search Engine Evaluator
Teemwork.ai

December 2019 to date

Translator and Search Engine Evaluator
Appen

November 2019 to date

Curator & Digital Museographer
COMM-POST
September 2015 to november 2019
Director of programming and curatorial affairs
Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar

July 2014 to August 2017

University professor
Universidad Veracruzana, UNIVO Orizaba and Cordoba
Universidad Cuauhtémoc, CEUNI Córdoba

January to July 2014

Videographer and film curator
Museo Regional de puebla INAH (Puebla City)

August 2008 –August 2009

Multimedia and Graphic Designer
Ciudad al Día

September 2005 - August 2008

Graphic Designer and Copy Writer
H. Ayuntamiento de San Luis Potosí

October 2003 - August 2005

Graphic Designer and Copy Writer
Gilvi Advertising

Lectures and workshops taught

Sept. 2020 Museums of Scarcity and Art Deserts at Transformations and Consequences in
Society Due to COVID-19 Pandemia at Kolegji AAB in Kosovo.
Oct. 2014 Control to Uncontrol, error and serendipity on cinematographic design at
Universidad del Valle de Orizaba in Veracruz.
Dec. 2013 Configuration of the image, intentional out of focus and blur on optical
representation at the III Encuentro de Egresados de la MEYA. Benemerita
Universidad de Puebla, Puebla.
Dec. 2013 Hacia el cine Visual (towards a plastic cinema) at VIII Coloquio Internacional de
Estética y Arte, Instituto de Filosofía de La Habana; Instituto Superior de Arte de
Cuba, La Habana, Cuba.
Aug. 2013. La lente como mecanismo de control (Lens as a control mechanism) lecture, 4
Congreso Nacional Multidisciplinario Los Desencantos del Mundo Contemporaneo,
Queretaro, Mexico.
Oct. 2011. Short Film Workshop at Rodando Film Festival.
Apr. 2011. Video-art Workshop, Universidad Mesoamericana, San Luis Potosí.
Apr. 2010. Taller de Tendencias contemporáneas en videoarte (Contemporary Trends on
Media Art), Universidad del Centro de Mexico.
Exhibits
Calacas Interiores
Nov - Dec 2019 December 2017 february 2018
Curator, museography Curator, museography
Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar

Hipertextuales Ocúpate de la humanidad que dios

June - Aug 2019 todopoderoso se ocupará de sí mismo
Curator, museography June - August 2017
Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar Exhibit coordinator
Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar
Marzo, representación y agencia
Mar - May 2019 Fibras (Fibers: textile art)
Curator, museography Feb - Ap 2017
Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar Curator, museography
Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar
No hay lógica entre dos naranjas
Minerva ayon & Marcelino Barsi Nuevos Collages Para Una Nueva Vida (New
Feb - Mar 2019 Triadas
Curator, museography (Triads)
Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar June 2016 – Sep 2016
Cocurator with Scott McGovern from
ReMiX EdVideo, coordinator, museography
Dec - Feb 2018 Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar
Curator, museography
Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar Monstruo y Neuronal, Gerardo y Fernando
Montiel Klint
Desaparecidos June 2016 – Aug 2016
(The disappeared) Coordinator, museography
Oct - Nov 2018 Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar
Curator, museography
Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar NeoGeometrismo
April 2016 – June 2016
Habitantes Coordinator, museography
(Inhabitants) Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar
Miguel Villegas
Sept 2018 Tradición + Tendencias: Genealogías de la
Curator, museography cerámica contemporánea de Veracruz
Casa de Cultura Jorge Cuesta (Taadition + Trends: Genealogy of
contemporary mexican ceramics in Veracruz)
Habitaciones, Biopoder y estructuraciones April 2016 – June 2016
del espacio: Miguel villegas Coordinator, museography
(Places, biopower and spatial structures: Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar
Miguel Villegas)
Sept 2018 La Vida Acuatica, grabados de Lucia
Curator, museography Prudencio
Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar March 2016 – April 2016
Coordinator, museography
Atractor Extraño Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar
July - Aug 2018
 Curator, museography Intuición Estética: Escritura Asémica
Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar (Aesthetic intuition: Asemic writing)
February 2016 – March 2016
Collages for a New Life) Organizer, coordination
Dec 2016 – Feb 2017 Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar
Curator, museography
Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar Ciudad Bosque (Forrest City)
December 2015 – February 2016
Cumbres (Heights) Curator
Nov 2016 – Dec 2016 Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar
Curator
Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar On/Off
November 2013 – January 2014
Mapas de veracruz, cuerpos como eje de Coordinator, designer, media manager
una cartografía identitaria Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar
(Veracruz Maps, bodies as axis of an identity
cartography)
Sep 2016
Curator, museography
Centro Cultural Casa Baltazar

Filmography
Director Reel available at: https://vimeo.com/15316503
(editing) Los Otros Peregrinos Feature lenght, sharing credit with Aaron Cadena Ovalle (FONCA
2010) and Pablo Melgoza Navarro)
2010 Luces (Documentary Short)
*(Official Selection Morelia Film Festival; DOCSDF 2010; Festival Cerro de San Pedro
2011)

Misc. Cinemaptography reel available at https://vimeo.com/23972764

2011 Tierra Blanca (Short Film) Cinematography* (Official Selection CineMA Film Festival
2012)
2010 De Cuando Escuchas Pasar el Tren (Short Film) Cinematography
*(Honorable Mention Rally Festival Expresión en Corto 2010 GIFF)
2010 Hidalgo, la historia jamas contada (Feature Lenght, Astillero Films) 3rd Camera Assistant
2009 La Vida en el Saucito (Documentary Short) Camera Operator
*(Official Selection festival REC Puebla 2010)
2009 Donde Quedó (Music Video for Agente 33) Staff

Artist exhibits
Nov. 2013. Multimedia Art show, Departamento Invadido. No Automatico, Puebla.
Jun. – Jul. 2011. Photography show, 17 fotografos de la ciudad. Centro de Documentación
Histórica Lic. Rafael Montejano y Aguiñaga.
Mar. 2010. Mixed Media collective exhibit Area de Portadas de Revista ENE O.
Jul. 2008. Mixed Media Exhibit, Casa Okupa squat.
Oct. 2007. Collective painting exhibit 100 years of les Madmoiselles de Avignon, Ross
Ragland Gallery, Klammath Falls, Oregon, U.S.A.
Nov. 2006. Collective photography exhibit Neográfica Digital, Auditorio UCEM.

Workshops and seminars attended

May 26-June 29. 2020 Viral Commons: Art, Infrastructure and Piracy Seminar by
Alberto López Cuenca. MUAC, Mexico City
Sept.-Dec. 2019 Create in Public Space MOOC by FAI-AR, France
March 2011. Master class and workshop on Documentary Video Making
Techniques by Peter Zorn (Werkleitz society president), CASLPC.
Nov. 2010. Production Design Workshop with Lorenza Manrique CCC – Cineteca
Alameda noviembre 2010
Aug. 2010. Alternative Landscape workshop by Alfredo di Stefano (SNCA), CASLPC.
Marzo 2010. Cinematography Workshop by Guillermo Granillo (SNCA), EFD Mexico
city (through guanajuato International Film Festival).
Sept. 2009. Videoart Workshop by Sarah Minter (SNCA), CASLPC.
Jul. 2007 – Sept. 2008. Creative Writing Workshop by David Ojeda, Casa de la
Cultura de San Luis Potosí.
May 2008. XX Century Latin American Literature Workshop by Mario González
Suárez.
Sept. 2007. Packaging Design Workshop by Annete M. Piskel (NWSA).
Sept. 2006 – Jan. 2008. Ilustration Diploma with Xavier Medellín Puyou, Instituto
Guze.
Feb. 2007. Digital Photostory Workshop by Carlucho de la Vega. Escuela de Ciencias
de la Comunicación/Centro de Arte y Nuevas Tecnologías.
Oct. – Nov. 2006. Digital Neographics Workshop. UCEM.
Nov. 2004. Visual Semiotics Workshop, coordinación de Ciencias Sociales y
Humanidades UASLP.
Mar. 2002. Taller del Poster and Engraving Workshop by Barbara Paciorek, Bienal
Internacional del Cartel 2002.
Nov. 2001. Typhographic Poster Design Workshop by Martin Solomon.