Livia Corona was born in Ensenada, Baja California, México. In 2001 she received a BFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Corona recently published Enanitos Toreros (powerHouse Books, 2008). The book—with photographs, interviews and design by Corona—is a ten-year documentary on the personal and professional experiences of people with dwarfism who work as the famed Dwarf Bullfighters of Mexico. Currently, Corona is working on a feature film documentary about the Enanitos Toreros and the slowly evolving identity of dwarfism in modern society.

Her follow-up photographic project, „Two Million Homes for Mexico,“ is a long-term study that reflects on the experience of the individual within the massive tract home developments that are redefining notions of home and community for millions of people in Mexico. In 2008, with this project, Corona was winner of the Architecture Category of the Sony World Photography Award in Cannes, winner of the Architecture Category of the Paris Prix de la Photographie, a finalist for ING’s REAL Photography Award in Rotterdam, a nominee at the Lucie Awards for the „International Photographer of the Year“ prize in New York, and a nominee for Mexico City’s XIII Bienal de Fotografía.

Most recently she was awarded a Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, for the continuation of her Two Million Homes for Mexico project.

Livia Corona lives and works between Mexico and New York City

Publikationen

MONOGRAPH
2008 Enanitos Toreros, Photographs and Interviews by Livia Corona. Powerhouse Books: New York City, 2008

SELECTED CATALOGUES and BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS
2008 „Living in Here“, Biennale di Venezia, 11 Mostra Internazionale da Architettura, Mexico Pavillion
2007 Life Size: Everything Beautiful is a Contradiction. 2006, pp. 34 – 35. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University. New York, New York. (Contributor)
2006 Vitra Design Museum, "Open House: Intelligent Living by Design” (Contributor)

SELECTED PRESS
El Universal: „Livia Corona Gana con Fotos Protesta el Premio Internacional de Fotografía“, April 25, 2008, EFE
Domus Magazine, „Postcards from the Edge“, January 2007, Edited by Joseph Grima and Karen Marta
The New York Times: „The Original Tenant Was an Art Show“ December 30, 2004. Blum, Andrew
Magenta Magazine, „Livia Corona and Los Enanitos Toreros“, November 2006, Darren Ching, Canada
Domus Magazine, „Livia Corona’s images of Thom Mayne’s 2-4-6-8 Studio become the Sale House“, 2005 Italy
Truce Magazine, „Enanitos Toreros“, Volume III, 2005, Switzerland
PDN, „Weathering Heights, Los Enanitos Toreros Stand Tall in the Photographs of Livia Corona“ Feb. 2002, USA
PDN „PDN's 30, Our choice of Emerging Photographers to Watch“ February 2002) United States

Auszeichnungen

AWARDS & HONORS
2008 XIII Bienal de Fotografía, Mención Honorifica, México
International Photographer of the Year, Nominee, International Photography Awards, United States
International Photography Awards, Winner, Architecture Category, United States
Sony World Photography Awards Cannes, Winner, Architecture Category, France
The REAL Photography Award, ING, Shortlist, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Communication Arts, United States
2006 New Photographers Showcase, Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, France
PDN Photo Annual, Photojournalism, United States
Communication Arts, United States
2005 Lente de Plata, Photography Award, Mexico Tourism Board, Mexico
2004 International Photography Awards, Photojournalism Award, United States
Black and White Spider Award, Photojournalism, United States
2003 International Photography Awards, Photojournalism, United States
2002 Photo District News: 30 under 30, selection of 30 Emerging Photographers to Watch
2001 Red Bull „Energy =“ Award, winner, United States
Clement Mok Workshop Award, Art Center College of Design, United States
2000 9th term honors, Art Center College of Design, United States
Merit Scholarship Award, Art Center College of Design, United States
Agfa International Prize for Young Photojournalism, Finalist, Agfa and Das BilfForum, Germany
BMW, Inziniere Kraft, World Prize for Young Photographers

Ausstellungen, Vorträge

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Two, Four, Six, Eight. 3A Gallery, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 XIII Bienal de Fotografía, Centro de la Imágen,Mexico City
Parientes de Ocasión, Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Oaxaca, Mexico
Citámbulos, The Incidence of the Remarkable, DAZ, Deutsches Architektur Zentrum, Berlin
Parientes de Ocasión, Centro de la Imágen, Mexico City
Parientes de Ocasión, Curated by Javier Ramírez Limón, Cecut, Tijuana, Baja California, México
The Real Photography Award, Winners Exhibition, LP II Art Exhibition Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Asperger's First, Arts in Bushwick, Curated by Gabriela Alva Cal y Mayor, Brooklyn, New York
Sony World Photography Award, Winners Exhibition, Cannes, France
2007 Visa Pour L’Image, Perpignan, France
2006 New Photographers Showcase, Cannes de Lions Advertising festival, France
The Love Foundation, Photography Exhibition and Benefit Auction, New York, United States
Take Home a Nude, Art Auction, New York Academy of Art, New York, United States
2005 The Love Foundation, Photography Exhibition and Benefit Auction, New York, United States
2004 Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2002 The Drop, Los Angeles, California, United States
2001 Energy =, William Turner Gallery, Venice, California, United States
Tijuana Sessions, Nortec Collective, Coachella Music Festival, Indio, California, United States
2000 Inszenierte Kraft, Munich BMW Pavillon, Germany