Filmmaker, painter and photographer with a base in Montreal & Mexico City. Romero’s artistic practice includes films, videos, paintings, drawings, design, installations, performances and sculptures. In 2015 Romero co-founded an international NGO called Todos Somos Mariposas (We are all butterflies), which promotes sustainability and protects biodiversity with projects that collide art and science, as illustrated in this documentary produced by CBC Arts in 2020 .
e-mail: lordmariposa@gmail.com IG: @lordmariposa Fb: @lordmariposa
English / Español / Français
SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 Todos Somos Mariposas [Site-specific-Installation] @ Galerías Serdán, Puebla, Mexico
2018 Todos Somos Mariposas [Site-specific-Installation] @ Galerías Saltillo, Saltillo, Mexico
2018 Todos Somos Mariposas [Site-specific-Installation] @ Galerías Toluca, Toluca, Mexico
2018 Todos Somos Mariposas [Site-specific-Installation] @ Galerías Atizapán, Atizapan de Zaragoza, Mexico
2017 McQueen Tu Me Manques! [Site-specific-Installation] @ Altavista Uno Cuatro Siete, Mexico City, Mexico
2015 To Insects Sensual Lust [Painting exhibition] @ Galería Corsica, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
2020 Transhumance. Experimental short-video, color, sound, 3 mins 43 secs. [Director & producer] Mexico, Canada, Colombia. Unreleased
2017 SPRING: Monarchs are the gateway to conservation. Documentary short video, color, sound, 6 mins 24 secs [Director & producer] Mexico, USA, Canada. Unreleased
2016 WINTER: We are all Interconnected. Documentary short video, color, sound, 5 mins 53 secs [Director & producer] Mexico, USA, Canada. Released on the screens of the metro system of Mexico City on Earth Day: April 22, 2016, reaching over 5 million people
2015 Wonderland. Art video, color, sound, 7 mins. [Director of photography] Montreal, Canada. Commissioned work for the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland. In collaboration with The International Motion Festival of Cyprus , and the Pharaohs Art Foundation. Released in 2015
2013 Hua Li´s PINKETT. Music video, color, sound, 3 mins 43 secs. [Co-director & co-producer] Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Released in 2013
2011 GRIMES / Beast Infection. Music Video, color, sound, 2 mins 23 secs. [Co-director & co-producer] Montreal, Quebec. Released in 2011
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2018 Heiligenschein [Harp by Alex Tibbitts, percussions by Enrique Morales Aguirre, written by Ana Paola Santillán Alcocer] @ Museum of Modern Art of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 Acción por la Cero Discriminación [Commissioned by Fundación México Vivo as part of the #zerodiscrimination campaign impulsed by UNAIDS Latin America] @ Convoy, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 MANIFESTO [Cello by Natalia Pérez-Turner, written by Ana Paola Santillán Alcocer] @ Chapultepec Forest, Mexico City, Mexico
2012 The Service- Multimedia Performance [with music by Ana Paola Santillán Alcocer, conducted by Alexandra Fol] @ Faculty Of Fine Arts Gallery, Montreal, Canada
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS
2018 Arte Vivo Mérida [El Jardín de las Falicias, 2017, ceramic 2 pc.] @ Centro Cultural de Mérida Olimpo, Merida, Mexico
2017 Festival Bahidorá [La Quetz, 2017, mix-media large interactive sculpture] @ Parque Las Estacas, Morelos, Mexico
2017 Subasta Arte Vivo [Jesús de las Mariposas, 2017, oil on canvas] @ Museum of Modern Art of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 Festival por la Diversidad Sexual [Besando Mariposas, 2015, oil on canvas] @ Centro Cultural José Martí, Mexico City, México
2016 ¡Buen viaje, Mariposa Monarca! [From Where the Butterflies Go, 2012, site-specific-installation] @ Mexican Cultural Institute of San Antonio, San Antonio, USA
2014 Notorious [Sainte-Catherine of Bologna Patron Saint of Artist, 2012, chromogenic print] @ Arte MX, Mexico City, Mexico
2014 Exxxvotos [Art intervention in an empty apartment in Colonia Roma curated by Karen Huber] @ Galeria Karen Huber, Mexico City, Mexico
2013 Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional: 85 años de vida [Video commissioned by Ana Paola Santillan Alcocer] @ Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
2013 La nuit Blanche à Montreal/Art Souterrain [Où Les Papillons Vont 2013, vinyl installation] @ Metro Square Victoria, Montreal, Canada
2011 The Sex Show [Class Photo, 2010, chromogenic print] @ Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada
2009 You’re Too Close: Body Politics, Spacial Relations [Poppers series, 2009, archival inkjet prints] @ Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
CATALOGUES & PUBLICATIONS
2018 Arte Vivo Merida 2018 [Exhibition Catalogue: Centro Cultural de Mérida Olimpo], Fundación México Vivo, Merida, Mexico.
2018 Arte Vivo 2018 [Exhibition Catalogue: Museum of Modern Art of Mexico], Fundación México Vivo, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 Arte Vivo 2017 [Exhibition Catalogue: Museum of Modern Art of Mexico], Fundación México Vivo, Mexico City, Mexico
2015 Arte Vivo 2015 [Exhibition Catalogue: Museum of Modern Art of Mexico], Fundación México Vivo, Mexico City, Mexico
2012 The Jean Berger Project [Exhibition Catalogue: Fofa Gallery] Corina Ilea & Maya Soren, Montreal, Canada
SELECTED CURATORIAL WORK
2017 Amantes Canadienses / Mexican Lovers @ Pandeo Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2011 Inside the Altar @ Paper Apartment Gallery, Montreal Quebec
SELECTED ARTIST TALKS
2016 Seminario de aproximaciones al Arte LGBTTTIQ: la producción, gestión y divulgación @ Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
2010 Representation of Transgender Bodies in Contemporary Photography by Transgender Artist & Non-Transgender Artist but Queer identified @ Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES
2021. I WANT TO BELIEVE Program from the University of the Underground, United Kingdom
2018 SOMA Gallery Artist-in-Residence, Berlin, Germany
2017 Tanzhaus Zürich Artist-in-Residence, Zürich, Switzerland
2016 ANIMA Casa Rural Artista-en-Residencia, Guadalajara, Mexico
2010 Palazzo Rinaldi Artist-in-Residence, Noepoli, Basilicata, Italia
AWARDS & SELECTED SPECIAL PROJECTS
2012 In-Camera Special Effect Award by Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2011 Face in Space Project by NASA, Washington, USA
2010 CHIN Project by The Canadian Heritage Information Network, Ottawa, Canada
2009 Special Project Grant by Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
PROFESSIONAL FORMATION
2021 Bachelor in Psychology at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, Mexico
2009- 12 Research Assistant @ Hexagram-Concordia-Center for Research Creation in Media Arts and Technologies, Montreal, Canada
2008- 12 Colour Printing Technician @ Hexagram-Concordia-Center for Research Creation in Media Arts and Technologies, Montreal, Canada
2006-09 Major in Photography @ Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2002-06 Major in Film Production @ Concordia University, Montreal, Canada