Resume

BORN

Mexico City, Mexico

EDUCATION

1998
Master of Fine Arts, Memphis College of Art

1993
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011
New Work, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts Gallery, Miami, FL (upcoming)

2010
Rumbo Sur, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2009
Shortform, Project Room, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts Gallery, Miami, FL

2008
New Heads, Art @ Work Space, Miami, FL
GEN: X: Post-Boomers and the New South, the Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL

2005
Recent Escapes, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Notre Promesse, Marci Gaymu Gallery, Paris, France
Spare Parts, Buena Vista Building, Miami, FL

2004
In the Company of Strangers, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Nuestro Juramento, Marci Gaymu Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Cylindrical Paintings, Instituto de Mexico, Miami, FL

2003
My-Ami, Stephen P. Clarke Gallery, Miami Dade Department of Cultural Affairs
New Work, Gallerie Bourbon-Lally, Port au Prince, Haiti

2002
A Petition of Sorts, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
On Imagined Occasions, Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2001
Poser, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL
Looking Back, Florida Stage Gallery, Lake Worth, FL

1999
Egregius in Urbe Pictor, Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, TN

1998
Paintings for the End of the World, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN

1996
Displaced Desires, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

1993
Lucero, Saint John the Divine Cathedral, New York City, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
Miami International Art Fair, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts Gallery, Miami, FL
Art From the Heart, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA

2009
Full House, Farside Gallery, Miami, FL
CIRCA Puerto Rico 09, Son Espace/Son Projects, Barcelona, Spain

2008
Futurity, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Face to Face, Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Miami, Ciudad-Metafora, Centro Cultural Espanol, Miami, FL
Abracadabra, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL

2007
Bridge Art Fair, Kathleen Cullen Gallery, New York, NY
Changing at Babylon, Kathleen Cullen Gallery, New York, NY
Garden Party, Miami Beach Botanical Gardens, Miami Beach, FL
Faculty Show, Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL
Aesthetics & Values, Florida International University, Miami FL
Accent Miami, Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Interventions, ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami Beach, FL

2006
Barcelona Photo Biennial, Galeria Julian Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
Affair-Jupiter Hotel, Lemon Sky Projects + Edtions, Portland, OR
Year06, Lemon Sky Projects + Edtions, London, UK
Aqua Art Miami, Lemon Sky Projects + Edtions, Miami, FL
Art Book; Havana Biennial Edition, Galeria Juan David, Havana, Cuba
Tastes and Tounges, Spanish Cultural Center, CCE, Miami, FL
The Line of Beauty, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
685 Lab, Curated by Howard Goldkrand, Miami Beach, FL

2005
Yard at Casa Lin, Art Basel project, Wynwood, Miami, FL
International Kids Fund Auction, Miami Art Central, Miami, FL
Draw, Son Projects, Barcelona, Spain
Artists Books, Son Projects, Barcelona, Spain
Faculty Show, Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, FL

2004
Scope Miami, Jack The Pelican Gallery, Townhouse Hotel, Miami, FL
Miami Citizen, Mexican Cultural Institute, Miami FL
Sites Miami, Dorsch Gallery, Lummus Park, Miami FL
Miami Artists, Ogden Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Miami Visions of Now, J Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
Nepotism, The Art of Friendship, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
The Last Show, The House, Miami, FL
Assembly Required, Edge Zones Gallery, Miami, FL
ARCO 2004, Madrid, Spain, Edge Zones Gallery, Miami, FL
It’s for the Birds, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL

2003
Scope Art Fair, Miami Beach, Miami, FL
Frenzy, Warehouse 97, Miami, FL
Space, Miami Museum of Science, Miami, FL
Art Institute of Miami Faculty Show, Miami, FL
WhiteBox Second Annual Benefit Auction, WhiteBox Gallery, New York, NY
Turning Pages: Celebrating South Florida Artists’ Books, Centre Gallery, Wolfson Campus, Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL
Inside Paper, Spanish Cultural Center, Miami, FL
Art Miami, Gallerie Bourbon-Lally, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL
South Florida Cultural Consortium Grantee Show, Stephen P. Clarke Center, Miami, FL

2002
New Art Barcelona '02, Barcelona, Spain
Form and Figure, James Herring Space, Art Basel, Miami, FL
Benefit Auction White Box, New York, NY
Artist Auction Locust Projects, Miami, FL
No Show, Fredrick Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
No Home Show, Eugenia Vargas Residence, Miami, FL
Contexto Santo Domingo 02, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
New Art 2002, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
New Art 2002, Key West Museum of Art and History, Key West, FL
No Show, Frederick Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
The Seducer’s Diary, South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, FL
Art Basel Show, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL

2001
New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Poser, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL
New Style, Arts Magna, Miami, FL
The Sears Building, The House, Miami, FL

2000
Summer Group Show, Freites Revilla Gallery, Miami, FL
New Drawings, 410 Contemporary, Memphis, TN

1999
Max 99, University of Memphis Art Museum, Curated by Buzz Spector, Memphis, TN
25th Juried Prints, Drawings, Photos, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
Invitational, Memphis Arts Festival, Memphis, TN
Bare Necessities, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
6 New Artists, Cooper Street Gallery, Memphis, TN
Art Farm, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN

1998
Group Show, Cooper Street Gallery, Memphis, TN
MFA Show, Tobey Gallery, Memphis, TN

1997
Juried Summer Show, Tobey Gallery, Memphis, TN
Gibson Art Guitars, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
Recent Work, Paul Edelstein Gallery, Memphis, TN

1996
Boxing Match, Plan B Gallery, Memphis, TN
Birds, Gallerie Etoile, Boston, MA

1995
Havana Biennial: Young Printers, Museo Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

2009
Granted residency at Louisiana ArtWorks, New Orleans, LA

2008
Granted residency at Vermont Studio Center

2002
South Florida Consortium Grantee: $15,000

2001
Southern Sensibilities Art in America, by Frances Colpitt, November ‘01 issue
Purchase Prize, New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art

1999
Governor’s School for the Arts Excellence in Teaching Award, Murfreesboro, TN
Featured Emerging Artist, Memphis Arts Festival, Memphis, TN
25th Prints drawings and Photos Juried Show, Arkansas Art Center

1997
First Prize, Tobey Gallery, juried by Andrew and Kathy Ginsel, Memphis, TN

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2009
Elisa Turner, “Review: Shortform at Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts Gallery,” Art News, December, 2009

2008
Featured in New American Paintings, Book 75, Southeast Edition
“No Boundaries; Transcending Borders with Carlos de Villasante”, 944 Magazine, Anne Tschida
“Cabezas, Morfemas e Imaginaciones Sinteticas,” El Nuevo Herald, Miami, Feburary, 24, 2008, Arturo Triff

2007
“Miami Contemporary Artists,” Clemence and Davidow, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, PA

2005
“Skate the Ground,” Project for A-42 Magazine (Cover photo), Editor Antonio Zaya, Getafe, Spain

2004
Tim Rollins, “Carlos de Villasante: When the Painter Becomes Medium. Some Thoughts on the Recent Painting of Carlos de Villasante,” ATLANTICA (Grand Canary Islands, Spain)
CAAM Museum, Tenerife, Spain

2002Antonio Zaya, “Proyecto Contexto de Miami a Santo Domingo,” Catalog essay
Elisa Turner, “A Petition of Sorts,” Miami Herald, April 31, 2002
Douglas MacCash, “On Imagined Occasions,” Times Picayune, February 2, 2002
Alfred Triff, “Seducer's Diary,” Miami New Times, February 22, 2002

2001
Frances Colpitt, “Southern Sensibilities: New Orleans Triennial’,” Art in America, November 2001
Pinkney Herbert, “New Orleans Triennial,” Catalogue essay
“New Orleans Triennial” Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA

2000
Frederic Koeppel, “Egregius in Urbe Pictor,” Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN

1999
Glenna Park, “Max 99,” Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN
Buzz Spector, “Max 99,” Catalogue essay, University of Memphis Museum of Arts
Frederic Koeppel, “Paintings for the End of the World,” Commercial Appeal
C. Huntington, “Paintings for the End of the World,” Number Arts Magazine 36

SPECIAL PROJECTS

2009
Wet Heat Documentary, Studio Drive By, Documentary on Miami Artists, www.wetheatproject.com

2005
A-42 Magazine, Masked Session Performance, Curated by Antonio Zaya

2004
Recuerdo/Souvenir, Mural at 818 SW 4th Avenue, Miami, (Wahab Construction) 25’x 60’, Acrylic on Concrete
ATLANTICA Magazine, Project, Curated by Antonio Zaya. Text by Tim Rollins, CAAM Museum, Canary Islands, Spain

2003
Bowl Bridge, Painting/Performance in Skate Bowl, Hollywood, FL

2002
Proyecto Contexto, Series of urban interventions involving the installation of mural banners throughout the city and involving passers-by, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Allen Eskew Collection, New Orleans, LA
Antonio Zaya Collection, Madrid, Spain
Brook Dorsch Collection, Miami, FL
Carlos Betancourt Collection, Miami, FL
Casale Collection, Miami, FL
Deborah and Dennis Scholl Collection, Miami, FL
Donald Hearn Collection, NY
Dr. Arturo Mosquera Collection, Miami, FL
Fagaly Collection, New Orleans, LA
Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Ghada Wahab Collection, Miami, FL
Jeanne Cimino Collection, New Orleans, LA
John Bullard Collection, New Orleans, LA
Miami Dade Division of Cultural Affairs
Mosquera Collection, Miami, FL
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Paul Parreira, Molly Yee Collection, NY
Tim Rollins Collection, NY
South East Toyota, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Walid Wahab Collection, Miami, FL