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Alejandro Almanza Pereda

1977, Mexico City (MX).

Lives and works between Guadalajara and Mexico City (MX).

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Biography

EDUCATION

2014

MFA in Sculpture, Hunter College, City University of New York, NY (US).

2005

BFA in Studio Art, University of Texas at El Paso, TX (US).

2004

The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME (US).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

De esos polvos, estos lodos. Fundación Casa Wabi - Sabino, Mexico City (MX).

El triunfo de la derrota. Galería Curro, Guadalajara (MX).

2021

Um caso que não se enquadra em nenhuma situação estudada. Lehmann + Silva, Porto (PT).

Kommen ein Architekt und ein Maler in eine Bunkerkneipe…. Cuadro 22, Chur (CH).

2018

Dolo Eventual. Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Zapopan (MX).

2017

Outside the Garden. Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (US).

2016

All the water under the bridge, the moon and the stars. Galería Curro, Guadalajara (MX).

Upside down you’re turning me up. Chert Lüdde, Berlin (DE).

Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (US).

Apparent Weight. Y Gallery, New York, NY (US).

2015

Everything but the kitchen sank. Walter and McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA (US).

2014

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Stanley Rubin Center, El Paso, TX (US).

2013

Las Quince Letras. Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City (MX).

El Diente Dorado del Caballo Regalado. Revolver Galería, Lima (PE).

Fruto de una infinidad de circunstancias imposibles de determinar. González y González, Santiago (CL).

2011

Within the Realm of Possibility. College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH (US).

Something for Nothing. Chert Gallery, Berlin (DE).

Did it my way and I took the highway. Fundación Magnolia / Rove Gallery, London (UK).

2010

The heaviest baggage for the traveler is the empty one. Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY (US).

Ideational Architectures. Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (US).

2009

Those who live by the sword, die by the sword or by third hand smoke. Chert Gallery, Berlin (DE).

2008

The Fan and The Shit. Magnan Projects, New York, NY (US).

2007

Andamio (temporary frameworks). Art in General, New York, NY (US).

2006

Stand Clear. Magnan Emrich, New York, NY (US).

2005

Mix Series. Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX (US).

Verdevete. Glass Gallery, The University of Texas at El Paso, TX (US).

2003

Impermeable. Union Gallery, El Paso, TX (US).

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

ARCOmadrid 2024. Lehmann + Silva, Madrid (ES).

2023

Unmonumental. POUSH, Aubervilliers (FR).

My Demons My Angels. ChertLüdde, Berlin (DE).

Oasis Cultural de México. Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez (MX).

2022

La casa que nos inventamos. Curated by Viviana Kuri, Oklahoma Contemporary, Oklahoma (US).

Transfaktura. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Querétaro, Querétaro (MX).

Ing. Jorge Matute Remus. La técnica al servicio de la ciudad. Museo Cabañas, Guadalajara (MX).

Festival Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo. León (MX).

HOY Arte Actual en Guadalajara. Cámara de Comercio, Guadalajara (MX).

2021

Le contraddizioni della fragilità. Eduardo Secci, Florence (IT).
Simulacro y Simulación. Curro, Guadalajara (MX).
Another Apocalypse is Possible. Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul (TR).

Epílogo. Arteriam, Mexico City (MX).
100 Sculptures. Anonymous Gallery, New York (US).
NADA House. Governors Island, New York (US).
Un eco es un eco. Galería Juan Soriano, Guadalajara (MX).

2020

al aire, libre. Curated by Tiago de Abreu Pinto, Public Art Project (MX).

Afinidades Electivas 20/20. Torre Americas 1500, Guadalajara (MX).

Organismos Articulados. Mexican Cultural Institute of Culture in Germany, Berlin (DE).

2019

Mercurio Retrógrado. Guadalajara 90201, Zapopan (MX).

The Fullfilment Center. Black Cube, Denver, CO (US).

BelVerde. Teatro dei Fauni, Locarno (CH).

No es el arco ni la flecha. Daniela Elbahara Studio, Mexico City (MX).

100 Sculptures. Anonymous Gallery, Paris (FR).

Malpaso: A Collaborative Investigation. The Clemente, New York, NY (US).

LIGHT. Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (US).

De la Mano a la Boca. Taller Los Guayabos, Guadalajara (MX).

2018

OPUS Merriweather. Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD (US).

SUPERSIMÉTRICA. Matadero, Madrid (ES).

Tin Foil Top Hat. Regina Rex/Parque, Mexico City (MX).

2017

Kitchen Debate. Organized by Site95, Rawson Projects, and Regina Rex, Rawson Projects, New York, NY (US).                  

A Good Neighbour. 15th Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul (TR).

Pool. Tropez, Berlin (DE).

Chingaderas Sofisticadas. Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (US).

Single-Channel Catalyst II. Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC (US).

La ciudad está allá afuera. Demolición, ocupación y utopía. Museo de Arte de Sinaloa, Culiacan (MX).

First Day of Good Weather - Latin American Art. Organized by Despacio (CR), Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf (DE).

2016

La ciudad está allá afuera. Demolición, ocupación y utopía. Centro Cultural Tlatelolco, Mexico City (MX).

+52 Paisajes recientes. Fundación Calosa, Irapuato (MX).

El arte de vivir. Museo Pepe Espaliu, Cordoba (ES).

Umwelt Inversion. Galerie Conradi, Hamburg (DE).

Leaping over a bush to surprise a quail. Chert Gallery, Berlin (DE).

2015

Hijos de la chingada. LAMB Arts, London (UK).

Sexxxitecture. CULT, San Francisco, CA (US).

1a Bienal Nacional De Paisaje. Museo De Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City (MX).

Club of Matinée idolz. CO2,Turin (IT).

Dialogo entre Patrick Hamilton y Alejandro Almanza Pereda. The 9.99, Guatemala City (GT).

2014

XVI Bienal de Fotografía. Centro de las Artes, Monterrey (MX).

Foreshock. La Fabrica, Brooklyn, NY (US).

Delirios de declive. Curro y Poncho, Guadalajara (MX).

Largo x Ancho x Alto / Height x Width x Depth. The 9.99, Guatemala City (GT).

Game changer. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO (US).

About a Mountain. Aysa Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY (US).

What Goes There? Y Gallery, New York, NY (US).

Common ground: Earth. Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul (TR).

The Invitational. Kunsthalle Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY (US).

2013

Anti thesis. Present Company/Active Space, Brooklyn, NY (US).

Art at the Border. 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM (US).

Epic Fail. Storefront, Brooklyn, NY (US).

I forgot to forget. Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH (US).

Turn Off the Sun. ASU Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (US).

2012

Caminar la línea. Galería Max Estrella, Madrid (ES).

2011

6ª VentoSul - Bienal de Curitiba. Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba (BR).

Terrible Beauty-Dublin Contemporary 2011. Dublin (IE).

Anonymous Presence. Y Gallery, New York, NY (US).

2010

Qui Vive? - The Moscow International Biennale for Young Art. Moscow (RU).

Drinnen und Draussen. Chert Gallery, Berlin (DE).

You are free. Tape Club, Berlin (DE).

2009

20 Años del Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Mexico City (MX).

La Constelacion del Perro. Galeria Jesus Gallardo, Guanajuato (MX).

One foot apart. Galeria Leme, Sao Paulo (BR).

Hecho en Casa. Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City (MX).

Drafts Establishing Future. Art Berlin Contemporary, Berlin (DE).

La Constelación del Perro. Casino Metropolitano, Mexico City (MX).

Andrew Palmer, Alejandro Almanza Pereda, Patty Chang. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (DE).

Chelsea Visits Havana. Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana (CU).

The Grand. Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, Old Westbury, NY (US).

2008

Tension-Release. Caren Golden, New York, NY (US).

My Little Membrane. Nurture Art, Brooklyn NY (US).

Displacement. Greenbelt, Brooklyn, NY (US).

Squaring the Circle. Alphazed Project, Brooklyn, NY (US).

2007

Making Good Luck. Y Gallery, New York, NY (US).

Host. Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN (US).

S-Files 007. Museo del Barrio, New York, NY (US).

Media Asta (Half-Mast). Haydee Rovirosa Gallery, New York, NY (US).

Creación en Movimiento Jóvenes Creadores 2005-2006. Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City (MX).

2006

Queens International 2006. Queens Museum of Art, New York, NY (US).

El equilibrio y sus derivados. Casa del Lago, Mexico City (MX).

Mix 2005 (redux). Landmark Arts Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX (US).

2005

Intersections. Waterstop Gallery, Marfa, TX (US).

Performágia 3. Museo del Chopo, Mexico City (MX).

2004

Border Art Residency Site Project. El Paso, TX (US).

Nine hundred Ten Texas St. Warehouse. El Paso, TX (US).

2004 Young Latino Artist (YLA N.9). Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX (US).

2003

1220 Texas St. Warehouse. El Paso, TX (US).

2003 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture. International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ (US).

Rim Road Show. Bridge Center for Contemporary Arts, El Paso, TX (US).

El Rey Del Camino. Union Gallery, El Paso, TX (US).

Centro Municipal de las Artes (CEMA). Juarez (MX).

Guerrilla Art. Bridge Center for Contemporary Arts, El Paso, TX (US).

2002

Juried Student Art Show (From 2002 until 2005). University of Texas at El Paso, TX (US).

AWARDS

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2020

Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Washington D.C. (US).

2019

SNCA Grant, FONCA - National Fund for the Arts and Culture (MX).

2018

Theodore Randall International Chair in Art and Design, Alfred University, NY (US).

Black Cube Artist Fellowship 2018, Denver, CO (US).

2016

Ox-Bow, School of Art and Artists' Residency Visiting Artist Fellowship, MI (US).

2015

Harker Award for Interdisciplinary Studies, San Francisco Art Institute, CA (US).

2014

Honorable Mention, XVI Bienal de Fotografía Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City (MX).

2009

Harpo Foundation Grant, Los Angeles, CA (US).

2008

Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation Grants Program, Miami, FL (US).

2007

Jovenes Creadores, FONCA - National Fund for the Arts and Culture (MX).

2005

Best of Show, Arlene Mc Kinon Award, University of Texas at El Paso, TX (US).

Best Photograph/Digital Image, University of Texas at El Paso, TX (US).

Jovenes Creadores, FONCA - National Fund for the Arts and Culture (MX).

2004

Serie Print Project, XI Coronado Studios Residency, Austin, TX (US).

2003 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ (US).

Best Sculpture Award, University of Texas at El Paso, TX (US).

RESIDENCIES

2024

CCA Artist-in-Residence, CCA Andratx, Andratx (ES).

2023

Casa Wabi, Oaxaca (MX).

2016

Border Art Residency, El Paso, TX (US).

2011

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE (US).

MAIN COLLECTIONS

LAM Museum, Lisse (NL).

Pera Museum, Istanbul (TR).

ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ (US).

Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City (MX).

Borusan Collection, Istanbul (TR).

The Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (US).

Goetz Collection, Munich (DE).

El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY (US).

KADIST, Paris (FR) and San Francisco, CA (US).

Colección Jumex, Mexico City (MX).

Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima (PE).

Various

FILMOGRAPHY

2021

De esos polvos estos barros. Short Film. Director and Writer. Guanajuato International Film Festival, Official selection, San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato City (MX).

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2016

Fine words butter no parsnips however fine parsnips can butter words. Present Company, Brooklyn, NY (US).

The things that one does and the things that make one. Galería Curro, Guadalajara (MX).

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