Artist's arttributes:
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Most exhibitions in:
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| USA | 33 |
| Germany | 17 |
| Mexico | 16 |
| Switzerland | 14 |
| Spain | 10 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Switzerland |
6 |
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Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico |
3 |
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Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Germany |
3 |
Biography: 
1963 Born in Culiacán, Sinaloa (MX)
Lives and works in Mexico City (MX)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 158  from 15.9.
until 30.5.
Solo shows 17
2012
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| Restless, Adelaide International 2012: Teresa Margolles - AEAF - Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA |
2011
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| Frontera - MUSEION - Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst , Bolzano |
2010
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| Teresa Margolles - Frontera - Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel |
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| Teresa Margolles - Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Bancas - Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros - SAPS, Mexico City |
2009
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| Teresa Margolles - Los Herederos - Die Erben - Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich |
2008
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| Teresa Margolles - Factory/Kunsthalle Krems, Krems |
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| Teresa Margolles - OPERATIVO Part 2 - Y Gallery New York, New York City, NY |
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| Operativo - Y Gallery New York, New York City, NY |
2007
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| Decálogo - Museo Experimental El Eco , Mexico City |
2006
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| Teresa Margolles - Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf |
2005
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| Teresa Margolles - Ciudad Juárez - Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich |
2004
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| Teresa Margolles - Muerte sin fin - Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main |
2003
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| Teresa Margolles - Galería Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City |
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| Teresa Margolles - En el aire (In the Air) - Magazin4 - Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz |
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| Teresa Margolles - Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich |
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| Teresa Margolles - Das Leichentuch - Museumsquartier, Vienna |
Group shows 139
2013
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| Liebe Ist Kälter Als Das Kapital - Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz |
2012
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| Experimentica 2012: Unseen - Chapter Gallery, Cardiff (Wales) |
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| An Oasis of Horror in a Desert of Boredom - VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow Town |
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| Mexico – Poetry And Politics - Nordiska Akvarellmuseet - The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skarhamn |
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| Mediations Biennale 2012 - Mediations Biennale, Poznan |
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| Mit Krimineller Energie - Kunst und Verbrechen im 21. Jahrhundert - ACC Galerie Weimar, Weimar |
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| Invisible - Hayward Gallery, London (England) |
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| The Residue of Memory - Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO |
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| Track - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
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| Mit Krimineller Energie - Kunst und Verbrechen im 21. Jahrhundert - Halle 14, Leipzig |
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| 7. Berlin Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst - Forget Fear - berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst, Berlin |
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| Collection V. Ca2m Fund Selection - CA2M - Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Móstoles |
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| Posada bis Alys - Mexikanische Kunst von 1900 bis heute - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
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| Broken Borders - Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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| Level 2 Gallery: No Lone Zone - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| Copa América – Videoarte latino-americana contemporânea - Paço das Artes, Săo Paulo |
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| Chroniques d´une disparition - DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal, QC |
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| Cartographie Du Désastre - Galerie Mor-Charpentier, Paris |
2011
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| The Walls That Divide Us - Apexart, New York City, NY |
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| MEXICO – POETRY AND POLITICS – Watercolours and Animations - Nordiska Akvarellmuseet - The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skarhamn |
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| 29th Biennial of Graphic Arts - Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana |
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| Disponible: A Kind of Mexican Show - MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA |
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| How to Philosophize with a Hammer - White Box, New York City, NY |
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| El grito - Musac - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon |
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| MMK 1991-2011: 20 Jahre Gegenwart - Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main |
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| Tracing the Unseen Border - La MaMa Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Disponible: A kind of Mexican show Phase 2 - Walter and McBean Galleries at San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
2010
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| Die Nase des Michelangelo - Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich |
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| Mixed Emotions - Kunsthalle Brennabor, Brandenburg an der Havel |
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| Epílogo - Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Zapopan |
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| What Next For The Body - Arnolfini, Bristol (England) |
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| Une Idée, une Forme, un Ętre - Poésie/Politique du corporel - Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich |
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| Lebenslust und Totentanz - Kunsthalle Krems, Krems |
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| MODELOS PARA ARMAR. Pensar Latinoamérica desde la Colección MUSAC - Musac - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon |
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| ARTE Y POLITICA : CONFLICTOS Y DISYUNTIVAS - Museo de Arte de Culiacán, Culiacán |
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| Corpus. Arte in azione - Museo D'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina - MADRE, Naples |
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| KRATOS — ABOUT (IL)LEGITIMATE(D) POWER - team (gallery, inc.), New York City, NY |
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| En Privado 2. La Opción Desamable - Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern, Palma de Mallorca |
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| E-Flux Video Rental - Fondazione Giuliani, Rome |
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| Todo A Nada - Lectura Colecciones Muac - Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo - MUAC, Mexico City |
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| In Lieu Of Unity / En Lugar De La Unidad - Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX |
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| In Lieu of unity - Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX |
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| CHANGING THE FOCUS: THE ART OF LATIN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY (1990-2005) - Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA |
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| El horizonte del topo | The Mole's Horizon - BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels |
2009
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| Espectros: Arte y transición - Centro Cultural de Espańa Guatemala (CCE/G), Ciudad de Guatemala |
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| The Law of Fives (5th Anniversary Exhibition) - Perry Rubenstein Gallery - 527 West 23 Street, New York City, NY |
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| This world & nearer ones - Creative Time, New York City, NY |
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| Don't Stare at the Sun / Nie patrz prosto w słońce - CoCA - Centre of Contemporary Art Torun, Torun |
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| 53nd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX |
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| ARTE ≠ VIDA - Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City |
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| Presuntos culpables - Museo de Arte Moderno de Mexico City, Mexico City |
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| Yellow and Green - Positionen aus der Sammlung des MMK - Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main |
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| MAN SON 1969. Vom Schrecken der Situation - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
2008
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| Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence - Salina Art Center, Salina, KS |
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| Political/Minimal - Kunst-Werke Berlin - KW Institute for Contemporary Art , Berlin |
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| Recursos incontrolables y otros desplazamientos naturales - Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo - MUAC, Mexico City |
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| 7+1 Project Rooms - MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo |
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| Feminae - Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva |
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| Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence - USC Fisher Museum - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA |
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| 15 Jahre Galerie Peter Kilchmann 1992 - 2007 - Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich |
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| La sombra de la historia - CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela |
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| Manifesta 7 - Comitato Manifesta 7, Bolzano |
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| Die lucky Bush - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence - The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL |
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| Viva la muerte - Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
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| Las Implicaciones de la Imagen (The implications of image) - MUCA Roma - Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, Mexico City |
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| Contemporáneo 21. Autopsia de lo invisible - MALBA Colección Costantini - Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires |
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| Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence - McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC |
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| Arte Vida: Actions By Artists Of The Americas, 1960-2000 - El Museo del Barrio, New York City, NY |
2007
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| Emotional Systems - Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina (CCCS), Florence |
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| ˇViva la Muerte! - Kunsthalle Wien (Museumsquartier), Vienna |
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| Global Feminism - Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA |
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| CROSS LAKE ATLANTIC - galleria enrico fornello, Milan |
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| Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence - Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI |
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| Encuentro Regional De Arte (era 07) - Museo Blanes, Montevideo |
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| Grey Water - IMA Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD |
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| Theater of Cruelty - White Box, New York City, NY |
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| 7. Internationale Foto-Triennale - Identität / Identitätskonstruktion / Heimat - Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen am Neckar, Esslingen |
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| Group Exhibition - Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya |
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| The Art of Failure - Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel |
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| Collectors 1 - Collezione La Gaia - - Cesac - Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio (closed) |
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| Body as Spectacle - MMSU - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Rijeka |
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| NO FUTURO - Organización Nelson Garrido - ONG, Caracas |
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| I Encuentro entre dos Mares Bienal Săo Paulo - Valencia - Encuentro entre dos Mares - Bienal Săo Paulo - Valencia, Valencia |
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| Global Feminisms - Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York City, NY |
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| Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence - Museo de Arte del Banco de la República - Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogota |
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| 2 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art - Moscow Biennale of contemporary art, Moscow |
2006
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| Estrecho Dudoso - Fundación Ars Teor Etica, San José |
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| Six Feet Under; Autopsie unseres Umgang mit Toten - Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern |
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| Frontera 450+ - Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX |
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| Liverpool Biennial 2006 - Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool (England) |
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| Limbo - Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City |
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| Der Ball ist rund – Kreis Kugel Kosmos - Pergamonmuseum, Berlin |
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| Il gigante buono. Artisti dell'america latina - CACT Centro d´Arte Contemporanea Ticino, Bellinzona |
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| Certain Encounters - Daros-Latinamerica Collection - The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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| Passion/Provocation: Photography and Video in the collection of Teófilo Cohen - Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City |
2005
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| Indelible Images (trafficking between Life and Death) - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX |
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| Baroque and Neobaroque / The Hell of the Beautifull - DA2 - Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca |
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| BMW - Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius |
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| The IX Baltic Triennial of International Art - BMW - The Baltic Triennial of International Art, Vilnius |
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| Prague Biennale 2 - Prague Biennale, Prague |
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| Mexico Attacks! - MADC Museo de Arte y Diseńo Contemporáneo, San José |
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| Involution - CAC - Centre d´art contemporain de Brétigny, Brétigny s/Orge |
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| Eco - Arte contemporaneo mexicano - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid |
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| Murmur - Tent - Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam |
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| In the Air: Projections of Mexico - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY |
2004
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| 5th Gwangju Biennal 2004 - A Grain of Dust A Drop of Water - Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju |
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| »I need you« - Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt - Centre d'Art, Biel/Bienne |
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| Die zehn Gebote - Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden |
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| Le Mystčre du kilo d´or - Institut du Mexique ŕ Paris, Paris |
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| Made in Mexico - Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
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| La Mort devant soi - Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva |
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| ni aqui ni allá - Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City |
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| The 2nd Auckland Triennial - PUBLIC/PRIVATE: Tumatanui/Tumataiti - Auckland Triennial, Auckland |
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| Made in Mexico - ICA - Institute of Contemporary ArtBoston, Boston, MA |
2003
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| Outlook - Benaki Museum, Athens |
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| 4. Bienal do Mercosul - Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre |
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| Cámara - Videos Mala Onda - Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City |
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| “Terror Chic“ - - Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Munich (closed) |
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| COSTA VECE - Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich |
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| In faccia al mondo. Il ritratto contemporaneo nel medium fotografico - Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa |
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| Fuera de Campo - Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City |
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| Prague Biennale 1 - Prague Biennale, Prague |
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| Stretch Americas Beneath the Surface. - The Power Plant, Toronto, ON |
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| Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art 2003 - Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Gothenburg |
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| Banquete,Metabolism and Communication - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe |
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| 20 Million Mexicans Can't be Wrong - John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (England) |
2002
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| Otredad y Mismidad - Galeria de Arte Contemporaneo y Diseńo, Puebla |
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| Zebra Crossing - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin |
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| 20 Million Mexicans Can't Be Wrong - SLG South London Gallery, London (England) |
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| Lascas: un arte mexicano actual - l’Oeil de Poisson, Quebec City |
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| Mexico City: An Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values - MoMA PS1, New York City, NY |
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| Sugar and Spcie and Everything Nice - - Nikolai Fine Art, New York City, NY (closed) |
2001
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| VII Bienal Internacional de Cuenca - Bienal Internacional de Cuenca, Cuneca |
Dealer Directory 3 |
Mexico
Spain
| | Galeria Salvador Díaz, Madrid
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Switzerland
| | Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
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Collections 4

France
| | 49 NORD 6 EST – Frac Lorraine, Metz
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| | Rosenblum Collection & Friends, Paris
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Germany
| | Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main
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Switzerland
| | Daros Latinamerica, Zurich
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Catalogs
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