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BIO
Sisel Lan was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1972. He completed a Master’s Degree in Fotografía y Estudios Visuales (Photography and Visual Studies) at Centro ADM. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from Universidad Anáhuac, where he also obtained a specialization in Eco Design. Throughout his career, he attended workshops in Mexico and the United States with renowned artists and educators such as Nathan Ables, Josué Ibáñez, Paul Muguet, and Saúl Serrano, among others, expanding his practice across photography, installation, and experimental media.
His work was exhibited in Australia, Spain, India, Mexico, and the United States. Among his most significant exhibitions was Migrants: A Tale of Two Hearts at Museo de las Américas, Denver, Colorado, United States (2024), which was recognized as “Art to See in Museums This Fall” by The New York Times. He also presented Migrantes: una historia de dos corazones at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México (2025), where his work was shown alongside artists such as Graciela Iturbide, Carla Rippey, and Yolanda Andrade.
Additional exhibitions included presentations at The Colorado Gallery of the Arts (Colorado, USA), State Art Gallery (Madhapur, India), The Center for Contemporary Arts (Texas, USA), Museo de la Refinería (Mexico City, Mexico), Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities (Colorado, USA), and Matadero Madrid (Madrid, Spain) among others.
His work was selected for prestigious group exhibitions such as the III Bienal de Fotografía de Oaxaca, Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Oaxaca, Mexico and The Latin American Contemporary Fine Art Competition, Agora Gallery, New York, United States and was included in publications such as TPS 29: The International Competition, Six Feet: Boundaries, Belonging, Becoming , Who Am I – Postall, and Revista Cuartoscuro.
His work became part of the permanent collection of Museo de las Américas in Denver, Colorado, United States.
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Education
2022 Master’s in Fotografía y estudios visuales (Photography and Visual Studies). Centro ADM, Mexico City, Mexico
2012 Eco Design Specialization. Universidad Anáhuac, Mexico City, Mexico
1995 Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture. Universidad Anáhuac, Mexico City, Mexico
2010 Diploma Program in Sustainable Design. Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico
2024 4D Design. Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado, USA
2024 Painting – Nathan Ables. Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado, USA
2022 Darkroom Photography – Angela Belt. Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado, USA
2009 “Interactividad en el arte digital” Workshop (Interactivity in Digital Art) – Josué Ibáñez. Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico
2009 “Mente creativa” Workshop (Creative Mind) – Nora Souza. CENTRO, Mexico City, Mexico
2009 “Medios pictóricos experimentales” Workshop (Experimental Pictorial Media) – Paul Muguet. Centro Cultural Border, Mexico City, Mexico
2008 “Imaginando en la era de la imagen digital” Workshop (Imagining in the Digital Image Era) – Alejandra Wah. Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico
2008 “Arte-Objeto” Workshop – Virgilio Kur. Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico
2008 “Producción creativa” Workshop (Creative Production) – Diego Teo. CENTRO, Mexico City, Mexico
2008 Biomimicry Workshop. Biomimicry Institute of Montana, Veracruz, Mexico
1994 Darkroom Photography – Linda Reese. University of Southwestern Louisiana, USA
1991 “Fotografía avanzada y laboratorio de cuarto oscuro” Workshop (Advanced Analog Photography and Darkroom Lab) – Saúl Serrano. Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
1990 Technical Studies in Photography. Instituto Ansel Adams, Mexico City, Mexico
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018
“24 Horas, 31 Minutos”. Centro ADM, Mexico City, Mexico
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
75 años CDI: Una cronología re-imaginada. Mexico City, Mexico
Migrantes: una historia de dos corazones. Tecnológico de Monterrey campus CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico
El regreso del lobo mexicano. Teatro Angela Peralta (public space), Mexico City, Mexico
De tanto echar flores. Galleria del Reloj, Mexico City, Mexico
Share the View. IMAX Auditorium at Legacy Campus, Lone Tree, Colorado, USA
2024
Migrants: A Tale of Two Hearts. Museo de las Américas, Denver, Colorado, USA
Shared Visions: Tactile Art Exhibition. The Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Littleton, Colorado, USA
Arapahoe Community College Art and Design Exhibition. Aspen Grove Shopping Center, Littleton, Colorado, USA
Simulacra: Jodee Sweet and Sisel Lan. The Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Littleton, Colorado, USA
2023
Processing Time. The Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Littleton, Colorado, USA
Artist Invitational (selected works). Art & Design Jantzen Gallery, Littleton, Colorado, USA
Artist Invitational. The Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Littleton, Colorado, USA
Arapahoe Community College Art and Design Exhibition. Aspen Grove Shopping Center, Littleton, Colorado, USA
2022
Diálogos: Lauro Kery y Sisel Lan. El Recinto, Mexico City, Mexico
Indian Photo Festival Exhibition (Shoot the Wild 2021). State Art Gallery, Madhapur, India
2021
D’arts & Friends. D’art Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA
Paisaje Distópico. Foro Xolo, Mexico City, Mexico
TPS 29: The International Competition. Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA
Six Feet: Boundaries, Belonging, Becoming. Revolve / Ramp Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
TPS 29: The International Competition. The Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, Texas, USA
2020
Out of the Mist. Queensland Government Building, Brisbane, Australia
528.0 Regional Juried Printmaking Exhibition. Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, Colorado, USA
Indian Photo Festival Exhibition (Shoot the Wild 2019). State Art Gallery, Madhapur, India
2019
Passeig de Gràcia Station Exhibition. Passeig de Gràcia Metro Station, Barcelona, Spain
Sin límites”. Zócalo (public space), Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
2018
The Latin American Contemporary Fine Art Competition. Agora Gallery, New York, USA
III Bienal de Fotografía de Oaxaca. Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Oaxaca, Mexico
Premios CFM – La noche dorada de la fotografía mexicana. Museo Soumaya (lobby), Mexico City, Mexico
2017
MÉXICO: Estamos UNIDOS Mexicanos. Museo de la Refinería, Mexico City, Mexico
2016
Auroras Boreales (Canada’s Tourist Committee and Latitud Gallery). American Express Centurion Lounge, Mexico City, Mexico
2006
Transition: Light on the Move. Matadero Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Public Space Interventions
2007
Girando por la tolerancia. Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
Academic Activities
2026
Jury at the Vibrart Arts and Culture Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
2025
Speaker at the Share the View Gala. IMAX Auditorium at Legacy Campus, Lone Tree, Colorado, USA
2024
Artist Talk. Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Littleton, Colorado, USA
2022
Speaker at the “Panorámica: Seminario de temas selectos en fotografía”. Centro ADM, Mexico City, Mexico
Artist Talk, “Art to Heal”. D’art Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA
2020
Guest speaker at Congreso Magia. Concepción, Chile
Awards and Acknowledgements
2025
Second Place – Share the View International Contest
2023
Top 100 Monochromatic Photographs – Dodho Magazine
2022
First Place – Shoot the Wild International Contest
2021
Selected – Who Am I (Postall Contest)
First Place – Shoot the Wild International Contest
2020
Selected – 5o Concurso Internacional de Fotografía FFIEL, Mexico
Selected – TPS 29: The International Competition, Texas, USA
Selected – 528.0 Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, USA
First Place – Shoot the Wild International Contest
Honorable Mention – Share The View, Audubon Society International Competition
Selected – Out of the Mist competition, Australia
2019
Top 10 – Smithsonian Magazine Competition
First Place – FotoRevista AR, Argentina
2018
Selected – III Bienal de Fotografía de Oaxaca, Mexico
Selected – Top 6 documentary photographers in Mexico, Premios CFM, Mexico
Selected – Concurso de Derechos Humanos de Cuartoscuro, México
Selected – Latin American Contemporary Fine Art Competition, New York, USA
2006
Selected – “Transition: Light on the Move” Contest. Madrid, Spain
Publications
20205
75 años. Una cronología re-imaginada – Exhibition Catalog
2023
The Monochromatic 2023 – Book by Dodho Magazine
2021
TPS 29: The International Competition – Catalog
Six Feet: Boundaries, Belonging, Becoming – Catalog
Who am I – Postall Contest
2018
Revista Cuartoscuro
Press
2025
UniFe México – Una propuesta artística única: todo sobre la expo #DeTantoEcharFlores (A unique proposal: everything about the exhibition #DeTantoEcharFlores). Youtube (Link)
2024
The New York Times (Link)
NBCUniversal (Link)
The Museo Podcast – A Migrant’s Tale with Sisel Lan (Link)
Arte Informado: Migrants: A Tale of Two Hearts (Link)
Colorado Community Media: ‘A tale of Two Hearts’ (Link)
Arapahoe Community College – Simulacra (Link)
2023
DARIA Magazine (Link)
Arapahoe Community College – Art Student and Alumni Invitation (Link)
Arapahoe Community College – Artist Invitational (Link)
2020
Portraits of Isolation (Link)
2018
Agora Gallery (Link)
2017
Diario Judío México (Link)
Collections
Museo de las Américas, Denver, Colorado, USA
Semblanza
Sisel Lan was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1972. He completed a Master’s Degree in Fotografía y Estudios Visuales (Photography and Visual Studies) at Centro ADM. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from Universidad Anáhuac, where he also obtained a specialization in Eco Design. Throughout his career, he attended workshops in Mexico and the United States with renowned artists and educators such as Nathan Ables, Josué Ibáñez, Paul Muguet, and Saúl Serrano, among others, expanding his practice across photography, installation, and experimental media.
His work was exhibited in Australia, Spain, India, Mexico, and the United States. Among his most significant exhibitions was Migrants: A Tale of Two Hearts at Museo de las Américas, Denver, Colorado, United States (2024), which was recognized as “Art to See in Museums This Fall” by The New York Times. He also presented Migrantes: una historia de dos corazones at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México (2025), where his work was shown alongside artists such as Graciela Iturbide, Carla Rippey, and Yolanda Andrade.
Additional exhibitions included presentations at The Colorado Gallery of the Arts (Colorado, USA), State Art Gallery (Madhapur, India), The Center for Contemporary Arts (Texas, USA), Museo de la Refinería (Mexico City, Mexico), Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities (Colorado, USA), and Matadero Madrid (Madrid, Spain) among others.
His work was selected for prestigious group exhibitions such as the III Bienal de Fotografía de Oaxaca, Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Oaxaca, Mexico and The Latin American Contemporary Fine Art Competition, Agora Gallery, New York, United States and was included in publications such as TPS 29: The International Competition, Six Feet: Boundaries, Belonging, Becoming , Who Am I – Postall, and Revista Cuartoscuro.
His work became part of the permanent collection of Museo de las Américas in Denver, Colorado, United States.