Néstor Díaz has successfully worked in the field of graphic design in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for over thirty years. He is a Founder Member and served on the Board of Directors of ADG-Buenos Aires Graphic Designers Association. He is also a Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Buenos Aires.
His works received several awards by renowned organizations and were published in Argentina, Mexico, Japan, Brazil and Spain.
Díaz starts showing his photographs after one of his pictures, which was part of the project "Women with a present life", a series of portraits of women who have or have survived breast cancer, was selected for the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, to be exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London, UK.
Awards/
The United Nations and disarmament (Poster contest)
First prize. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1988
Label of Good Design Prize / Cayc
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1992
V International Design Award
First prize. Mexico, Mexico, 2000
Argentine Republic Country Brand
Third prize. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2005
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
Work selected. National Portrait Gallery. London, UK, 2013
Exhibitions/
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK. November 2013-February 2014
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, UK. March-May 2014
What do you see?
Consulate General of Argentina in New York, USA. March 2014
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
Cheltenham Art Gallery, Cheltenham, UK. June-July 2014
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury, UK. August-November 2014
Viví. Mujeres con presente
Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires, Argentina. March-April 2015
Viví. Mujeres con presente
Centro Cultural Parque de España, Rosario, Argentina. August-September 2015
Viví. Mujeres con presente
Casa Municipal de la Cultura, Adrogué, Argentina. May 2016
