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Born	1974 Mexico City, Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Alma mater	Universidad de Las Americas, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Occupation	Photographer, author
Known for	fine arts photography, portraiture, environmental activism
Notable work	The Real Story of the Superheroes
Awards	Ford Foundation Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Photography

Dulce Pinzón is a talented artist and photographer from Mexico City, Mexico, born in 1974. She lives and works in places like Brooklyn, New York, and Montreal, Canada. Dulce is known for her amazing fine arts photography.

In 2015, Forbes Magazine called her "One of the 50 most creative Mexicans in the world." Vogue magazine also recognized her as one of the "8 Mexican female photographers who are making a big impact globally." In 2020, the Voice of America said she has a "prestigious place in the world of fine arts photography."

Dulce Pinzón's Education Journey
Exploring Dulce Pinzón's Photography
Dulce Pinzón: Environmental Activist
Awards and Recognitions
Where You Can Find Her Art (Collections)
Selected Exhibitions: See Her Work!
See also

Dulce Pinzón's Education Journey

Dulce Pinzón studied Mass Media Communications at the Universidad de las Américas Puebla in Mexico. She also learned photography at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the United States. In 1995, she moved to New York City. There, she continued her studies at the International Center of Photography. Today, she works in Mexico, Montreal, and New York.

Exploring Dulce Pinzón's Photography

Dulce Pinzón's photography often shows her feelings about missing home. It also explores questions about who we are and problems in politics, the environment, and culture. Through her art, she wants people to think about how we use culture and how we can change things.

Some of her famous projects include "Viviendo En El Gabacho" (which means "Living in the United States"), "Loteria" (a traditional Mexican card game), "Multiracial," "Generosity," and "Real Stories of the Superheroes." Her work has been shown and published all over the world. You can find it in Mexico, the United States, Australia, Latin America, Asia, and Europe.

The Real Story of the Superheroes

In 2006, Dulce Pinzón finished a special project called "The Real Story of the Superheroes." For this, she photographed immigrant workers in New York City. Many of them, like her, came from the state of Puebla in Mexico. She dressed them up as famous superheroes.

"They're so quiet and hard-working and invisible," Pinzón said in a 2006 The New York Times article. "I wanted to pay a tribute to them." She used her love for Mexican pop culture to share her message through her art.

This photo series has 20 colorful pictures. They show Mexican immigrants dressed as well-known American and Mexican superheroes. Pinzón gives each photo a title with five parts. These parts tell you about the person in the picture:

The name of the superhero they are dressed as.
The name of the everyday worker.
Their home country.
What job they do to earn a living.
How much money they send back home to their families.

One example is the photo titled "Noe Reyes. He sends hundreds of dollars back to Mexico every month." Many workers from Puebla live in New York City. They work as dishwashers, deli workers, or cleaning women. They are often not recognized for their daily sacrifices. They are heroes for supporting their families back home.

Another example is Minerva Valencia, who dressed as Catwoman for Dulce's art. Minerva came to New York from Puebla. She works as a babysitter. She sends four hundred dollars each week back to Puebla, Mexico.

This project is Pinzón's most famous series. It has been shown in museums and art galleries worldwide. In 2015, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) started a social media campaign. It was called #MigrantHeroes. They wanted people to share stories of real-life migrant heroes.

In 2012, the superhero photo series became a book. It was called Dulce Pinzón: The Real Story of the Superheroes. It was published in English, Spanish, and French.

In 2020, these photographs became part of the permanent collection. They are now at the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City. They are considered part of Mexico's national heritage.

Loteria: A Cultural Card Game

Dulce Pinzón's work is also inspired by the mix of cultures for Mexicans in New York. She showed this in her 2001–2002 project "Loteria." This is a traditional Mexican card game. In this project, she put images from the "Loteria" cards onto the bodies of people living in New York. This showed how cultures mix and travel as people move.

Multiracial: Exploring Identity Through Color

This project was supported by a grant from the Mexican National Fund for Art and Culture (FONCA). It features 16 colorful portraits. These photos show people of mixed ethnic backgrounds. They stand in front of bright, primary colored backgrounds.

One description of this work says: "Dulce Pinzon, from Mexico City, uses bold colors in her 'Multiracial' series. She reinterprets them as bright backgrounds. This helps explore what color means for our diverse society. It also makes us think about self-identity."

Dulce Pinzón: Environmental Activist

For many years, Dulce Pinzón has cared deeply about environmental issues. In 2017, she started her first art project about this. It was called the Generosity project. Mexican news has described it as a project that "offers an environmental promise to the community." It focuses on the problem of Styrofoam.

Pinzón explains Generosity as a "secret project." She started it because she worried about things like straws and plastic cups. They are used for only a minute or two. But they take hundreds of years to disappear from our planet. She highlights that there are now products made from natural materials. For example, avocado pits can be used to make things that break down in just three months.

Awards and Recognitions

Dulce Pinzón has received many awards for her amazing work:

2014–2017 – Endowment of the Arts SNCA/FONCA Fellowship, Mexico.
2012 – First place Award – Sixth International Photography Symposium: Mazatlán Abierto, Mexico.
2011 – ZONAMACO Perrier Art Prize for Digital Photography, Mexico City, Mexico.
2010 – Gaea Foundation/Sea Change Residency Award.
2008 – Ford Foundation Grant.
2006 – New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Photography.
2002 – Jóvenes Creadores Grant, Mexico.
2002 – Mexican National Fund for Art and Culture grant.

Where You Can Find Her Art (Collections)

Dulce Pinzón's art is part of many important collections in museums and universities. Here are some of them:

The Queens Museum of Art, New York, NY
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Columbia University, New York, NY
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
International Center of Photography, New York
Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Snite Museum of Art at The University of Notre Dame
EnFoco
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan
El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY

Selected Exhibitions: See Her Work!

Dulce Pinzón's art has been shown in many exhibitions around the world. Here are some of them:

2006 – Dulce Pinzon – The Real Story of the Superheroes – Queens Museum, New York, NY, USA
2007 – 2008: Kunsthaus Miami, Florida, United States
2008 – The Real Story of Superheroes – Dicke Building Art Gallery at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
2008 – A Declaration of Immigration – National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2008 – Caras Vemos, Corazones no Sabemos: The Human Landscape of Mexican Migration, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
2011 – Fotográfica de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
2011 – Pittsburgh Biennial, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
2011– 'Les Rencontres d'Arles Photographie Festival, Arles, France
2011 – Dulce Pinzón: Superheroes – Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne, Florida, USA
2012 – "Ñew York", Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC, USA
2013 – LATINO/US Cotidiano, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California, USA
2013 – Double Portraits, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, USA
2013 – Character Study, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA
2013 – The Real Story of Superheroes – Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
2013 – Scope Art Fair, New York City, USA
2015 – Rosenberg Art Gallery at Goucher College, Towson, Maryland, United States
2015 – PhotoEspaña 2015, Madrid, Spain.
2016 – Texas Contemporary, Houston, Texas, USA
2017 – FotoMexico, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 – Dulce Pinzon: Generosity, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico
2017 – Context Art Miami, Miami, Florida
2018 – Destination: Latin America, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana, USA
2018 – ZonaMaco Foto, Mexico City, Mexico.
2019 – Culture and The People: El Museo del Barrio, 1969 – 2019, Part I, El Museo del Barrio, Harlem, New York City
2019 – "Destination: Latin America”, LSU Museum of Art, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
2019 – Men of Steel, Women of Wonder – Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, The Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas, US
2019 – Recent Acquisitions – Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York, USA
2019 – Lille 300, El Dorado Festival, The real story of the Superheroes, Lille, France
2020 – ZONAMACO Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico.
2020 – La véritable histoire des super-héros Festival de teatro ¿Qué onda México? Nouveau Théâtre de Montreuil, France
2021 – Festival Art Souterrain 2021, Montreal, Canada.
2021 – The Real Super Heroes: Reimagining the Role of Latin American Immigrants through the Photography of Dulce Pinzón, Columbia University, New York, NY.
2021 – The Rise of a Social Consciousness in the Arts of Mexico since the Revolution. Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, NY.