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Melanie Smith Biography
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1965 |
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Born in Poole, England
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B.A. Fine Art, Reading University, England
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Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2013
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Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK (solo)
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2012
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CAMH, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, cur. Bill Arning, Nov. (solo)
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2012
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Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, April (solo)
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2012
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Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland, April 26 – June 2 (solo)
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2012
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Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany, April 22 – June (solo)
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2012
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“Ciudad total”, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain, March 5 – July 8
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2012
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Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Canada, cur. Wayne Baerwaldt
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2011 - 2012
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“Sueños de la Nacion”, Museo Nacional de Arte, MUNAL, Mexico City, Mexico, Nov. 11 – Jan 29
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2011
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“8th Mercosul Biennial: Essays on Geopoetics”, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sept. 9 – Nov.
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2011
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“Wall-Eyed”, Galerie Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Aug. 18 – Sept. 13 (solo)
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2011
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“5th Jafre Biennial”, Jafre, Spain, cur. Mario Flecha, Aug. 6
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2011
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“Universo vídeo”, Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, Spain, cur. Maria del Carmen Carrión, July 8 – Oct, 31
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2011
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“Before the Hangover”, MUAC, Mexico City, Mexico, June 30 – Nov. 27
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2011
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“Another Victory by the Sun”, MCA Denver, Denver, US, June 9 – Aug. 21
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2011
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“Red Square Impossible Pink”, Mexican Pavilion, 54th International Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, cur. José Luis Barrios, June 4 – Nov. 27 (solo)
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2011
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“Dialéctica del Paisaje”, Museo Mural Diego Rivera, Mexico City, Mexico, March 21 - July 17
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2011
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“The Smithson Effect”, Uta Museum, Salt Lake City, US, cur. Jill Dawsey, March 10 – June 26
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2011
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“Bulto”, MALI, Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima, Peru, Feb. 15 (solo)
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2010
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Xilitla, El Eco, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
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2010
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Die Nase des Michelangelo, Galerie Peter Kilchmann at Marktgasse, Zurich, Switzerland
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2010
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Mexico Beyond Its Revolution, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA, US
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2010
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Model Kits, Musac Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Castilla y León, León, Spain
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2010
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The Library of Babel/In and Out of Place, 176 Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
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2010
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Changing the Focus: Latin American Photography 1990 - 2005, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, US
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2010
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“Sin techo esta pelon”, Fundacion/Coleccion Jumex, Mexico, cur. Michael Blancsubé, Oct. 15 – March 6
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2009
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For You / Para Usted, Daros Exhibitions, Zurich, April 25 – Sept. 6
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2009
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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
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2009
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Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima (solo)
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2009
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MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge (solo)
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2009
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Spiral City and other Vicarious Pleasures, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, USA (solo)
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2008
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Parres Trilogy, in collaboration with Rafael Ortega, Miami Art Museum, Miami (solo)
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2008
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grey (negative) rectangle on white background, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, (solo)
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2008
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¡Viva la muerte!, CAAM – Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Cran Canaria, cur. Gerald Matt / Thomas Mießgang / Álvaro Rodríguez Fominaya (group)
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2008
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Resiste, Galería Alberto Sendrós, Buenos Aires (solo)
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2008
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Urban Views, Patrick Painter, Santa Monica (solo)
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2007
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Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA (solo)
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2006
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Tate Britain. Lightbox series. Parres Trilogy (solo)
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2006
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Invisible Cities – curated by Sabrina Van Der Ley Zamosc Poland, Potsdam, Germany (group)
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2006
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Spiral City and other Vicarious Pleasures, MUCA Campus, Mexico City (solo)
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2006
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Pasión/Provocación – fotografia & video en la Collección de Teofilo Cohen, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City
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2006
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What makes you and I different, Tramway Glasgow, Glasgow
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2005
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Beyond Delirious / Indeterminate States, Cisneros Fontanais Art Foundation, Miami
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2005
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inSITE 2005, inSITE San Diego/Tijuana, Mexico/USA
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2005
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Eco: Arte Contemporaneo Mexicano, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
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2005
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Parres, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (solo)
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2004
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Cerca Series: Melanie Smith, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (solo)
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2004
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MADE IN MEXICO, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston, MA
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2004
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Museo Tamayo, Mexico D.F.
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2004
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SIX STEPS TO THE UNPREDICTABLE, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA (solo)
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2004
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Sodio y asfalto, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporánea, Mexico City
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2004
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FROM ABOVE, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna
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2004
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Made in Mexico, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
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2003
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SIX STEPS TO REALITY, UNTITLED (WORKS WITH NO SENSE) Galeria OMR, Mexico D.F. (solo)
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2003
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COSTA VECE, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (solo)
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2003
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…Galeria Marco Noire, San Sebastiano, Italy (solo)
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2003
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MEXICO ILLUMINADO, Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA
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2003
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MEXICO ATTACKS LUCCA, Festival of Contemporary Images, Tolouse
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2003
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GALLERY ARTISTS, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
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2003
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VACIO9, Madrid, Spain
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2003
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FUORI USO, Pescara, Italy
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2003
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PRAGUE BIENNALE, Prague
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2003
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VII HAVANA BIENNAL, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
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2003
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MEXICO ATTACKS, Lucca, Italy
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2002
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SIX STEPS TO ABSTRACTION, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (solo)
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2002
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SIX STEPS TO REALITY, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico D.F. (solo)
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2001
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100% ACRILIO, Galeria OMR, Mexico D.F. (solo)
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2001
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…Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
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1997
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ORANGE LUSH, The Anglo, Mexico D.F. (solo)
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1996
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RECENT WORKS: 1916-1996, Galeria OMR, Mexico D.F. (solo)
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| Literature |
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2011
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“ILLUMInations”, Helena Chavez, 54th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia [ex. cat.], Venice, 2011, pp. 400 – 401
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2010
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“Mexico Beyond it's Revolution”, Adriana Zavala, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, ex. cat., pp. 88 - 89
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2010
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“Sin techo esta pelon”, Michel Blancsubé, Fundacion/Coleccion Jumex, Mexico, pp. 36-37
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2010
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“Mexico Beyond Its Revolution. Mexico Alla De Su Revolucion”, Adriana Zavala, Amy Ingrid Schlegel, TUFTS University Art Gallery, Medford, USA, pp. 21-23, 88-89, ex. cat.
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2010
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Changing the Focus: Latin American Photography 1990 - 2005, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, US, pp. 58 - 59, ex. cat.
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2009
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For You/Para Usted. Videos aus der Daros-Latinamerica Sammlung, Cuauthémoc Medina, Daros Exhibitions, Zurich, p. 28, ex. cat
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2007
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Melanie Smith, Turner, Madrid, ex. cat.
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2005
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Das richtige Bild im falschen. Wie wirklich ist die Wirklichkeit? - Identitätsfragen in vier Zürcher Fotogalerien, Sonja Eisl, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich
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2005
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Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Katrin Bachofen, HandelsZeitung, Zurich
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2005
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Eco: Arte Contemporaneo Mexicano, Cuauthémoc Medina, Museo Nacional Centro de ArteReina Sofía, Madrid, ex. cat.
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2004
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Mexico joins global club, Christopher Knight, Geo Topics, Los Angeles
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2004
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ICA`s Made in Mexico, Linda Saltz, Newbury Street & Bak Bay Guide, Boston
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2004
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Mexican Conceptualists, None Especially Mexican, Ken Johnson, The New York Times, New York
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2004
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Made in Mexico, Gilbert Vicario, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Boston, ex. cat.
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2003
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…European Photographer, Spring Issue.
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2003
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Macri, Teresa. Mexico Attacks. Exhibition Catalogue.
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2002
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Biesenbach, Klaus. Mexico City: An Exhibition About the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values.
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2002
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Medina, Cuauhtémoc. Twenty Million Mexicans Can’t Be Wrong. Exhibition Catalog.
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2002
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…Hier is Dort. Exhibition Catalogue.
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2002
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Martin, Patricia. Parachute.
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2001
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Ebony, David. “Report from Mexico City”, Art In America, December.
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2000
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Medina, Cuauhtémoc. Flash Art, Spring.
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1998
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Gallo, Ruben. “Review”, Flash Art.
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1998
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Keith, William E. “Chromaform at UTSA”, Voices of Art.
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1998
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Graves, Jen. “Chromaphobia”.
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1998
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Graves, Jen. “Coloring Between the Lines”, Dallas Entertainment Chronicle.
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1998
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Daniel, Mike. “Pigments of Their Imagination”, Dallas Morning News.
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1998
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Akhtar, Suzanne. “Contemporary Art by Way of the Discount Store”, Star-Telegram.
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1997
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Jones, Kellie. Life’s Little Necessities. Exhibition Catalogue.
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1997
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Tejada, Roberto. “Esemplastic Negativism”, Orange Lush.
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