Launched in 2022, the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) — Ars Electronica Awards celebrate and advance the practices of emerging and mid-career Latin American artists working with technology in the field of new media and digital art, providing up to $30,000 per recipient to develop a new project. The works are premiered in the annual Ars Electronica Festival and in addition, the resulting works join the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO)’s renowned permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, with a special focus on Latin American art.
“The CIFO-Ars Electronica Awards are a wonderful way to celebrate our 21st year as a resource for emerging artists, a commissioner of new work, and advocate for Latin American artists worldwide. These new awards and our partnership with Ars Electronica add an important dimension to our mission and to our Grants & Commissions Program as we support artists in expanding their practices and extending the impact of their work.”
Ella Fontanals-Cisneros, Founder and Honorary President of CIFO
Inoculate / Ana María Gómez López (CO/US), Photo: vog.photo
Wild Machines / Jonathan Torres Rodríguez (CR), Photo: A. Kolb
Añoranzas (Yira Yira) / Joaquín Aras (AR), Photo: vog.photo
Chimera, Expanded Bodies / Amor Muñoz (MX), Photo: Ars Electronica / Martin Hieslmair
Have You Seen Her…? / Dora Ytzell Bartilotti (MX), Photo: Florian Voggeneder
Cenizas del Paraná / Gabriela Munguía (MX), Guadalupe Chávez (MX), Photo: Ars Electronica / Martin Hieslmair
About the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO)
Ella Fontanals-Cisneros established the non-profit Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) in 2002. The foundation’s mission is to support and foster cultural understanding and educational dialogue among Latin American artists and global audiences. CIFO serves as a platform for emerging, mid-career and established Latin American artists through the Grants & Commissions Program, including the new CIFO-Ars Electronica Award; the CIFO Collection; and other related art and cultural projects in the United States of America and internationally.