PENUMBRA WORKSPACE PROGRAM | RESIDENT | 2026
Arturo Soto
Image © Arturo Soto. Courtesy of the artist.
“‘Disjunctions’ is a documentation of the deadliest intersections in Los Angeles, drawn from two different lists recently published in the media (by XTown and the LA Times, respectively). In most cases, these accidents have left no trace on the streets. We can only conjure them with our imagination. This project, when completed, will constitute a significant image archive that reflects how the urban landscape shapes our everyday lives and, hopefully, generate conversations about the different uses of space, as well as the concept of the right to the city.”
Arturo Soto is a Mexican photographer and writer. He has published the photobooks In the Heat (2018), A Certain Logic of Expectations (2021), and Border Documents (2025). Soto holds a PhD in Fine Art from the University of Oxford, an MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York, an MA in Art History from University College London, and undergraduate degrees in Film and Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design. He curated the exhibition Foreign Correspondence at the Architectural Association and participated in the first edition of Forecast Platform at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. His work has been exhibited internationally and is included in the books Decolonization and Diversity in Contemporary Photography, Imaginaria and the Subjective Atlas of Mexico. Soto's critical writing has been published in VII Insider, C4 Journal, Photo-Eye, The Brooklyn Rail, Objektiv, ASX, among other places. He lives in Los Angeles.
SPONSORS
This program is supported by The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation, The Joy of Giving Something, the Ruth Foundation for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, public funds from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, and the Lawrence Foundation.
