Carlos Furman
Bio
Carlos Furman (Argentina, 1960) is a photographer with over three decades of experience, specializing in the performing arts and currently leading the photography department at the Teatro General San Martín. Trained under Juan Travnik and Alejandro Leveratto, he has exhibited at institutions including the MNBA, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Museo de Arte Moderno, and the Fotogalería del Teatro San Martín, as well as venues across Latin America and Europe.
Notable exhibitions include Qué revienten los artistas at Cricoteka in Krakow (2006), Sobre lugares lejanos y un sueño escondido (Gachi Prieto Gallery, 2023, curated by Florencia Qualina), the Kantor Conference exhibition (Teatro San Martín, 2025), and Territorio efímero (Fotogalería del Teatro San Martín, 2026).
He has been awarded the Banco Nación Visual Arts First Prize (2016), the María Guerrero Award in Photography (2023), and the Teatro del Mundo Award (2023). His work is held in both public and private collections.
Statement
Carlos Furman's practice navigates the evocative boundary between documentary record and poetic fiction. As a landmark figure in the photography of the Teatro San Martín, his work reinterprets the ephemeral; he masterfully captures light and dramatic tension to transform the fleeting nature of the scene into an autonomous visual narrative.
In his contemporary personal work, Furman expands this mastery of lighting and theatricality into staged photography. Through the use of toys and scale-built sets, he crafts unsettling micro-narratives without any digital intervention. His playful gaze, imbued with a strong formalist rigor, challenges the certainties of perception and creates silent atmospheres where memory, childhood, and the dreamlike subtly converge.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
