Mario García Torres
(Mexico, 1975)
Vive y trabaja en Los Ángeles, California, EE.UU.
Educación
MFA California Institute of the Arts, 2005
BFA, Universidad de Monterrey, 1998
Premios
Cartier Award – Frieze Art Fair, 2007
Fullbright Grantee, 2003-2005
PAEE – FONCA/CONACULTA Grantee, 2004
La Colección Jumex Grantee, 2003-2005
Exposiciones individuales
2007
What Doesn’t Kill You Make You Stronger , The Museum of Modern Art, Syros, Grecia
A Brief History of Jimmie Johnson’s Legacy , Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holanda Mario Garcia Torres, Kadist Art Foundation, París, Francia
Mario García Torres , Galería Elba Benítez, Madrid, España
2006
Paradoxically It Doesn’t Seem That Far From Here. Meyer-Riegger, Karlsruhe, Alemania
What Happens in Halifax Stays In Halifax (In 36 Slides). Meyer-Riegger, Karlsruhe, Alemania
Te Invito a Mi Mundo, Jan Mot, Bruselas, Bélgica
The Galleries Show, Extra City , Amberes, Bélgica
2005
Some Hold, Some Push and Some Don’t Even Know How to Take a Picture . Jan Mot, Bruselas, Bélgica
2004
Shoot of Grace with Alighiero Boetti Hairstyle and Other Works , Jan Mot, Bruselas, Bélgica
2003
Contradictory Illicit Registry (Project Room) Muestra Art Fair, Mexico City, México
I also asked myself... Galería de Arte Mexicano, México City, México
Exposiciones colectivas (selección)
2007
Uneasy Angel / Imagine Los Angeles , Sprueth Magers and Sprueth Magers Projekte, Munich, Alemania
Le Truc , Projects Arts Center, Dublín, Irlanda
Someone Else With My Fingerprints , Galerie Chantal Crousel, París, Francia
The Droste Effect , Esther Schipper, Berlín, Alemania
For Sale , Galería Cristina Guerra, Lisboa, Portugal (comisariada por Jens Hoffmann)
Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind.52.Biennale di Venezia, Venecia, Italia
American Video Art at the Beginning of the 3 rd Millenium, Bienal de Moscú , Moscú, Rusia
Disco Coppertone , Locus Athens, Atenas, Grecia
Escultura Social, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, EE.UU.
Learn to Read , Tate Modern, Londres, GB
The Last Piece by John Fare, gb agency, París, Francia
How Soon Is Now? Fundación Luis Seoane, A Coruña, España
Whenever It Starts It Is The Right Time , Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Alemania
Una noche en el museo (o lo que vio Betty Boop), Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, España
Otra de Vaqueros, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City, México
Saturday Live Actions & Interruptions , Tate Modern, Londres, GB
Distorted Fabric , De Appel, Amsterdam, Holanda
No Negative , Objective Exhibitions, Amberes, Bélgica
Some, Time, Waiting, Kadist Foundation, París, Francia
Commitment, Sbk Strombeek, Bélgica
Elephant Cementery , Artists Space, Nueva York, EE.UU.
May the Twelfth, Store, Londres, GB
2006
Aspen 11 (Part1), Neue Alte Brucke, Frankfurt Am Main, Alemania
Neo-Con. Contemporary Returns to Conceptual Art, Apex Art, Nueva York, EE.UU., y British School, Roma, Italia
Bunker o No Bunker, Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, México
Le Spectre des Armatures , Glassbox, París, Francia
Bring The War Home, QED Gallery, Los Angeles and Elizabeth Dee, Nueva York, EE.UU.
Una Vision du Monde, La Collection Vidéo de Jean-Conrad et Isabelle Lemaitre La Maison Rouge, París, Francia
Some, Time, Waiting. Varias sedes
2005
Angelo, Mai! Deconsagrated church of San Gimiliano, Roma, Italia
Black Market Worlds / 9 th Baltic Triennale . CAC, Vilnius e ICA, Londres, GB
Dis & Appearance Fri-Art, Friburgo, Suiza
Missunderstandings. Galeria de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City, México
Shipping and Receiving: CalArts Graduate Show Armory Arts Center, Los Angeles, EE.UU.
Life is Habit . Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Noruega
Fragile. Analix Forever, Ginebra, Suíza
I still believe in Miracles / Drawing Space . Convent du Cordeliers / ARC Museé d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, París, Francia
No Convenient Subway Stops Art in General, Nueva York, EE.UU.
Data Space . Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, España
Today is Just a Copy of Yesterday , Jan Mot Gallery, Bruselas, Bélgica
Surely We Will Be Confused . Viafarini / Careof, Milán, Italia
2004
What did you expect? Jan Mot Gallery, Bruselas, Bélgica
Off the Record / Sound ARC Museé d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris / Couvent des Cordelieres, París, Francia
How to learn to love the bomb and stop worrying. Central de Arte, Guadalajara, Mexico City, México
Colecciones públicas
Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Artes, UNAM, México
49 Nord 6 Est -FRAC, Lorraine in Metz, Francia
Otros proyectos
Comisariado:
Recovered document or A show that could have happened during the seventies. Oficina para Proyectos de Arte (OPA), Guadalajara, 2003
Editorial:
Christopher D’Arcangelo. Roma, Italia 2005
Chapter Three. Documents on the Ninth International Forum for Contemporary Art (FITAC) 2007, México. (Editor)
What Happens in Halifax Stays in Halifax. Newspaper Jan Mot. Bruselas, 2005
A never-seen-by-the-patron art work. Cabinet magazine. 2004 (En colaboración con Luis Miguel Suro)
Chapter One. The Ninth International Forum for Contemporary Art (FITAC) 2003, Mexico. (Editor)
Académicos:
Who Killed Robert’s Secret? Visiting artist lecture at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax. 2006
The Artist and the City as Social Imaginary, Villa Aurora. 2005 Los Angeles
Around Bas Jan Ader . Museo Rufino Tamayo, 2004 Mexico City
(Mis)Understandng the Past: Reloading Histories in Contemporary Practice, Ninth International Forum for Contemporary Art (FITAC) 2003, México. (Director)
Bibliografía (selección)
De Conceptual a Tropicoso. Cuauhtemoc Medina, Periodico Reforma, Junio 5, 2006
Mario Garcia Torres, Anne Dressen, Flash Art, Mayo-Junio 2006
Some Stories I Overheard and Have Now Twisted, Luca Cerizza, NeueReview, 2006
Tout est plus grand. Berenice Bailly, Le Monde, Nov, 2005
El Rancho es Grande. Patrick Charpenel in Crónicas del Paraíso. Ephemera, 2005
De Género a Géneros. Alberto Sánchez, Exit Express, Madrid, Verano 2005
Eyes Wide Open. Anna Daneri in Jimmie Durham. Charta Italia 2004
What did you expect. Elena Filipovic, Frieze magazine 86, 2004
The Answer is Never the Same . Raimundas Malasauskas, Newspaper Jan Mot. 2004
Géneros de Espejismo , Cuauhtemoc Medina, Periodico Reforma, Marzo, 2003 |
