Threads, Landscapes, and Visual Revelations
Sumie García is a Mexico City-born visual artist and filmmaker whose work has been showcased in more than 15 countries. She has been a member of the National System of Art Creators (SNCA, FONCA) since 2022 and has received FONCA’s Jóvenes Creadores grant on two occasions. Her intervened photography has been featured in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally, and she is represented by Ángulo Cero gallery in Mexico, ammann//gallery in Germany, and amman//projects in London.
Urban and rural landscapes transformed through embroidery, metal, and the cinematic lens.
Over the past few years, she has perfected her practice in intervened photography. Sumie concentrates most of her work on architectural and landscape photography, spanning both rural and urban settings. Regarding her interventions, she has developed signature techniques, such as embroidering printed photographs with gold thread or using brass slabs as dividing elements.
Sumie’s creative scope extends beyond photography into filmmaking. She directed the documentary Relato Familiar, which premiered in the international competition at the Visions du Réel 2017 festival in Switzerland. Relato Familiar won “Best Documentary Short Film” at the Morelia International Film Festival, among other awards, and was nominated for a 2018 Ariel Award by the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Documentary Short Film. The short was also part of the Tribeca Film Institute’s IF/THEN Shorts program for Cathay Airlines. Her short film Los Añoswas screened at more than 10 international experimental film festivals and showcases, including the “Nuevos Caminos” section of FIC Valdivia. Her new film project, Mapas para Después de la Verdad, is currently in development.
Most recently, Sumie directed and co-produced a feature-length documentary titled Yūrei (ghosts). This film premieres at the Morelia International Film Festival in Mexico in October of this year. The piece portrays untold stories of Japanese descendants in Mexico, lyrically rendered through landscape and dance to challenge traditional notions of identity and immigration.
Exploring the intersection between intervened photography, architecture, and contemporary documentary filmmaking.
