Yoshua Okon  (American/Mexican, 1970) 

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Yoshua Okon Biography
1970   Born in Mexico City
1990 - 1994   BFA, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
1998   US/Mexico Fund for Culture, Rockefeller Foundation and Bancomer
1999   Young Creators, FONCA
2000 - 2002   MFA, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
2000 - 2002   Fullbright Grant
  Lives and works in Mexico City & Los Angeles
Selected Exhibitions
2008   Yoshua Okon, Lothringer 13 - Stadtische Kunsthalle Munchen, Munich, Germany (solo)
2008   Laughing in a Foreign Language, The Hayward, London, England
2008   Amateurs, CCA Wattis, San Francisco, USA
2007   Luz y Fuerza del Centro, Charro Negro, Guadalajara, Mexico
2007   Eventos Sociales, GAM, Mexico City, Mexico
2007   Das phantastiche Geheimnis des exostichen Universums, Galerie Birgit Ostermeier, Berlin, Germany
2007   La Era de la Discrepancia. Arte y Cultura Visual en MÈxico 1968-1997, curated by Olivier Debroise, Fine Arts Museum, Houston, USA, MOCA, Los Angeles, USA, Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, Malba, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2007   The Project, New York, NY (solo)
2007   Bocanegra, The Project, New York, NY, USA (solo)
2007   The Secretariat, Aftermodern Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2007   Mercosur Biennial, Porto Allegre, Brazil [projected]
2007   Escultura Social, MCA, Chicago, USA [projected]
2007   Ephemeral intervention at the “Condesa DF” Hotel, Mexico City, Mexico [projected]
2007   The Believers, Mass Moca, USA [projected]
2006   Great American Nude, Harvey Levine Gallery. Los Angeles, USA
2006   Ruby Satellite, Hyde Park Center. Chicago, California Museum of Photography, California Riverside, CA, USA.
2006   Öa room with Heidenpeter, Dickreiter, Lotz, Maiwald, Mascher, Okon and Parkina, Michael Jansen Gallery, Cologne, Germany.
2006   Los Angeles / Mexico: Complexities & Heterogeneity, La Coleccion Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico.
2006   Blessed Are The Merciful, Feigen Contemporary, New York, USA.
2006   Proximamente..., Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico.
2006   Gaza Stripper, Herzeliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzeliya, Israel. (solo)
2006   Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain. (solo)
2006   Beuys Year, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Germany
2006   La Era de la Discrepancia. Arte y Cultura Visual en MÈxico 1968-1997, curated by Olivier Debroise, Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, National Autonomus University of Mexico.
2006   Dialogos Fronterizos, curated by Fernando Castro, Palacio de Congresos, Madrid, Spain
2006   SCAPE 2006-Biennial of Art in Public Space.
2006   Neo-Con, Apex Art, New York, USA and British Council, Rome, Italy
2006   Coyoteria, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
2005   Bocanegra, Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy. (solo)
2005   Lago Bolsena, The Project, New York City, USA. (solo)
2005   Day Labor, PS1 MOMA, New York, USA.
2005   Pantagruel Syndrome, Torino Triennale, Torino, Italy.
2005   America Tropical, Centre Culturel du Mexique. Paris, France.
2005   Surveying the Border, Getty Center, Los Angeles, USA.
2005   Oracle of Truth, Aeroplastics, Bussels, Belgium.
2005   SCAR, Parakeergarage De Appelaar, Haarlem, The Netherlands
2005   Boosts in the Shell (The Pursued), DeBond, Brugges, Belgium.
2005   Monuments for the USA, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA.
2005   Human Nature , Pump House Gallery, London, England.
2005   Register the Distance , Borusan Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.
2004   Adaptive Behaviour, New Museum, New York City, USA.
2004   Fishing in International Waters, Blanton Museum, Austin, USA.
2004   Yoshua Okon, Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros, Mexico CIty, Mexico. (solo)
2004   HCl, Galeria Enrique Guerro, Mexico City, Mexico. (solo)
2004   Shoot, The Project, Los Angeles, USA. (solo)
2003   Art Statement, Art Basel Miami, Galleria Francesca Kaufmann. (solo)
2003   Cockfight, Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan, Italy. (solo)
2003   Don't Call It Performance, Museo Riena Sofia, Madrid, Spain and Museo del Barrio, New York City, USA.
2003   Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey.
2003   First ICP International Triennial of Contemporary Photography, International Center of Photography, New York City, USA.
2002   Big Sur,The Project, Los Angeles, USA and Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela.
2002   8 x 2, Minessota Center for Photograhy, Minneapolis, USA.
2002   Orillese a la Orilla, Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland. (solo)
2002   Yoshua Okon, Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City, Mexico. (solo)
2001   Pay Attenti[on] Please, Museo d'Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Italy.
2001   Zoning, The Project, New York City, USA.
2000   Action Videos by Latin American artists, Artists Space, New York City, USA.
2000   C/O la Ciudad, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, and Blackwood Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
2000   Cockfight, Modern Culture, New York City, USA. (solo)
2000   Orillese a la Orilla, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico. (solo)
1999   Sous la grisaille de Mexico, Passage de Retz, Paris, France and Capella de l'antic Hospital de la Santa Creu, Barcelona, Spain.
1998   Rise & Fall, Brasilica, Vienna, Austria. (solo)
1997   Koblenz, La Panaderia, Mexico City, Mexico. (solo)