Enrique Pezo Gómez (Iquitos, Peru, 1994) thrives in Madrid as a visual artist and researcher. Through the photographic language, he activates memory devices that bring to the Western collective consciousness narratives that remain on the margins. He was awarded the Roberto Villagraz scholarship by the EFTI school in Madrid for the "Master in Author Photography." He received the DAFO scholarship from the Ministry of Culture of Peru to study the "Master in Film Criticism" at the School of Film and Audiovisual of Madrid ECAM. He studied the Professional Career in Visual Project Management and Photography at the Centro de la Imagen in Lima.
He won the XIV edition of the Photo IILA Award in Italy, in addition to completing an artistic residency in Rome. He has been a finalist in the XXVI edition of the Visual Arts Contest "Passport for an Artist" organized by the French Embassy in Peru, and in the V edition of the "Contemporary Art Prize" of the Peruvian North American Cultural Institute. His work is part of the photography anthology "In the Land of the Amazon: 150 Years of Photography" (British Publisher, Lima, 2017). His work was presented at the XXXVIII Photography Auction of the Lima Art Museum in the section "Contemporary Environments," at the Museum of Trastevere in Rome, and at the Museum of the Nation in Peru. He has been selected in contemporary photography festivals such as MAPS Getxophoto in the Basque Country, Scan Tarragona in Catalonia, Format24 in Leicester (UK), Kranj photo in Slovenia, among others. He has participated in collective and solo exhibitions in Peru, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
