Jasmine Bakalarz was born in Buenos Aires, she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Concordia University in Montreal, with a major in photography and a minor in psychology. Her work was exhibited and awarded in the Americas, Europe and Asia and is part of private and public collections as well as the Foto-Feminas platform for Latin American women photographers. Between 2010-16 she worked at the Centro Cultural de la Memoria Haroldo Conti which belongs to the Ministry of Human Rights of Argentina. It is situated in the infamous ESMA, formerly known as the main concentration/clandestine detention centre throughout the dictatorship, it now serves as a cultural and art space for memory and education. Jasmine worked in the photography department with archives, exhibitions and photography workshops in marginalized areas and women's prisons. In 2014, she was chosen to be an artist in residence at the POLIN: Museum of the History of Polish Jews. That same year she created Proyecto Coordenadas- Photography in Public Spaces-Buenos Aires. In collaboration with Gallery 44 Center for Contemporary Photography, the MACBA Museum, OCAD University and the PanAm Games Toronto 2015, she developed NS-Photography Exchange Project a platform where artists in Canada and Argentina work collaboratively online to create photo-based projects. Jasmine was chosen for the first World Press Photo Masterclass in Latin America in Mexico City and two Asylum Arts Foundation retreats. She recently graduated with a Masters in Visual Arts-Public Sphere from the École Cantonale d’art du Valais in Sierre, Switzerland.
As a photographer her work has mainly focused on documenting the lives of women and children in different social environments, depicting issues of gender, identity, diaspora, exile and immigration. Her area of research and curatorial projects include collective practice, public interventions and human rights issues pertaining to genocide and memory.
Brief CV
EDUCATION
Masters in Visual Arts in Public Sphere , ECAV- École Cantonale d’art du Valais, Sierre, Switzerland, 2016-2018
Bachelor of Fine Arts (with Distinctions), major Photography and minor Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, 2004-2008
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Documentary Projects, Buenos Aires, 2014
International Summer School of Photography, Workshop with Hellen Van Meene, Latvia, 2012
Mary Ellen Mark Workshop in Photography, New York City, 2008
Magnum Photography Workshop with Alessandra Sanguinetti, Toronto, Ontario, 2008
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Fola: Fototeca Latinoamericana- In collaboration with Gabriel Valansi, Buenos Aires Photography Museum, June 2016
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw Portraits public installation in former Warsaw Ghetto, Poland, 2014
MACBA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Buenos Aires, NS Photo Exchange Project, 2015 (curator)
Gallery 44 Centre for Photography, NS Photography Exchange Project, PanAm Games, Toronto, 2015 (curator)
UMA (La maison de l'image et de la photographie), Outdoor Installation, Montreal, 2012-2013
Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, November 2013
Bisagra Contemporary Gallery, Letonia, Buenos Aires, Fall 2012
AMIA Espacio de Arte, Retratos, Buenos Aires, April-May 2012
Centro Cultural Recoleta, Retratos, Catalogue by James D. Campbell, Buenos Aires, 2011
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
MUNTREF Museo de la Inmigración, Caminantes, Buenos Aires, Abril 2019
Jerusalem Biennale, From Near and Far Away- Dissenting Receptions of Jewish Warsaw, 2019
Muhka: Museum of Modern Art, Greta M., Antwerp, Belgium, February 2017
Musée d'Art du Valais, En Marche, Sion, Switzerland, June 2017
Inter-American Development Bank- World Press Photo, Dis/place: Notions of Home in Latin American Photojournalism, Washington, November 2017
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Presence/ Absence/ Traces, Warsaw, February 2016
Photography Festival de Pingyao, Foto-Feminas, China, October 2016
Foto-Feminas, Museo Pumapungo, Cuenca, Ecuador, May 2016
Casa de la Cultura, Foto-Feminas in Festival Guatephoto, La Antigua, Guatemala, November 2015
Not Just Another Photo Festival, Foto-Feminas, New Delhi, India, September 2015
Museo Emilio Caraffa, National Visual Arts Photography Exhibition, Cordoba, Argentina 2014-2015
Lilian Rodirguez Gallery, Body and Landscape, Montreal, March 2013
International Summer School of Photography, Kuldīgas galvenās bibliotēkas, Latvia, 2012
Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, PROOF Exhibition, Toronto, June 2012
McCord Museum, Inspirations McGill College Av. Outdoor Exhibition, Montréal, Québec, 2008
Magnum Workshop Exhibition, Toronto Contact Festival, Toronto, Ontario, 2008
Photosensitive: The Cancer Project, Nathan Philips City Hall Outdoor Exhibition, Toronto 2008
Empreintes, Galerie Art Mur, Curated by Raymonde April and Evergon, Montréal, April 2008
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2017-2018 Hans-Joerg Wyss Grant, Switzerland
2017-2018 Asylum Arts Foundation Grant, USA
2016-2017 Hirschmann Stiftung grant, Switzerland
2016 Salón Nacional de las Artes, Argentina
2015 World Press Photo- First Latin American Masterclass, México
2013 Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Beca Nacional para audiovisual, Argentina
2012 Magenta Foundation Flash Forward, Canada
2012 Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant, Canada
2010 Banco Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Photography Acquisition Prize, Argentina
2009 BlackFlash Magazine: Optic Nerve Competition honourable mention, Canada
2008/9/10 Concordia University Special Project Grant, Canada
2008 Heather and Erin Walker Humanitarian Award in Photography, Canada
2008 St. Mary’s Hospital Challenge Grant, Canada
Contact
jasminebakalarz@gmail.com ©Jasmine Bakalarz 2023