VICTOR RODRIGUEZ

BORN:   

1970  Born Mexico City, Mexico
         Lives and works in New York City

EDUCATION:

1988      B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute
1980      University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2010          Galería de Arte Mexicano GAM, Mexico City, Mexico
2009          Mid-Career Retrospective, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
                 Crazy Diamond 2, Galeria Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Peru
2008          Crazy Diamond, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY, USA
2007          White Variations 2, Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
                 Velvet Water, Galeria Luci­a de la Puente, Lima, Peru
                 White Variations, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico
2006          Stockholm Syndrome, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY, USA
2005          Cold Song, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL, USA
2004          Hotel 17,000, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
                 1541, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY
                 Transition, Galeria Mateo Sariel, Panama City, Panama
2003          Jose de Ribera Series, Galeri­a Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain
2002          Cinema Notebooks, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY, USA
                 Dos Anos, GalerÃia Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City, Mexico
                 Phone Call, Klaus Steinmetz Arte Contemporaneo, Escazu, Costa Rica
                 Glass of Water, Momus Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
                 Snowbox, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY, at ARCO '02, Madrid, Spain
2001         La Tour Series, Galeria Mateo Sariel, Panama City, Panama
2000         UP, Galeri­a Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
                 Powder Box, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy
                 l'Peintre Rouge, Space d'Art Yvonamor Palix, Paris, France
1999          Victor Rodriguez, Galeria Enrique Guerrero , Mexico City, Mexico.
                 New Work, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI, USA
                 Sous La Grisaille de Mexico, Espace D'Art Yvonamor Palix, Paris, France
1998         The D Series, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI, USA
                 Serie R, Galeri­a Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
1997         Victor Rodriguez, OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY, USA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007         Los Angeles Art Show, Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
2006          ARCO 2006, Madrid, Galerie Ramis Barquet, Madrid, Spain,
                 Art Basel Miami Beach, Galerie Ramis Barquet, New York, NY,
2005          Espejos Invertidos, Insituto Mexicano de Cultura, Washington DC, USA
2004          Prodigios de Fin de Siglo, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo MARCO, Monterrey, Mexico
                 El Retrato en San Pedro, Museo de Historia de San Pedro, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
2003          Trans-Figuration, Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza, Italy
                 The Artist and his Model, Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
                 Paper Works, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York, NY
                 Dubrow International, Roger Smith Gallery/ Kravets/Wehby, New York, NY, USA
2002         XI Bienal de Pintura Rufino Tamayo, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City; Museo de Arte
                 Contemporaneo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Oax., Mexico
                 Generazionale, LAMeC, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, Italy
                 Photorealism Revisited, Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ, USA
                 MexArtFest, Midome Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
                 En Centa­mteros, Galeria Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain
                 Arte de America Latina, Galeria Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Peru
2001         VII Salon Bancomer, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico
                 Denos una mano, Grupo de los 16, Ex Hacienda de los Morales, Mexico City, Mexico
                 Rotaciones XII, Muca Roma, Mexico City, Mexico.
                 26-36 Jovenes Propuestas Contemporaneas, Museo de la SHCP, Mexico City, Mexico
                 Ernesto Pujol, Marta Maria Perez Bravo, Ray Smith, Victor Rodri­guez, Momus Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
                 Arte Mexicano Actual, Instituto Cultural Mexicano, Washington D.C., USA
                 Flor y Canto, Salt Lake City Museum of Art, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
2000          Paisaje Urbano, Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City, Mexico.
                 El Poder de la Humanidad, Mexican Cultural Institute, NY, NY, USA
1999          Picture This - New Contemporary Figuration, Associated American Artists, NY. NY
                 Bajo la Grisalla de Mexico, Capella de l'Antic Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
                 Sous la Grisaille de Mexico II, Espace díArt Yvonamor Palix/Passage de Retz, Paris, France
                 IV Bienal Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey NL, Mexico
                 Group Show, Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York NY, USA
                 Grupo de los 16, Hacienda de los Morales, Mexico City, Mexico.
1998          Summer Show, SOMA Gallery, La Jolla, CA, USA
                 In the Nineties: A View of Contemporary Mexican Art, Instituto Cultural Mexicano, Washington D.C., USA
1997         An Assessment in Contemporary Figuration, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI,
                 Faces and Figures, Nassau Country Museum, Long Island, NY, USA
                 New Artists from the 90's, Flint Institute of Contemporary Art, Flint, MI, USA
                 Triunfadores de la Bienal Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
                 III Bienal de Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
                 III Salon Bancomer, Fundacion Cultural Bancomer, Mexico D.F., Mexico
                 I Concurso BID de Pintura Joven, CentroCultural SHCP, Mexico City;
                         Mexico,Pinacoteca de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
1996         VII Osaka Triennale, Mydone Osaka Museum, Osaka, Japan
                 Creacion en Movimiento, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Carrillo Gil, Mexico D.F.,  Mexico
1996         XVI Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven, Instituto Cultural de Aguascalientes,
                       Aguascalientes, Ags; Pinacoteca de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, N.L.; Museo de
                       Arte Contemporaneo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico
1995         XV Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven, Instituto Cultural de Aguascalientes,
                        Aguascalientes, Ags; Pinacoteca de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, N.L.; Museo de
                        Arte Contemporaneo Carrillo Gil, Mexico D.F., Mexico
                  Pinturerias, Arte Taurino, Exposicion Itinerante: Museo de Monterrey,
                         Monterrey, N.L.; Instituto Cultural de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Ags;
                         Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, B.C.N.; Instituto Cultural Cabanas,
                         Guadalajara, Jal.; Museo de Arte de Queretaro, Queretaro, Qro., Mexico
1994         II Bienal de Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
                 Pinturerias, Arte Taurino, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico D.F., Mexico
                 Japan Paintings, Zero Gallery, Osaka, Japan

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

                 Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, USA
                 Flint Institute of Conteporary Arts, Flint, MI
                 Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

GRANTS & AWARDS

2002          Acquisition Prize, XI Bienal de Pintura Rufino Tamayo, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
2000          Grant, Jovenes Creadores, Fondo Nacional para la cultura y las Artes, Mexico
1997          Acquisition Prize, I Concurso BID de Pintura Joven, Centro Cultural SHCP, Mexico City, Mexico
                 Honorable Mention, III Bienal de Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
1996          Acquisition Prize, XIII Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven, Mexico City, Mexico
1994          Jovenes Creadores Grant, Fondo Nacional para la cultura y las Artes, Mexico
                 Award, Pintuerias, Arte Taurino Beca para pintar un mural, Abeno SoHo Art Project, Osaka, Japan.

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