Teresa Margolles  (Mexican, 1963) 

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Teresa Margolles Biography
1963   Born in Culiacan, Mexico
1994   First place: XVI Salón de la Plástica Sinaloense, organized by Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa
1995   Diploma in forensic medicine and science of communication at Universidad Nacional de México
2002   First place: VII Bienal de Pintura de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
2002   Honorary mention at the Northwest Bienal, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
  Lives and works in Mexico City
Selected Exhibitions
2011   Frontera, Museion, Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Bolzano, Italy (solo)
2011   Between Chaos and Seduction: Mexican Contemporary Art, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, cur. Magda Gonzalez-Mora, Spring
2011   Double Take Triple Give, Contemporary Art Museum, Bat Yam, Israel, cur. Chen Tamir
2010   Die Nase des Michelangelo, Galerie Peter Kilchmann at Marktgasse, Zurich
2010   Mixed Emotion – Gemischte Gefühle, Kunsthalle Brennabor, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany, cur. Bodo Rau, Michael Nungesser
2010   Epílogo (Epilogue), Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Zapopan, Mexico, cur. Cristián Silva
2010   What next for the Body, Inbetween Time Festival, Arnolfini Museum, Bristol, UK, cur. Helen Cole
2010   Frontera, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany cur. Rein Wolfs (solo)
2010   Video otra vez, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fortaleza, cur. Patrick Hamilton (solo9
2010   20 Sites 62 Artists 13 Weeks 7 Neighborhoods 20 Countries, Prospect 2, New Orleans, Nov. 13 - Feb. 13
2010   Une Idée, une Forme, un Être – Poésie/Politique du corporel, Migros Museum, Zurich, cur. Raphael Gygax
2009   Centro Cultural Montehermoso Kulturenea, Vitoria-Gasteiz, cur. Xabier Arakistain
2009   Creativetimes, Governor's Island, New York, July - Aug. (solo)
2009   What Else Could We Talk About, The Venice Biennale, The 53rd International Art Exhibition ¡°Making Worlds¡±, Mexican Pavilion, Venice, cur. Cuauht¨¦moc Medina, June 7 ¨C Nov. 22 (solo)
2009   Video otra vez, Metales Pesado Visual, Santiago de Chile, cur. Patrick Hamilton, Apr. (solo)
2009   Los Herederos ¨-Die Erben, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Jan. 17 - Feb. 21 (solo)
2009   Arte vs Vida. Actions by Artists of the Americas. 1960 - 2000, Museo de Arte Garrillo Gil, Mexico D.F., May 20 ¨C Aug. 2
2009   For You / Para Usted. Videos aus der Daros-Latinamerica Sammlung, Daros Exhibitions, Zurich, Apr. - May
2009   MAN SON 1969. Vom Schrecken der Situation, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburg, Jan. 31 ¨C Apr. 26
2009   Los sonidos de la muerte, Centro Cultural Montehermoso Kulturenea, Vitoria-Gasteiz, cur. Xabier Arakistain (solo)
2009   Recados Póstumos – Teresa Margolles, Museo de la Ciudad, Querétaro, cur. Patrick Charpenel (solo)
2008   Teresa Margolles, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, cur. Hartwig Knack, Oct. 5, 2008 - Feb. 15, 2009 (solo)
2008   Teresa Margolles, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Aug. 29 - Sept. 27 (solo)
2008   Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence, University of Southern California Fisher Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, cur. Jos¨¦ Roca, Sept. 3 ¨C Nov. 8 (group)
2008   Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence, The John and Mable Ringing Museum of Art, Sarasota, USA, cur. Jos¨¦ Roca, May 22 ¨C Aug. 10 (group)
2008   Viva la muerte, CAAM ¨C Centro Atl¨¢ntico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Cran Canaria, cur. Gerald Matt / Thomas Mießgang / Álvaro Rodr¨ªguez Fominaya, Apr. 18 ¨C Jun. 29 (group)
2008   Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, USA, cur. Jos¨¦ Roca, Feb. 8 ¨C Apr. 26 (group)
2008   Political / Minimal, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Nov. 3 - Jan. 25 2009
2008   En Lugar de los Hechos - Anstelle der Tatsachen, Factory, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, cur. Hartwig Knack, Oct. 5 ¨C Feb. 15 (solo)
2008   Escombro, Project Arcaute Art Contemporaneo, Beijing (solo)
2008   Operativo: part 2, Y Gallery, New York, cur. Cecilia Jurado, Aug. 8 - Sept. 6 (solo)
2008   Operativo, Y Gallery, New York, cur. Cecilia Jurado, May 29 - July 30 (solo)
2007   Death Rituals, Herzliya Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
2007   7. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen 2007, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
2006   Limites - Estrecho Dudoso, ARS TEOR/¨¦Tica, San Jos¨¦ Norte, Costa Rica
2006   Six Feet Under ¨C Autopsie unseres Umgang mit den Toten, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern
2006   Liverpool Biennal 2006, Liverpool, UK
2006   ExcESs, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
2006   Tres minutos, La Casa José Clemente Orozco, Guadalajara, Mexico (solo)
2006   127 cuerpos, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
2005   Ciudad Juarez, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (solo)
2005   Canda Libre/Chute libre, Frac de Lorraine, Metz, France (solo)
2005   In the Air: Projections of Mexico/La Muerte, Guggenheim Museum, New York (solo)
2005   Indelible Images (trafficking between Life and Death), The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2005   Eco: Arte Contemporaneo Mexicano, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
2004   Teresa Margolles. Muerte sin fin, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Main (solo)
2004   A grain of dust a drop of water," Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
2004   Made in Mexico, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
2003   Mercosur, Puerto Alegre, Brazil
2003   Corps et fruits, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris France
2003   Des/fragmentar, Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte Roma, Mexico D.F., Mexico
2003   Crematorio, Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
2003   En el aire, Vorarlberger Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria (solo)
2003   Teresa Margolles, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2002   Fin, La Panaderia, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
2002   Aire, Art Palace, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2002   Sugar and spice and everything nice, Nikolai Fine Arts, New York
2002   VII Biennal de Pintura de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
2001   Escultura Mexicana" Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
2001   Vaporizaci¨®n, ACE Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
2001   El agua en la ciudad, Sala 22, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
2000   Lengua, ACE Gallery, New York - Los Angeles (solo)
2000   Extramuros, Bienal de Habana, Havana, Cuba
1998   Foto Construcciones, Museo de Arte Contempor¨¢neo de Morelia, Mexico
1998   Tarjetas para cortar cocaine, Galeria Caja Dos, Mexico, Mexico (solo)
1997   Cad¨¢veres, El Getho, Madrid, Spain (solo)
1996   XVII Sal¨®n de la plastica Sinaloense, Culiac¨¢n, Sinaloa, Mexico
1995   Realidad Virtual, Galería José María Velasco, Mexico City, cur. Armando Cristeto
Literature
2010   Critical Fetishes, CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, pp. 60 – 61, ex.cat.
2010   Visceral Bodies, Stephanie Rebick, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, pp. 22 – 23, ex.cat.
2010   Contemporary Art in Latin America”, Cuauhtémoc Medina, Gerardo Mosquera, a.o. Artworld, Black Dog Publishing, London, pp. 183-188
2010   Changing the Focus: Latin American Photography 1990 – 2005, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, Feb. 14 – May 2, pp. 84 – 85, ex. cat
2009   Forbidden Death, Irena Cercnik, Center for Contemporary Arts Celje, Celje, pp. 46 – 49
2009   7 + 1 Project Rooms, Verónica Corchado Espinoza, Marco Museum of Contemporary Art Vigo, Vigo, Spain, ex.cat.
2009   Personal Structures - Time Space Existance, Peter Lodenmeyer, Karlyn de Jongh, Sarah Gold, DuMont, Cologne, pp. 326 - 329
2008   Manifesta 7. European Biennieal for Contemporary Art, Trento, July, p. 92
2007   ¡Viva la muerte! Kunst und Tod in Lateinamerika, Thomas Mießgang, pp. 13-14, pp. 34-37, ex. cat.
2007   100 Latin American Artists, Rosa Olivares, Exit Publications, Madrid, pp. 302-305, 447-448
2007   Women Artist Then and Now: Paining, Sculpture, and the Image of the Self, Linda Nochlin, Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, pp. 63, 140, 222, 278, ex. cat.
2007   phantasmagoria: specters of absence, José Roca, iCI, New York, pp. 18-19, 64
2006   Leichen, Totenköpfe und Skelette, Bernhard Fibicher, in: Six Feet Under – Autopsie unseresUmgangs mit Toten, Kunstmuseum Bern, Berne, ex. cat.
2006   international 06, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, ex. cat.
2006   Zwischen Erinnerung und Auflösung, Magdalena Holzhey, Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich, No. 12, Dec.
2006   Teresa Margolles – 127 cuerpos, Kunstverein Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, ex. cat.
2005   Una Ética obtenida por su suspensión, Cuauhtémoc Medina, in: Situaciones – artåsticas latinoamericanas, Teor/ética, Getty Foundation, Los Angeles
2005   Teresa Margolles, Pascal Beausse, Flash Art, Milan, July/Sept.
2004   Political Minimalism – narrative Geometry, Klaus Biesenbach, Flash Art International, Milan, No. 237, July/Sept., p. 89
2004   Teresa Margolles - Museum für Moderne Kunst, Judith Raum, Flash Art International, MilanNo. 237,
2004   Teresa Margolles, Amanda Coulson, Frieze, London, Sept.
2004   New Tendencies in Mexican Art, Rubén Gallo, Palgrave MacMillan, New York, Aug.