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About Gustavo Villegas<\/strong>
\n(Mexico City, 1976. Lives and works in Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico).<\/p>\n

Education<\/strong> 2016<\/strong> Art, Politics and Activism, NODE Center.
\n2014<\/strong> Methods for Artistic Creation and Project Design, NODE Center.
\n2012<\/strong> Dissemination and Promotion of Artworks within the International Art Scene (course) and Art Production (workshop), NODE Center. 2009<\/strong> Painting Today and Marketing of Fine Arts, Torre 13, Mexico City. 2007 – 2005<\/strong> Painting, Creativity and Production, Autonomous University of Quer\u00e9taro. 1993-1997<\/strong> Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design, Universidad del Valle de Mexico, Quer\u00e9taro Campus.<\/p>\n

Awards and honors 2018<\/strong> AiR-Artist in Residence Program, Montreux, Switzerland. 2016<\/strong> Selected work, 17th Rufino Tamayo Painting Biennial, Mexico City. |<\/strong> First Prize, Jos\u00e9 and Tom\u00e1s Ch\u00e1vez Morado West-Central Painting Award, Regional Fund for Culture and the Arts of the West-Central Area, Guanajuato, Mexico. 2014<\/strong> Millay Colony for the Arts Residency Program, New York, USA. |<\/strong> People\u2019s Choice Award, 11th Monterrey FEMSA Biennial, Monterrey, Mexico. |<\/strong> Honorable mention, Miradas 6th National Visual Arts Biennial, Tijuana Cultural Center, Tijuana, Mexico. 2013-2015<\/strong> National System for Creators Grant, CONACULTA-FONCA, Mexico City. 2012-2013<\/strong> Creators with Experience-PECDA Grant, Quer\u00e9taro Institute for Culture and the Arts, Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico. 2011<\/strong> The WhyNot Place, Religare Arts Residency Program, New Delhi, India. 2010-2011<\/strong> Young Creators Grant, FONCA, Mexico City. 2010<\/strong> Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, California, USA. 2009-2010<\/strong> Selected work, CUADRO Guide and Emerging Artists Salon, Mexico City. 2008<\/strong> Selected work, Jumex Foundation Collection, Mexico City. |<\/strong> Contemporary Arts Clinic with Clayton Campbell, State of Mexico, Mexico. |<\/strong> Artists in Residency Program, FONCA-Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada. 2007-2008<\/strong> State Creators Grant, Quer\u00e9taro Institute for Culture and the Arts, Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico. 2007<\/strong> Selected work, Emerging Contemporary Arts Fair (FACE), Mexico City. |<\/strong> Selected work for the 2007-2008 edition of the book-catalog mART Artistas Emergentes para Nuevos Coleccionistas (mART Emerging Artists for New Collectors), Murrieta Foundation and Cuarta Pared magazine, Mexico City. |<\/strong> Incentives for Creation Grant, Quer\u00e9taro Institute for Culture and the Arts, Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico. 2006<\/strong> Acquisition Prize, Artemergente, Monterrey 2006 National Biennial, Monterrey, Mexico. |<\/strong> First Prize, Julio Castillo National Painting Biennial, Libertad Gallery, Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico.<\/p>\n

Solo exhibitions (selection) 2018<\/strong> \u201cPreuve d’impermanence\u201d, Maison Visinand, Montreux, Switzerland. 2017<\/strong> \u201cOmega\u201d, Heart Ego Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico. 2015<\/strong> \u201cImaginophagy of Destruction, v2.0\u201d, Center for the Arts, Fundidora Park, Monterrey, Mexico. 2014<\/strong> \u201cImaginophagy of Destruction\u201d, Libertad Gallery, Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico. 2013<\/strong> \u201cSeduction of Destruction\u201d, Ricardo Reyes Contemporary Art Gallery, Mexico City. 2012<\/strong> \u201cDecomposed Willpower\u201d, on occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Rosario S\u00e1nchez de Lozada Municipal Gallery, Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico. 2011<\/strong> \u201cTerrestris\u201d, Galerie Espacio, Morges, Switzerland. 2010<\/strong> \u201cNon Ego\u201d, Aldama Fine Arts Gallery, Mexico City. |<\/strong> \u201cQui est celui qui est\u201d, Galerie Espacio, Morges, Switzerland. |<\/strong> \u201cWho is He That He Is\u201d, Quer\u00e9taro Museum of Art, Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico. 2009<\/strong> \u201cRandom Pleasures\u201d, Polyforum Siqueiros Museum, Mexico City. |<\/strong> \u201cRandom Pleasures\u201d, Bernardo Quintana Arrioja Arts Center, Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico. 2008<\/strong> \u201cStudies\u201d, The Other Gallery, Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada. |<\/strong> \u201cAnywhere\u201d, Galerie Espacio, Morges, Switzerland. 2007<\/strong> \u201cAtt r\u00e4kna med\u201d, Alings\u00e5s konsthall, Sweden. |<\/strong> \u201cBeyond the Signifier\u201d, Libertad Gallery, Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico. |<\/strong> \u201cUrban\u201d, Corazones Gallery, Guanajuato, Mexico. |<\/strong> \u201cNYC\u201d, Atrium Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. 2006<\/strong> “To Be… or Not?\u201d, Contemporary Art University Gallery, Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico. |<\/strong> \u201cInclusions\u201d, Quer\u00e9taro Museum of Art, Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico.<\/p>\n

Publications 2017<\/strong> About Loss. Gustavo Villegas. Published by Cultural Section, Quer\u00e9taro Government, Mexico 2015<\/strong> Mexico: The Future Is Unwritten. Contemporary Artists from Mexico, Imago Mundi – Luciano Benetton Collection, published by Fabrica, Italy. 2014<\/strong> 10 Artistas de Quer\u00e9taro. Colecci\u00f3n Particular. Notar\u00eda 30. Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico. 2011<\/strong> Here, Now, Then, There and Here Again, Religare Art, New Delhi, India. |<\/strong> Accrochages, Magazine d\u2019Art No. 131, Switzerland. 2010<\/strong> Accrochages, Magazine d\u2019Art No. 116, Switzerland. 2008<\/strong> Accrochages, Magazine d\u2019Art No. 96, Switzerland. |<\/strong> Armas y Letras (magazine), No. 62-63, Autonomous University of Nuevo Le\u00f3n, Mexico. 2007<\/strong> Cuarta Pared (magazine), Nos. 6 and 7, Editorial Cuarta Pared, Mexico. |<\/strong> Book-catalog mART Artistas Emergentes para Nuevos Coleccionistas (mART Emerging Artists for New Collectors), Editorial Cuarta Pared, Mexico City.<\/p>\n

Collections<\/strong> Luciano Benetton Collection (Venice, Italy), Montreux Art Gallery Foundation (Montreux, Switzerland), Murrieta Foundation (Mexico City), Alings\u00e5s Bibliotek Library (Alings\u00e5s, Sweden), Polyforum Siqueiros Museum (Mexico City), Pinacoteca Gallery of the State Government of Nuevo Le\u00f3n (Nuevo Le\u00f3n, Mexico), Quer\u00e9taro Museum of Art (Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico), Libertad Gallery (Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico), Autonomous University of Quer\u00e9taro (Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico), DRT Foundation (Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico), Ram\u00edrez Collection (Morelia, Mexico), Lomel\u00ed Collection (Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico), J.C. Drexel Collection (Monterrey, Mexico), JMSR Collection (Quer\u00e9taro, Mexico), Slim Domit Collection, Sober\u00f3n Kuri Collection, Ricardo Reyes Collection, Zaga Collection, Cuarta Pared Collection (all located in Mexico City).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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