Chavis
(Apan, Hidalgo, 1982)
A Bachelor of Visual Arts from Universidad Autónoma del Estado del Hidalgo and Master of Visual Arts from the National School of Plastic Arts of Academia de San Carlos UNAM.
He earned the first prize in the Prisma Rectangular Acquisition Prize of Museo Estacion Indianilla in Mexico City. He also received an honorary mention at the University Biennale of Arts of UNAM. He recently won the artistic creation residency at Casa Wabi during the Salon ACME No. 7 art fair.
Biography
He has participated in various national and international shows, such as edition No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7 of Salon ACME (Mexico City); with galleries such as Acapulco 62, Galería Alterna and Bikini Wax (Mexico City); in the Contemporary Art Museum of Chile, the University Biennale of Arts of UNAM, the Emerging Art Biennale of Monterrey and the New York Latin American Art Biennale in the Bronx.
He has collaborated in various projects as a co-founding member of the independent space Los 14, as well as a founder of Bonobo Producción de Arte y Diseño, a project that was selected in Piso 16 Laboratorio de Iniciativas Culturales UNAM.
Distinctions
• Award salón acme nº 7. Artistic Residence in Casa Wabi, 2019, Oaxaca, Mexico.
• Bonobo producción de arte y diseño. Selected project by piso 16 laboratorio de iniciativas culturales UNAM, 2019, Mexico city, Mexico.
• Bienal de arte universitario UNAM / cum laude, UNAM, 2016 Mexico City, Mexico.
• Prize: la caja como punto de partida / first place, centro cultural estación indianilla, 2014 Mexico city, Mexico.
• Intern of especialización de creadores y trabajadores de la cultura, 2014, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico.
• Curaduría arte y mercado / Selected in curaduría arte y mercados de la galería metropolitana 2013, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Exhibitions
2019
Gallery Weekend, instalation in-situ, artbaena, Mexico City, Mexico.
El jardín de galileo, instalation in-situ, Guadalajara 90210, Mexico City, Mexico.
Pabellón de las escaleras, sculpture and instalation in-situ, Guadalajara 90210,Mexico City, Mexico.
Como era de esperarse, Peace School, Mexico City, Mexico.
Salón acme nº 7, salón acme, Mexico City, Mexico.
2018
Gallery weekend, mordido por un perro rabioso (instalation in-situ), galería la esperanza, Mexico City, Mexico.
Gallery weekend, langosta (esculpture), Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
Trámite. Buró de coleccionistas, bananero (instalation in-situ), Contemporary Art Fair Querétaro, México.
Un cuarto por artista, me pidieron que me fuera (instalation in-situ), acme warefare, Mexico City, Mexico.
Dobles de proximidad, mexichancho altamoda (instalation in-situ), Contemporary Art Museum of chile, Santiago, Chile.
Paraísos perdidos, Adrián Ibáñez Gallery, Tabío, Colombia.
Un nuevo y viejo mundo, Cultural Center Gabriel García Márquez, Bogotá, Colombia.
La monarquía tuvo sus ociosos, la república sus holgazanes, alterna gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
Sal con celta, Acapulco 62 gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
Salón acme nº 6, salón acme, Mexico City, Mexico.
2017
Spinner sculpture, bikini wax, Mexico city, Mexico.
Salón acme nº 5, salón acme, Mexico city, Mexico.
2016
Candy shop, solo exhibition, galería x, Mexico city, Mexico.
Bienal de arte universitario UNAM, MUCA UNAM, Mexico city, Mexico.
Salón de escultura derramada, electromagnetic spectrum, Mexico city, Mexico.
2015
Bienal de arte emergente de Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
2014
Bienal de arte latinoamericano del bronx, New York, United States of America.
19 pulmones o así. Intervenciones Oxigenantes al espacio público, yisus chocolate (sculpture), MUCA roma, Mexico city, Mexico.
Prisma rectangular: la caja como punto de partida, centro cultural estación indianilla, Mexico city, Mexico.
Colusión, galería metropolitana, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
2013
Bienal internacional de arte universitario, museo de arte moderno Toluca de Lerdo, Estado de México, México.