1957
Flor Garduño was born in Mexico City on March 21st. When she was 5 years old, her family moved to a farm 25 km away from the capital. There, living with the animals, having contact with nature shaped her character as a child.

1976‑78
She studied visual art at the Antigua Academia de San Carlos (UNAM) focusing on the search for the structural apects of form and space. She was especially interested in the work at the atelier of her teacher Kati Horna, Hungarian photographer who left Europe during the escalation of national socialism. Horna’s personality coupled with the magical and expressive dimension of her photography had a strong impact on the development of Flor's work.

1979
She gave up her studies to work as the darkroom assistant to Manuel Alvarez Bravo, one of the most prestigious Mexican photographers. Printing portfolios in silver, platinum and palladium processes Flor honed her photographic skills. From then her career as a photographer was defined.

1981-1982
She began working at the Secretary of Public Education under the direction of the photographer Mariana Yampolsky, visiting remote rural areas in order to find appropriate subjects for school books. This experience gave Flor the opportunity to know her country and the life of the indigenous people. Thus she found her own distinct style. An example is the photograph "El Agua". This disquieting picture shows a women emerging from a background of falling water and dark foliage. This archetypical vision is not just a description but transposes one into the magic of dreams.

1982
Her first individual exhibition took place at the Galería José Clemente Orozco in Mexico City.

1983
She participated in the exhibition "Four from Mexico" at the Mexican Museum in San Francisco.

1984
At a joint exhibition at the Musée des Enfants in Paris she presented her photographs on the subject "Death in Mexico". and at the Casa de la Cultura in Juchitan, Oaxaca.

1985
Encouraged by the enthusiasm and editorial support of the painter Francisco Toledo, Flor published her first book MAGIA DEL JUEGO ETERNO (The Magic of the Eternal Game) which contained 6 years of work. This work was introduced at the Galería de Arte Contem–poraneo in Mexico City and at La Chambre Claire during the "Mois de la Photo" in Paris).

1986
Exhibition of MAGIA DEL JUEGO ETERNO (The Magic of the Eternal Game) at La Chambre Claire during the "Mois de la Photo" in Paris. She participated in several joint exhibitions, including exhibits at the Gallery San Francisco Camera Work.

1987
Her second book BESTIARIUM was published by U. Bär Verlag, Zurich, Switzerland. Individual exhibition at the Casa de America Latina in Monte‑Carlo.

1988
Individual exhibition at the Casa de America Latina in Monte‑Carlo.

1990
Receives the Arts fellowship for photography from the Mexican government. Receives a Swiss Federal Grant for photography.

1991
Group exhibitions at Montpellier and during the Rencontres d'Arles, France.

1992-93
The Swiss magazine "du" dedicated the January issue entirely to Flor. In March the Magazine "Tages Anzeiger" (Zurich) published her work. In April the book WITNESSES OF TIME appeared in 5 languages and 7 editions (Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, England, USA, Mexico). The exhibition tour of WITNESSES OF TIME (100 prints) traveled to: Musée des Elysées, Lausanne, Switzerland; Reiss Museum, Mannheim, Germany; Fotofest Houston; Art Institute of Chicago; Museo de Bellas Artes, Mexico City; Center of Creative Photography, Tucson; Americas Society, New York; Meadows Museum, Dallas and Museo dell'Arte, Mendrisio, Switzerland. Nikon Gallery, Zürich presented a selection of her photographs from "du" magazine. Collective exhibitions: Canto a la Realidad. Fotografía Latinoamericana. 1860-1992 Casa de América, Madrid (Spain) Receives a grant from the Bundesamt für Kultur, Bern (Switzerland)

1994
She published her fourth book MESTEÑOS, photographs of horses and Native Americans. The exhibition tour WITNESSES OF TIME traveled to Oaxaca, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Jalapa, Mexico. For Image and Memory: Latin American Photography, 1880-1992 she exhibited her photos at the Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio, and at the Meadows Museum of Art, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.

1995
The Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes gave her a 3 year grant to develop a new project. MESTEÑOS was shown for the first time at Vision Gallery, San Francisco Photographs from BESTIARIUM and MAGIA DEL JUEGO ETERNO were shown in Berlin, Hamburg and Braunschweig (Germany). Encontros de fotografia, Terras do Norte, exhibition at the Galeria do Museu Antropológico, Coimbra, Portugal. Mexican Visionary, Light Factory, Charlotte NC (USA). For Image and Memory: Latin American Photography, 1880-1992 she exhibited her photos at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California.

1996
Sponsored by Pro Helvetia, Flor's exhibition WITNESSES OF TIME will travel the Museo de Arte Moderna, Guatemala (10/96) and will continue to Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil. For Image and Memory: Latin American Photography, 1880-1992 she exhibited her photos at the Art Gallery of the University of Scranton, Scranton and at El Museo del Barrio, New York New York. Member at the price jury at La Caixa of Barcelona (Spain). She realises a commemorative book with Mummenschanz, Tobler Verlag, Altstätten, Switzerland. She is invited from Guido Magnaguagno to take photos from Zürich for a collective exhibition at the Kunsthaus of Zürich.

1997
The Tour-Exhibition Witnesses of time is shown at: Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporanéo (CENAC), San José, (Costa Rica); Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas Venezuela); Galeria Art-Forum, Quito (Ecuador); Museo Nacional de Colombia, Bogotà (Colombia); For Defining Eye: Women Photographers of the 20th Century she exhibishes her photos at the The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. For “Acquisitions of contemporary photographs” she exhibishes her photos at the Museum voor Volkenkunde Rotterdam, Holland. For SIGLO DE PLATA, FOTOGRAFIA MEXICANA, Fondo Nacional Para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico, she shows her photos at Culiacan, Matzatlan, Mexicali,Morelia, Toluca, Tlaxcala, Pachuca,Villahermosa, Campeche, Chetumal in Mexico. For ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago, USA she exhibishes her photos at a collective exhibition. For Associazione Karen Blix “REAL MARAVILLOSO”, Milano, Italy she exhibishes her photos at a collective exhibition.

1998
The Tour-Exhibition Witnesses of time is shown at: Galeria della Municipalidad, Lima(Peru)Museo Nacional de Arte, La Paz, (Bolivia) Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, (Argentina), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile, (Chile); Member of the Prize Jury of the Swiss Press Prize 1998. 1999 The Tour-Exhibition Witnesses of time is shown at: Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes, Montevideo (Uruguay); Sao Paolo (Brazil) 4Mês International de Fotografia Ivam, Museo Valenciano di Arte Moderna, “ESGUARDS DISTANTS.

2000
TV-film (biographic/documentary) by Elanimage in coproduction with Canal Once, Mexico and Prodest Communications, Rome Exhibition “LA MASCHERA E L’UOMO” at Cagliari (Sardegna, Italia) at the EXMA’ CENTRO COMUNALE D’ARTE E CULTURA Exhibition Witnesses of Time at the Museo KEN DAMY, Brescia, Italy Personal exhibition at the MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, 600 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago Three person exhibition (together with Graciela Iturbide and Cristina Garcia Rodero) at the PHOTOGRAPHS DO NOT BEND GALLERY, Dallas.

2001
Personal exhibition at THROCKMORTON GALLERY, New York Member of the jury “PREMIO NACIONAL DE FOTOGRAFIA” in Bogotà, Columbia Collective exhibition entitled “La natura della natura morta”, GALLERIA D'ARTE MODERNA, Bologna (Italy).

2002
Collective exhibition “Latin American Artists, 1980-2000” at the IDB CULTURAL CENTER ART GALLERY, Washington D.C. (USA) She publishes her new book “FLOR/INNER LIGHT” (Bulfinch Press, New York/Boston USA – Edition Braus, Heidelberg GERMANY – Lunwerg, Madrid/Barcelona SPAIN – Peliti Associati, Rome ITALY) Personal exhibition “DONNA” at THE SWISS CULTURAL CENTER in Milan (Italy) Exhibition “PLATINUM WORKS” by Flor Garduño at the GALLERIA SOZZANI in Milan (Italy) Personal exhibition “FLOR” and “PLATINUM WORKS” at the MUSEO COMUNALE D’ARTE MODERNA in Ascona (Switzerland) and at the Centro de la Imagen in México City. Personal exhibition “FLOR GARDUÑO-FLOR” at the Galerie PHOTONET, Wiesbaden (Germany).

2003
Personal exhibit at: Museum Castel Sant’Elmo, Naples and the Galleria d'arte moderna, Bologna, Italy Jackson Fine Art Inc. Atlanta GA (USA), Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (USA), Michael Dunev Art Projects, Torroella de Montgrí (Spain). 2004 Naples Museum, Naples, Florida (USA) Her work is collected by public institutions (MOMA, New York, Art Institute, Chicago, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Stiftung für Photographie, Zürich, Ludwig Museum, Köln and private institutions (Fundación Televisa, México D.F.;Paint Webber, New York; Helmuth Gernsheim, Lugano; Fernando Garzoni, Lugano). Flor is married to Adriano Heitmann. They have two children, Azul and Olin, and divide their time between Mexico and Switzerland.

Collective exhibitions Exposiciones colectivas

2004
MEH collection exhibit, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA

2003
Aperture’s 50th Anniversary exhibit, Sotheby’s, New York, USA

2002
TRAUMWELTEN, Galerie Camera Work, Berlin, Germany
MÉXICO Y SUS IMÁGENES, Centro de Cultura Casa Lamm, México D.F., Mexico LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS, 1980-2000”, IDB Cultural Center Art Gallery, Washington D.C., USA

2001
LA NATURA DELLA NATURA MORTA, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italia

1999
The University of Valencia (Spain) shows her photographs at a collective exhibition.The gallery IMAGINA, Venice, shows her photographs during the BIENNALE DI VENEZIA.

1998
FIAC Paris

1997
PORTRAITS ZÜRICH, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland.FIVE DECADES OF MEXICAN PHOTOGRAPHY, Mexican Cultural Institute, New York, USA. DEFINING EYE: WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. ACQUISITIONS OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS, Museum voor Volkenkunde Rotterdam, Holland. SIGLO DE PLATA, FOTOGRAFIA MEXICANA, Fondo Nacional Para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico, (Culiacan, Matzatlan, Mexicali,Morelia, Toluca, Tlaxcala, Pachuca, Villahermosa, Campeche, Chetumal). ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago, USA, collective exhibition. REAL MARAVILLOSO, Associazione Karen Blix, Milano, Italy, collective exhibition.

1996
THE PATIENT PLANET/A History of the World in 255 photographs/"du" 1941-1995, Hamburg , Germany, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Polen. ARRÊT SUR L’IMAGE - BORDEAUX 96, Galerie L’Arrêt sur l’Image, Bordeaux, France. KOBE AID FUND, Art Gallery, Hankyu & Mitsukoshi Departement Stores, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan. TO THE CHILDREN, Auction to benefit UNICEF, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland (Flor’s “Reyes de bastos” print was sold at a price of Sfr. 5'000). ZEITGENÖSSISCHE FOTOGRAFIE AUS DER SAMMLUNG GERNSHEIM, Kressbronn, Lake of Constanz, Germany (03/96). IMAGE AND MEMORY: LATIN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY, 1880-1992, Art Gallery of the University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA, (28.1.-22.3.96). IMAGE AND MEMORY: LATIN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY, 1880-1992, El Museo del Barrio, New York, New York, USA, (18.4.-4.8.96). PORTRAIT OF MY MOTHER, Les mois de la photo, Paris, France.

1995
THE NEW FACE OF THE PORTRAIT (11/94-2/95), Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton MA, USA. CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Roemer Museum Hildesheim, Germany; Ikona Photo Gallery, Venice, Italy; Kressbronn, Lake of Konstanz, Germany, (03/96). PORTFOLIO WITNESSES OF TIME Photogroup Miami, Florida, USA. ARCO'95, Madrid. THE PATIENT PLANET/A History of the World in 255 photographs, "du" 1941-1995, Holderbank, Switzerland. L'HUMANISME-UN DÉFI POUR L'AVENIR-a project to the benefit of UNICEF, Geneva, Switzerland. BLACK BUTTERFLY: Images of death from Mexico/Fotofeis, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland. NATURAL MYTH: A BESTIARY/Throckmorton Fine Art Inc., New York, USA. COFRADíA DE LUZ (itinerary exhibition) all over Mexico. SF CAMERAWORK, San Francisco, USA. ENCONTROS DE FOTOGRAFIA/ Terras do Norte/Galeria do Museu Antropológico, Coimbra, Portugal. CENTOFIORI/images, sybols, messages of liberty, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy (02/95). WISH LIST/ Thirty Affordable Photographs, Vision Gallery, San Francisco, USA. Banca del Gottardo’s COLLECTION; Galleria Matasci, Tenero, Switzerland. KOBE AID FUND, Art Gallery, Hankyu & Mitsukoshi Departement Stores, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan. IMAGE AND MEMORY: LATIN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY, 1880-1992, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, USA, (20.1.-5.3.95) IMAGE AND MEMORY: LATIN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY, 1880-1992, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico, (18.3.-23.4.95).

1994
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE REAL WORLD, Bergen Kunstforening, Bergen Norway; Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden; Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark. IMAGEN Y MEMORIA, FOTOGRAFIA LATINOAMERICANA, ICI, New York, USA. EL MEXICO DE 10 MUJERES FOTOGRAFAS, Galería Arvil, Mexico D.F., Mexico. THE PORTRAIT OF MY MOTHER, Inst.Francais d'Ecosse, Edinburg y London. IMAGE AND MEMORY: LATIN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY, 1980-1992, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio, USA, (9.4.-12.6.1994). IMAGE AND MEMORY: LATIN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY, 1980-1992, Meadows Museum of Art, Meadows School of Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA, (9.9. - 6.11.1994).

1993
EUGENE SMITH GRANT 1993, EUGENE W.SMITH MEMORIAL FUND INC., New York, USA - selected as a finalist. CANTO A LA REALIDAD. FOTOGRAFIA LATINOAMERICANA. 1860-1993, Casa de América, Madrid, Spain. PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE REAL WORLD, Lillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer, Norway. DEATH IN MEXICAN CULTURE, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart, Germany. EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD 1993, Deutsche Leasing AG, Bad Homburg, Germany

1992
5o FotoBienal, Vigo, Spain. BETWEEN WORLDS (Contemporary Mexican Photography) - Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, USA - University of Colorado Art Gallery, Boulder, USA - Museum of Photography Riverside, USA - Photographers Gallery, Dublin, Ireland - Limerick City Gallery, Limerick, Ireland - Bass Museum, Miami Beach, USA. CANTO A LA REALIDAD, Casa de las Americas, Madrid.

1991 THE FOURTH WALL, Photography as theatre, De Oude Kerk, Amsterdam. BILDERSOMMER, Gallery Brigitte Weiss, Zurich. REALITES MAGIQUES, Finland. THE FIRST TEN YEARS, Galleria Gottardo, Lugano, Switzerland. SELECTION (10 pictures) Rencontres d'Arles, France. BETWEEN WORLDS (Contemporary Mexican Photography) - San Antonio Art Institute - June - Santa Monica Museum of Art, S. Monica, USA - Sept.

1990
OTHER IMAGES: OTHER REALITIES, Mexican Photography since 1930, Sewall Art Gallery, Rice University, Fotofest, Houston, Texas, USA. WHAT'S NEW: MEXICO CITY, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. USA. PHOTOGRAPHOS MEXICANOS DE LOS AÑOS 50, Museo de la Nación, Lima, Peru. THROUGH THE PATH OF ECHOES: CONTEMPORARY ART IN MEXICO, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA, curators: ICI. LA MUJER EN MEXICO, (Women in Mexico), National Academy of Design, Centro cultural / Arte Contemporaneo, New York, USA. BETWEEN WORLDS (Contemporary Mexican Photography) - Impressions Gallery, York, England - May - University of East Anglia, Gallery, England - October - Camden Arts Centre, London, England - November - Instit. of Contemporary Photography, NY, USA – November.

1989
FOTOGRAFOS LATINOAMERICANOS (Latin American Photographers), Brussels, Belgium. 17 ARTISTAS CONTEMPORANEOS EN MEXICO, (17 Contemporary Artists in Mexico), Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, USA; San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, Cal. USA. LA MEMORIA DEL TIEMPO (Memory of time), Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City. MUJER POR MUJER (Mother for mother), Museo de San Carlos, Mexico City RETRATOS DE MEXICANOS (Portrait of Mexicans), Galería OMR in Mexico City 13 PORTAFOLIOS DE FOTOGRAFOS MEXICANOS, Casa de la Cultura Mexico, Japón, in Mexico City. REALIDADES ‑ IRREALIDADES (Reality ‑ unreality), Galería Kahlo‑Coronel in Mexico City. FOTOGRAFIAS FLOR GARDUÑO & SALVADOR LUTTEROTH, The Chicago Public Library, Cultural Center. PHOTOGRAPHOS MEXICANOS DE LOS AÑOS 50.

1988
FOTOGRAFOS LATINOAMERICANOS (Latin American photographers), Huelva, Spain. FOTOGRAFOS MEXICANOS (Mexican photographers), Toronto, Canada. EXPOSICION DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO EN MEXICO (Exhibition Contemporary Art in Mexico), Vienna, Austria. MES DEL ARTE INTERNACIONAL EN LA CD. DE CHICAGO, (Month of International Art in Chicago), Chicago, USA. EXPOSICION DEL INDIGENA EN MEXICO (Exhibition of Indigenous in Mexico), Museo de Culturas Populares, Mx. FRIBURGO TIP 88, Fribourg, Switzerland; Teatro San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1987
EXPOSICION DE MUJERES (Exhibition of women), Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, Cd. Mexico. EXPOSICION IMAGEN DE MEXICO (Exhibition images from Mexico), Museum Schirn, Frankfurt, Germany. FOTOGRAFOS MEXICANOS. TEMA: LA MUJER Y LOS NIÑOS (Mexican Photographers. Subject: women and her children), del Centro Bellas Artes Mexicanas/Chicago/USA. PORTAFOLIOS RECIENTES (Recent portfolios), Museo universitario del Chopo, Cd. Mexico. MEXICO EN NICARAGUA, Managua, Nicaragua. PRO DAMNIFICADOS TERREMOTO 19 Sep. 85 (Exhibition for the earthquake‑damaged 19th Sept. 85), Consejo Mexicano de Fotografia, Cd. Mexico. DE FOTOGRAFIA Galería Clave Guadalajara, Jal. NINOS (Children), Museo de Historia. Castillo Chapultepec. INAH. Cd. Mexico. EL RETRATO (The Portrait), Mueso Tamayo, Cd. Mexico. GUADALAJARA 85, Guadalajara, Spain.

1986
EXPOSICION SUBASTA (Auction Exhibition), Museo de Arte Moderno (Museum of Modern Art) Cd. Mexico. SIX PHOTOGRAPHES DU MEXIQUE (Six Photographers from Mexico), Galerie du Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium. 39 FOTOGRAFOS MEXICANOS (30 Mexican Photographers), Houston Center for Photography, Houston USA. 6 FOTOGRAFOS, Galeria de Arte Contemporáneo, Cd. Mexico. MEXICAN PHOTOGRAPHY, SF Camerawork Gallery, San Francisco, CA. USA.

1985
PORTAFOLIOS RECIENTES, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico D.F

1984
COLOQUIO DE FOTOGRAFIA (Colloquy of photography), La Habana, Cuba. RESERVED FOR EXPORT I, Diverse Works Gallery, Houston, Tx. USA. FOTOGRAFIA DEL RETRATO (Portrait Photography), Museo Rufino Tamayo, Cd. Mexico. PRIMERA BIENAL DE GRAFICA DE LA HABANA, Casa de Las Americas, La Habana, Cuba. EXPOSICION SUBASTA (Auction Exhibition), Foro de Arte Contemporáneo, Cd. Mexico. CUARTO ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE ARTE JOVEN, (Fourth National Meeting of Young Art), Galería del Auditorio Nacional, Cd. Mexico. CUARTO ENCUENTRO DE ARTE JOVEN, Casa de la Cultura de Aguascalientes, Ags. Exposicion DEL CENTRO HISTORICO (Exhibition of the historic center) Museo de las Culturas, Cd. Mexico. EXPOSICION DE DIA DE MUERTOS, Musée des Enfants, Paris. FOTOGRAFOS FUNDADORES DEL PERIODICO LA JORNADA, Polyforum culturel Siquéiros, Cd. Mexico.

1983
FOUR FROM MEXICO, The Mexican Museum, San Francisco. ARTE CONTEMPORANEO EN MEXICO, Museo de Arte Moderno (Museum of Modern Art) Cd. Mexico. MUESTRA PERMANENTE (Permament exhibition) TERCER ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE ARTE JOVEN, (Third National Meeting of Young Art), Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Cd. Mexico. LA FOTOGRAFIA POR LA FOTOGRAFIA (Photography for photography) Museo de Arte Moderno, Cd. Mexico. EL RETRATO (The Portrait), Consejo Mexicano de Fotografía. ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE ARTE JOVEN (National Meeting ofYoung Art), Casa de la Cultura de Aguascalientes. Ags. APOYO AL AYUNTAMIENTO POPULAR DE JUCHITAN, Casa de la cultura, Juchitan, Oax.

1982
BIENAL DE FOTOGRAFIA, Auditorio Nacional, Cd. Mexico.

1981
FOR AND FOUR: MEXICAN AND LATINO PHOTOGRAPHY, Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Santa Barbara, Ca. USA. FOTOGRAFOS Y PINTORES (Photographers and Painters) Foro de Arte Contemporáneo, Cd. Mexico. EL DESNUDO FOTOGRAFICO (Photographic Nude), Galeria de la Casa del Lago UNAM, Cd. Mexico. SUEÑOS PRIVADOS VIGILIAS PUBLICAS, Galería Metropolitána, Cd. Mexico