Abraham Cruzvillegas

(Mexican, born 1968)

blind self-portrait as a gloomy primate exchanging a lot of cocoa seeds for a little bit of good sex at chateau marmont by abraham cruzvillegas

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Blind self-portrait as a gloomy primate exchanging a lot of cocoa seeds for a little bit of good sex at Chateau Marmont, 2012

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april in paris (brief & delirious) by abraham cruzvillegas

Abraham Cruzvillegas

April in Paris (brief & delirious), 2012

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preso me llevan (an affective blind date) by abraham cruzvillegas

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Preso me llevan (an affective blind date), 2012

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ils sont zazous (democratist & engaged) by abraham cruzvillegas

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Ils sont zazous (democratist & engaged), 2012

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zah-zuh-zaz (joyful & warm) by abraham cruzvillegas

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Zah-Zuh-Zaz (joyful & warm), 2012

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stop (fragmentary & indecent) by abraham cruzvillegas

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Stop (fragmentary & indecent), 2012

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self portrait thinking on how tall genaro vásquez looked under sunshine by abraham cruzvillegas

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Self portrait thinking on how tall Genaro Vásquez looked under sunshine, 2012

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self portrait when younger, walking down tlapa mountains pretending to be lucio cabañas by abraham cruzvillegas

Abraham Cruzvillegas

Self portrait when younger, walking down Tlapa mountains pretending to be Lucio Cabañas, 2012

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Biography

Timeline

1968
born in México City, Mexico
1987 - 1991
member of Gabriel Orozco's workshop
2005
Residency at Atelier Calder, Saché, France
2006
Residency at Brownstone Foundation, Paris, France
2007
Residency at Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Umbria, Italy
2008
Residency at Cove Park/CCA, Glasgow, Scotland
Artist Research Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
2009
Residency at the Wattis Institute/CCA, San Francisco, USA
2010 - 2011
DAAD Artists in Berlin Residency Program, Berlin, Germany
Studied Pedagogy in the National University of Mexico

Exhibitions

2013
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
2012 - 2013
9th Shanghai Biennale
2012
Nuestra imagen actual: Autorretratos recientes. Kurimanzutto, Mexico City, Mexico
Autoconstrucción: Antonio Castro, Abraham Cruzvillegas & Antonio Fernández Ros, Tate Modern, London, UK
dOCUMENTA 13. Kassel, Germany
When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes, CCA Wattis Institue for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA
Autokonstrukschön, A Project by Abraham Cruzvillegas, Arratia Beer Gallery, Berlin, Germany
9th Gwangju Biennal, Gwangju, South Korea
9th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China
Dia: Chelsea, Artists on Artists. Lecture series, Dia Art Foundation, New York, USA (solo)

Literature

2009
Autoconstruction: The Book. Kat. (Engl./Span.) Hrsg. v. Roy & Edna Disney / California Institute of the Arts/REDCAT, Los Angeles. Texte v. Clare Kim, Mark Godfrey & Ryan Inouye. Interview v. Jimmie Durham mit Cruzvillegas. 232 S., zahlr. Abb., 28x20,5, Ppdg. Los Angeles 2009
2008
à la Petite Ceinture (Span./Engl./Fren) Interviews with Collectif France Tricot, Slam Poets, Jean-Louis Mechali, Yoann Bazin, Francois Lemaire, Cécile Bourne Farrell, Maroussia Rebecq, Philippe Hernandey, Beatrice Farrell, Maroussia Rebecq, Philippe Hernandey, Beatrice Mateos. Galerie Chantal Crousel, S. 129
Autoconstrucción. Kat. (Span./Engl.). Hrsg. v. CCA Glasgow. Texte v. A. Cruzvillegas & Francis McKee. 96 S., 70 farb. Abb., 19,5x14,5, Ppdg. Glasgow 2008