Delphine Tomes
(1989, Jersey, British Isles)
I'm an artist, editor and translator currently based in French Guiana.
2008-2012 - MA in Art History + Spanish from Edinburgh University
2015-2020 - Co-founded Mi Valedor (Mexico City’s version of "The Big Issue"), a street magazine that offers a legitimate income to homeless and vulnerable sectors. I was head of social work and photography editor. The magazine is a conceptual and colourful portrait of everyday life in the city.
2017 - Exhibiton "Los Tiempos Cambian" - Otra Gallery, Mexico City
2017-2020 - Art production programme "Mociones"at Casa Vecina. Developed feminist collective De Reversa ("Reverse It") with rapper Dayra Fyah. We played with the misogynist lyrics of popular songs, making micro-poetry out of new, neutralised lyrics; they became poems, raps, karaoke, posters and zines.
2019 - Exhibition "Golden Aged", Casa Tudor, Mexico City
2020 - Casa Lu residency, Tepoztlán, Mexico
2019 - 2020 - Gallery representation with Casa Equis, Mexico City
2020-21- FAMA Art Fair, Monterrey, Mexico
2022 - Exhibition "Penitrance", Cayenne, French Guiana
2022 - De Liceiras residency and exhibition "Slanted Enchanted" in Porto, Portugal and exhibition
2022-2023 - School of the Damned
(upcoming) 2022 - Residency with Galerie K'AN, French Guiana and Mitteraka, a local magazine promoting artists in the Americas.
As a translator, researcher and editor, I've worked with:
MUSEUMS
Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris)
Musée d'arts de Nantes (Paris)
MAC Lyon (with Bernard Chaveau Gallery + Editions, Paris)
MUAC (Mexico City)
Museo del Estanquillo (Mexico City)
GALLERIES
Lyles & King (NYC)
Roman Road Gallery (London)
Suprainfinit (Bucharest)
Cuarto de Máquinas (Mexico City)
OMR (Mexico City)
Inverleith House Gallery (Edinburgh)
PUBLICATIONS
'Soft Eyes' + 'Passage' by artist Mirjam Wirz, (Printed Matter, US)
International Network of Street Papers (INSP, Glasgow)
Mi Valedor (Mexico)
Animal Político (Mexico)
GOVERNMENT
SEMARNAT (Mexican Environment Secretary)
Mexican Architecture Catalogue at the 16th Venice Biennale
(Mexican Institute of Fine Arts)
Contact
IG @delf_leppard