Tegucigalpa, 1990
Ariel Sosa is a Honduran photographer and visual artist as well as an anti racist activist currently based in Tegucigalpa. They studied photography in Guatemala at La Fototeca and took part in several formation programs at EAT (Experimental art school in Tegucigalpa) Their work has been displayed at festivals like PhotoEspaña (2015, 2020), Guatephoto (2018) and Belfast Photo Festival (2022). In 2021 they were selected as finalist for FELIFA/La Luminosa publication prize in Argentina and selected for PhotoEspaña “Descubrimientos” portfolio reviews program and shortlist for the Descubrimientos prize. In 2022 they were given the first “Northern triangle creation grant” awarded by El arte de volar foundation and CCET to finish a graphic novel project and received a silver and an honorable mention at TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards).
Their work addresses the tensions between the memory of marginalised populations in the global south and the narrative of hegemonic history. Many of their projects focus on the exploration of transgenerational trauma, linking personal, intimate and familial experience to its social context addressing conflict, migration, sexual dissidence and intersections in the identities of populations from colonised territories.
Solo shows
- Decolonial Space, La primavera no prefiere el jardín.
Spain, 2023.
-Museum for National Identity, In memoriam: ejercicios sobre la futilidad de recordar.
Honduras, 2017
- Centro Cultural de España en Tegucigalpa, Cat People.
Honduras, 2015
- French Alliance in Tegucigalpa, Nada Particular.
Honduras, 2010
- Holguin´s cinematographic athenaeum, Portarecuerdos.
17th young art festival "Romerias de Mayo"
Cuba, May 2010
Collective exhibitions
- Belfast Photo Festival, Photo-book library.
Northern Ireland, 2022
- Red de Centros Culturales de España and Real Academia de España en Roma.
Paréntesis: relatos desde la incertidumbre (Itinerant exhibition)
Ongoing 2021-present
- ArtexArte
FELIFA, Photobook Festival
FELIFA/La Luminosa publication prize finalists exhibition.
Argentina, 2021
- PhotoEspaña 2020
Desde mi balcón.
Spain, 2020
- LaCápsula & Dreiviertel
GOLPE#10
Switzerland, 2019
- Casa América
PhotoEspaña 2015, Official section
Latinoamérica es un pueblo al sur de Estados Unidos
Spain, 2015
- Carlos Merida Modern Art Museum
Arte en Mayo
Guatemala, 2015
- Centro Cultural de España en Tegucigalpa
Manual de Operaciones
Honduras, 2015
- Canton exposición zona 4, BAVIC 9
9th Visual Arts Biennial of the Central American Isthmus
Guatemala, 2014
- Museum for National Identity, Espacio de Encuentros
5th Honduran Visual Arts Biennial
Honduras, 2014
- Centro de Arte y Cultura UNAH
3rd Fine Arts Biennial of UNAH
Honduras, 2014
- Centro Cultural de España en Tegucigalpa
Nómada 03
Honduras, 2013
- Museum for National Identity
Nómada 02
Honduras, 2012
- Eine Welt Haus
Gegen die Unsichtbarkeit
Germany, 2011
Awards and acknowledgements
- Northern triangle creation grant,
Fundación el arte de volar and CCET.
2022
- Official selection, silver winner,
Tokyo International Foto Awards.
Japan, 2022
- Official selection, honorable mention,
Tokyo International Foto Awards.
Japan, 2022
Open call winners, photobook category.
Belfast Photo Festival
Northern Ireland, 2022
- Finalist: FELIFA/La Luminosa Publication prize
FELIFA
Argentina, 2021
- Honorable mention in the category of photography
3rd Fine Arts Biennial, National Autonomous University of Honduras
Honduras, 2014
- Official Selection for the 9th Central American Biennial
Guatemala, 2014