Ambra Polidori

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Ambra Polidori (born 1954 in Mexico City, Mexico) [1] is a Mexican artist, who through diverse genres of the fine arts, such as photography, installation, and video, makes a call for attention to the political and social situations of human suffering that arise as a result of the present conflicts. [2] [3] [4] She is married to Mexican artist Raymundo Sesma. [5]

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Exhibitions

The work of Ambra Polidori has been exhibited in various places, including:

2018 – ‘Feminisarte IV’, Centro Cultural de España (CCE), Montevideo, Uruguay [6]

2016 – Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico [7]

2011 – Disagreements (Desacuerdos), Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba [8] [9]

2011 – Rastros y Crónicas: Women of Juarez, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA [10]

2001 – The Leon Trotsky Museum (Museo Casa de León Trotsky), Mexico City, Mexico

2001 – El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States

2000 – Schloss Straßburg, Strassburg, Austria

2000 – In the traveling show "Contemporary Art from Mexico" in Cologne, Berlin and Budapest, Hungary

1998 – Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (Carrillo Gil Art Museum), Mexico City, Mexico

Collections

Ambra Polidori's works are included in the following public collections:

Jumex Collection

Museum of Modern Art

Biblioteque Nationale, París, France [5]

Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporaneo (MUCA)

Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico [11]

El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, USA

Maison Europénne de la Photographie (European House of Photography), Paris, France

Banco de España, Madrid, Spain

Academia Carrar

Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art), Bergamo, Italy

Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM), Valencia, Spain [5]

Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain [5] [12]

Binghamton University Art Museum, Binghamton, NY, USA [13]

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