Born in Mexico City, Mexico. Lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts – PaintingNational Autonomous University of Mexico Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico Mexico
Bachelor of Fine Arts
National Autonomous University of Mexico Mexico
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2016
UNESCO Art Residency. Ordino, Andorra (selected)
JOAP 2016. London, UK (selected)2015
2014
Imagining Equality, IMOW / Global Fund for Women, San Francisco, CA, USA (selected)
Contemporary Art at HSG Tell, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland (finalist)
Bienal Nómada, Veracruz, Mexico (selected)
2012-2013
LIC, London, UK (finalist)
5th Biennial Miradas, CECUT, Tijuana, B.C., Mexico (selected)
3rd National Painting Biennial "Pedro Coronel", Museo Pedro Coronel, Zacatecas, Mexico (selected)
2011
V Yucatán National Visual Arts Biennial, ICY, Yucatán, Mexico (selected)
2010
4th Biennial Miradas 2010. CECUT, B.C., Mexico (selected)
2nd Gómez Palacio National Painting Biennial. Durango, Mexico (selected)
2006-2008
UNAM Graduate Outstanding Research Fellowship, Mexico
2008
National Prize in Painting “José A. Monroy”, Guadalajara, Jal. Mexico (selected)
1st Gómez Palacio National Biennial in Painting. Contemporary Art Museum, Durango, Mexico (selected)
2006
National Prize in Painting “José A. Monroy”, Honorable Mention, Mexico
Imagining Ourselves. IMOW, San Francisco, CA, USA (selected)
2002
XXII Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven, Mexico (selected)
1997-1999
Telmex Foundation Outstanding Student Fellowship, Mexico
1995-1997
UNAM Foundation Outstanding Student Fellowship, Mexico
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
2010
Profile Picture. Est, Switzerland
2008
Me and the Other. Detroit Hispanic Center for the Arts, Detroit, MI, USA
2005
The aleph and other places. Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, MI, USA
2003-2004
… (Petit Format) Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
2003
Desde este lado de la i-realidad. José M. Velasco Gallery, INBA. Mexico
Contra la violencia: homenaje. Delegación Iztacalco, Mexico City, Mexico
2001
Jugando con los zapatos. CU, Mexico City, Mexico
2000
Prohibido el paso. Telmex Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico
1998
Luz y arte contemporáneo. Museo de la Luz, Mexico City, Mexico
Post-mortem. Museo de la Luz, Mexico City, MexicoSELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Connections, Europe House, Zagreb, Croatia
Hegira and Other Passages, Gradska Galerija, Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Liminal Space, DMZ Museum, Gangwon, South Korea
Art Camp 2016, La Llacuna, Andorra La Vella, Andorra
Women Artists. Creative Energy for Peace, UN Headquarters, NY, USA
American Art: The Artnauts, Casa de la Cultura del Guaviare, Guaviare, Colombia (traveling show)
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Amazonas, Colombia
Acacias, Salón, Departmento de Arte , Acacias,
Colombia
Salon, Universidad de los Llanos, Departmento de Arte, Villavicencio, Colombia
Municipal Public Library, Guainía, Colombia
Interdicion – Ascercion Art Event, “5” Salon Departmental de Artes Visuales del Meta, Meta, Colombia
Artificio Gallery, Meta, Colombia
El Barrio La Madrid, Meta, Colombia
Taraira Municipal Library, Vaupes, Colombia
2017
Mass Tourism, Decumanus Gallery, Krk, Croatia
UNESCO Art Camp, Maison de l´Unesco, Paris, France
2016
UNESCO Art Camp, UN Headquarters, New York City, NY, USA
5th Art Camp. Cittadella Cultural Centre, Victoria, Gozo, Malta
Casa Rossell, Ordino, Andorra
W-manpower International Art Festival 16. Lisbon, Portugal
2015
16th INTERBIFEP, International Gallery of Portrait, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sphinx Festival, Square St. Theodore, Thebes, Greece
2014
Borders, Gare de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Bienal Nómada, Museo Regional de Querétaro, Qro., Mexico
Galeria de SE, Mexico City, Mexico
2013
The HMC's Traveling Exhibit, Győr, Hungary
9x12, Ferencvarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
LIC, London, UK
HMC, Budapest, Hungary
Overture, Gallery 7, Tokyo, Japan
5th Biennial Miradas, CECUT, Tijuana, B.C., Mexico
3rd National Painting Biennial "Pedro Coronel", Museo Pedro Coronel, Zacatecas, Mexico
2011
V Yucatán National Visual Arts Biennial, ICY, Yucatán, Mexico
2010
4th Biennial Miradas 2010. CECUT, B.C., Mexico
2nd Gómez Palacio National Painting Biennial. Contemporary Art Museum, Durango, Mexico (traveling show)
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Ángel Zárraga. Durango, Mexico
2009
Y un poco más, Galerie Espacio, Morges, Switzerland
1st Gómez Palacio National Painting Biennial. Galería CONARTE, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
Modern Art Museum. Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico
Contemporary Art Museum Ángel Zárraga. Durango, Mexico
2008
From ABC to XYZ. Black Bridge Art Gallery, Beijing, China
From ABC to XYZ. XYZ Art Gallery, Beijing, China
La Academia de San Carlos en Michoacán. Michoacán, Mexico
Exposición de Generación: Artes Visuales. Academia de San Carlos, Mexico
Go Figure! The ARTS Gallery, TX, USA
Arte y Matemáticas. Galería Ollín Yolitzli, Mexico City, Mexico
2007
Centers and Borders II. Gallery of the School of Fine Arts, Yinchuan, China
Centers and Borders I. Ningxia Exhibition Center, Yinchuan, China
Estandartes. Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City, Mexico
Intervenciones Divergentes. Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro, Qro., Mexico
2006
Crossing Borders. University of Colorado, CO, USA (traveling show)
Día de muertos. Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City, Mexico
Erotismo. Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City, Mexico
National Prize in Painting “José A. Monroy”. Jalisco, Mexico (traveling show)
2003
Encuentro artístico contra el Feminicidio en Cd. Juárez. Mexico City, Mexico
2002
XXII Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven (National Emerging Art Prize). Mexico (traveling show)
2001
Ontos-¿’on toi? Zocalo Square, Fine Arts Museum. Mexico City, Mexico
1997
Deambular. 6ª Muestra Internacional de Performance (International Performance Festival), ExTeresa, Casa de la Primera imprenta, Templo Mayor and Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico
1997
Granbaileexposición. Galería El Ranchito, Mexico City, Mexico
Tránsito. ExTeresa, Museo Templo Mayor, Zócalo, Mexico City, Mexico
1995
1994
RESIDENCIES
2016
UNESCO Art Residency. Ordino, Andorra
2008
Me and the Other. Detroit, MI, USA
Go Figure! The Arts Gallery, TX, USA
2000
What is the alternative media? Telmex Foundation, Mexico
1998
PUBLICATIONS
2018
"Liminal Space", Exhibition Catalogue DMZ Museum, Text by Elaine H. Kim, George Rivera, South Korea
“Region Orinoco Amazonia,” chapter in REG15NALES, (Bogota: MINICULTURA, GOBIERNO DE COLOMBIA, 2018), Colombia
2017
"Robots", Make8elieve Magazine, Switzerland / USA
2016
"5th Art Camp", Catalogue, UNESCO, Andorra
2013
“El nuevo romanticismo en las artes visuales”, Revista Imágenes del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, May 2013,
UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
"LICC", Exhibition Catalogue, London, UK
"V Yucatán National Visual Arts Biennial", Exhibition Catalogue, ICY, Yucatán, Mexico
2012
"5th Biennial Miradas 2010”. Exhibition Catalogue, Fundacion CODET, BC, Mexico
"3rd National Painting Biennial Pedro Coronel", Exhibition Catalogue, Museo Pedro Coronel, Zacatecas, Mexico
2010
“4th Biennial Miradas 2010”. Exhibition Catalogue, Fundacion CODET, Mexico
“2nd Gómez Palacio National Painting Biennial”. Exhibition Catalogue, Mexico
2009
Accrochages. No. 113 Dec-Jan 2009-2010, Switzerland
La Gaceta del CUSur. May, 2009, Mexico
“X Premio Nacional de Pintura José A. Monroy”, Exhibition Catalogue, CUCSur / U de G, Mexico
“1st Gómez Palacio National Painting Biennial”, Exhibition Catalogue, Mexico
Revista Cultural Pathos y Ethos, Year 1, No. 2, CONACULTA, Mexico
2008
“Centers and Borders: From ABC to XYZ,” Exhibition Catalogue text by Dr. George Rivera, published by Artnauts, China
From ABC to XYZ, ArtNews, Beijing, China