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Melanie Smith    (British, 1965)

 Melanie Smith - Graffiti (Paintings) h: 45 x w: 55 cm / h: 17.7 x w: 21.7 in
Melanie Smith
Graffiti 2007
 
 Melanie Smith - Parallax or failure (in four parts) (Installations)
Melanie Smith
Parallax or failure (in four parts) 2008
 
 Melanie Smith - Parres (No 3) (Paintings) h: 130 x w: 200 cm / h: 51.2 x w: 78.7 in
Melanie Smith
Parres (No 3) 2005
 
 Melanie Smith - Periphery View XXVIII (Paintings) h: 45 x w: 55 cm / h: 17.7 x w: 21.7 in
Melanie Smith
Periphery View XXVIII 2007
 
  

Biography
1965 Born in Poole, England
1984 B.A. Fine Art, Reading University, England
Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico

Exhibitions
2009 “For You / Para Usted”, Daros Exhibitions, Zurich, April 25 – Sept. 6
2009 “Great Expectations – Contemporary photography looks at today’s Bitter Years?” Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg, cur. Enrico Lunghi / Pierre Stiwer / Paul di Felice, Mar. 28 – June 14
2009 Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima (solo)
2009 MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Feb. 5 – Apr. 6 (solo)
2008 “Resiste”, Galería Alberto Sendrós, Buenos Aires, March 27 – May 2 (solo)
2008 “Urban Views”, Patrick Painter, Santa Monica, Jan. 12 – Feb. 16 (solo)
2008 “Parres Trilogy”, in collaboration with Rafael Ortega, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Mar. 6 – June, 29 (solo)
2008 “grey (negative) rectangle on white background”, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Feb. 22 – Mar. 29 (solo)
2008 “¡Viva la muerte!”, CAAM – Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Cran Canaria, cur. Gerald Matt / Thomas Mießgang / Álvaro Rodríguez Fominaya, Apr. 18 – Jun. 29 (group)
2007 Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA (solo)
2006 Tate Britain. Lightbox series. Parres Trilogy (solo)
2006 Invisible Cities – curated by Sabrina Van Der Ley Zamosc Poland, Potsdam, Germany (group)
2006 Pasión/Provocación – fotografia & video en la Collección de Teofilo Cohen, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City
2006 What makes you and I different, Tramway Glasgow, Glasgow
2006 Spiral City and other Vicarious Pleasures, MUCA Campus, Mexico City (solo)
2005 Parres, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (solo)
2005 Beyond Delirious / Indeterminate States, Cisneros Fontanais Art Foundation, Miami
2005 inSITE 2005, inSITE San Diego/Tijuana, Mexico/USA
2005 Eco: Arte Contemporaneo Mexicano, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
2004 Sodio y asfalto, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporánea, Mexico City
2004 FROM ABOVE, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna
2004 Made in Mexico, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
2004 Cerca Series: Melanie Smith, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (solo)
2004 MADE IN MEXICO, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston, MA
2004 Museo Tamayo, Mexico D.F.
2004 SIX STEPS TO THE UNPREDICTABLE, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA (solo)
2003 SIX STEPS TO REALITY, UNTITLED (WORKS WITH NO SENSE) Galeria OMR, Mexico D.F. (solo)
2003 COSTA VECE, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (solo)
2003 …Galeria Marco Noire, San Sebastiano, Italy (solo)
2003 MEXICO ILLUMINADO, Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA
2003 MEXICO ATTACKS LUCCA, Festival of Contemporary Images, Tolouse
2003 GALLERY ARTISTS, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
2003 VACIO9, Madrid, Spain
2003 FUORI USO, Pescara, Italy
2003 PRAGUE BIENNALE, Prague
2003 VII HAVANA BIENNAL, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
2003 MEXICO ATTACKS, Lucca, Italy
2002 SIX STEPS TO ABSTRACTION, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (solo)
2002 SIX STEPS TO REALITY, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico D.F. (solo)
2001 100% ACRILIO, Galeria OMR, Mexico D.F. (solo)
2001 …Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
1997 ORANGE LUSH, The Anglo, Mexico D.F. (solo)
1996 RECENT WORKS: 1916-1996, Galeria OMR, Mexico D.F. (solo)

Literature
2007 Melanie Smith, Turner, Madrid, ex. cat.
2005 Das richtige Bild im falschen. Wie wirklich ist die Wirklichkeit? - Identitätsfragen in vier Zürcher Fotogalerien, Sonja Eisl, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich
2005 Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Katrin Bachofen, HandelsZeitung, Zurich
2005 Eco: Arte Contemporaneo Mexicano, Cuauthémoc Medina, Museo Nacional Centro de ArteReina Sofía, Madrid, ex. cat.
2004 Mexico joins global club, Christopher Knight, Geo Topics, Los Angeles
2004 ICA`s Made in Mexico, Linda Saltz, Newbury Street & Bak Bay Guide, Boston
2004 Mexican Conceptualists, None Especially Mexican, Ken Johnson, The New York Times, New York
2004 Made in Mexico, Gilbert Vicario, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Boston, ex. cat.
2003 …European Photographer, Spring Issue.
2003 Macri, Teresa. Mexico Attacks. Exhibition Catalogue.
2002 Biesenbach, Klaus. Mexico City: An Exhibition About the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values.
2002 Medina, Cuauhtémoc. Twenty Million Mexicans Can’t Be Wrong. Exhibition Catalog.
2002 …Hier is Dort. Exhibition Catalogue.
2002 Martin, Patricia. Parachute.
2001 Ebony, David. “Report from Mexico City”, Art In America, December.
2000 Medina, Cuauhtémoc. Flash Art, Spring.
1998 Gallo, Ruben. “Review”, Flash Art.
1998 Keith, William E. “Chromaform at UTSA”, Voices of Art.
1998 Graves, Jen. “Chromaphobia”.
1998 Graves, Jen. “Coloring Between the Lines”, Dallas Entertainment Chronicle.
1998 Daniel, Mike. “Pigments of Their Imagination”, Dallas Morning News.
1998 Akhtar, Suzanne. “Contemporary Art by Way of the Discount Store”, Star-Telegram.
1997 Jones, Kellie. Life’s Little Necessities. Exhibition Catalogue.
1997 Tejada, Roberto. “Esemplastic Negativism”, Orange Lush.
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