GABRIEL KURI

 

1970 born in Mexico City, Mexico.

Lives and works in Mexico City and Brussels.

 

Education

 

1993-95

MA Fine Art Goldsmiths« College University of London, London

1988-92

Licenciado en Artes Visuales, Escuela Nacional de Artes Pl‡sticas U.N.A.M. Mexico City

1987-90

Gabriel Orozco«s workshop, with Abraham Cruzvillegas, Dami‡n Ortega and Dr. Lakra, Mexico.

 

Awards and Distinctions

 

2007

Artist in Residence OCA Office for Contemporary Art, Oslo

2006

Artist in Residence Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand

2002

ACA Master, Artist in residence. Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, US

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2010

 

Museion - Museo dÕArte Moderna, Bolzano

Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg

Blaffer Gallery - Art Museum of the University of Houston, Texas

Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld

2009

3.66% of 3.66%, Galleria Franco Noero / Project Space, Torino

2008

Gabriel Kuri: Modell for a Victory Parade, Sadie Coles, London

2007

space made to measure object, made to measure space, Esther Schipper,

Berlin

and thanks in advance, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth,

New Zealand (cat.)

Reforma fiscal 2007, kurimanzutto, Mexico City

2006

Dato duro dato blando dato ciego, Galleria Franco Noero, Torino

2004

Calorie counting, Galleria Franco Noero, Torino

2003

Start To Stop Stopping, Muhka, Antwerp

Statements, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami

LetÕs go to going to, Freespace Limburg, Belgium.

Por favor gracias de nada (with Liam Gillick), kurimanzutto, Mexico City

2002

Recent works, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York

2000

Momento de Importancia, Sala 7, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City

1999

Plan de san lunes, Museo de las Artes de Guadalajara. Mexico City

1996

Everyday Holiday (with Liam Gillick). Le Magasin, Centre National d«Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble.

1991

Iconografia del capricho, Galer’a Etnia. Mexico City.

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2010

Een kleine ritselende revolutie, Bruges

2009

 

Pop Up!, Ludwig Forum fŸr Internationale Kunst, Aachen

FlŸchtige Zeiten, WestfŠlischer Kunstverein, MŸnster

Revolutionen des Alltags, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen

2008

 

Baghdad, Space Cog, Analyst, Frith Street Gallery, London

SchŸttelreime, Office Barroque Gallery, Antwerpen

5th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art. Day & Night. Berlin

The Store, Tulips & Roses, Vilnius

Supernatural, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca

Brave New Worlds, Colecc’on Jumex, Ecatepec, Estado de MŽxico

2007

Fit to print. Printed media in recent collage, Gagosian Gallery, New York

Wessen Geschichte, Kunstverein Hamburg

Unmonumental, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York

Brave New Worlds, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Expats and Clandestines, Wiels Center for Contemporary Art, Brussels

Escultura social, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

Let everything be temporary, or when is the exhibition?, Apex Art, New York

2006

The Exotic Journey Ends, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw

An Image Bank for Every Day Revolutionary Life, Gallery at REDCAT, Los Angeles

2005

Open-Ended, Thomas Dane Ltd. London

En Route: Via Another Route, Trans-Siberian train

Omaggio al Quadrato, Gallleria Franco Noero, Turin

Monuments for the USA, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco

Material Time / Work Time / Life Time, Reykjavik Arts Festival 2005, Reykjavik

Feeling Strangely Fine, Galer’a Estrany-de la Mota, Barcelona

Material Matters, Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, US

2004

IÕll Be Your Mirror, Organized by Fondazione Nicola Trussardi for Frieze

Art Fair, City Inn, Westminster Hotel guest rooms, London

Specific Objects: the minimalist influence, MCA, San Diego and La Jolla, San Diego

Around the corner, Cristina Guerra, Contemporary Art, Lisbon

Beating about the bush, South London Gallery, London

State of Play, Serpentine Gallery, London

The Happy Worker, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, US

2003

Elephant Juice (sexo entre amigos), kurimanzutto @ Los Manantiales,

Xochimilco, Mexico City

Interludes (curated by Francesco Bonami), 50th La Biennale di Venezia, Venice

Utopia station, 50th La Biennale di Venezia, Venice

Living with Duchamp, Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, US

Supernova: art of the 1990s from the Logan collection, San Francisco Museum

of Modern Art, San Francisco

Bienal Americas De Ponta Cabeza, Fortaleza, Brazil

2002

Exile on main street, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium

Mexico city: an exhibition about the exchange rates of bodies and values, PS1, New York; Kunstwerke, Berlin

Siete dilemas: dialogos en el arte mexicano, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City

2001

Sonsbeek 9, Stichting Sonsbeek, Arnhem, The Netherlands

Demonstration room casa ideal, NICC, Antwerp; APEX ART, New York;

Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas

Dedallic convention, Mak, Vienna

Tirana biennial (curated by Francesco Bonami), Tirana, Albania

Escultura mexicana siglo xx, Museo del Palacio Bellas Artes, Mexico City

2000

New sitings. Contemporary projects 4, Los Angeles County Museum of Art,

Los Angeles

Age of influence: reflections in the mirror of american culture,

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

C/o la ciudad, SAW Gallery, Ottawa

Galer’a kurimanzutto @ Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris

1999

1Yo y mi circunstancia, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal

OLDnewTOWN, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York

Cinco continentes y una ciudad, Museo de la Ciudad de MŽxico, Mexico City

Economia de Mercado, Galer’a kurimanzutto @ Mercado de Medell’n,

Mexico City

1997

Lines of Loss, Artists Space, New York

1996

1996 Offside! Contemporary Artists and Football, Manchester City Art Galleries,

Colchester

First Site, Manchester

1995

MA degree show, GoldsmithsÕ College, London

1994

The Return of Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Centre, New York