Emilio Chapela Perez

Emilio Chapela Perez (Mexico City, 1978), lives and works in Berlin

Education

2002
Degree in Communication Sciences by Universidad Iberoamericana UIA, México, D.F.
2001
Diploma on Photography and Related Media, Centro de la Imagen, México, D.F.,
1998
Undergraduate studies on Mathematics, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Mexico D.F.

Solo shows (selection):

2012
Ein Ungerhueurliches Beispiel von Sozialismus. V.F.K.U. Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin
No me dispares, dispara al mensajero, Zacatecas, México
La Guerra de las Termitas, Galería 11x7, Buenos Aires

2011
A measure for some things, Henrique Faria Fine Arts, New York
Ask Google, Saw Gallery, Ottawa, Canada

2010
Made in Italy, Galleria Galica, Milan
Logo Paintings, Faría+Fábregas Galería, Caracas

2009
Miss-communication, Sala Jesús Gallardo, León, Gjto, México
Miss-communication, Museo de la Ciudad de Queretaro, Qtro, México Baysa
SELFportraitSCAPES, Museo de Arte Abstracto Manuel Felguerez, Zac, México

2008
According to Google, |EDS| GALERIA, Mexico D.F.
3725 Km. Projex-Mtl Galerie, Motreal, Canada
SPECTACULAR, (Project room), Museo MARTE, San Salvador, El Salvador

2007
256 + 1 + 4, EDS GALERIA, México, D.F.
T / 4, Trolebus Galeria, México, D.F.

Group shows (selection):

2012
Mitos Oficiales, Oaxaca, México
Tiempo de Sospecha, Museo de Arte Moderno, México DF.
The Black Market of Translation, NGBK and Kunstraum, Kreuzberg, Berlin

2011
Social Media, Pace Gallery NY
Patria o Libertad, MOCA Toronto, Canada
Coca Colonized, Museo MARTE, San Salvador, El Salvador

2010
Coca-Colonized, Brot Kunsthalle, Wien
Human Rites, Bass Museum, Miami
Houston Photo Fest Biennial, Houston, TX, USA

2009
Visible Hands, Ilmin Museum, Seoul, Korea
Seeing as Believing, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, USA
1+1=1, Espacio Mexico, Montreal, Qc, Canada
Con-Texto. EDS Galeria, México D.F.

2008
XIV Bienal de Pintura Rufino Tamayo. Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico DF
The Garden of Delights. Yeosu Art Festival. Yeosu, Corea

2007
Hold the line. Ferenbalm-Gurbru Station, Karlsruhe, Germany
Chilango Emerging Artists, Hotel Habita, México D.F.
Estacionarte 2007, México D.F.

2006
Creación en Movimiento (Jóvenes Creadores), Centro Nacional de las Artes CNA, México D.F.

2005
Durban Video Festival, Organized by PULSE and Rijksakademie, Durban, South Africa
Retroactiva, Faro de Oriente, México D.F.

2004
Fotógrafos y No fotógrafos, Centro Cultural “El Refugio”, Jalisco, México

2003 Jornadas de Nivelación del Oxígeno, Ex-Teresa Arte Actual, México DF

2002
X Bienal de Fotografía de México, Centro de la Imagen, México D.F.

2001
Preferiria No Hacerlo, Centro de la Imagen, México D.F.

Grants, Residences and Awards

2008
Emerging Artist award at PULSE Miami Art Fair, Awarded by the Financial Times, MIAMI,
Programa de Coinversiones Culturales FONCA (grant to produce the show Miss Comunication and its catalogue in 2009), FONCA, México D.F.
Gran Centenario Emerging Artist Award at FEMACO, Awarded by Fundación Cuervo, México D.F.

2007
ISCP Residence Program. Artist-in-Residence. Sponsored by FONCA, New York

2005
Programa Jóvenes Creadores FONCA, FONCA
2004-2005, México DF

Emilio Chapela Perez

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