Anibal Catalan lives and works in Mexico City.
EDUCATION
2001 - 06
BFA. National School of painting,engraving and sculpture La Esmeralda, Mexico City
1993 - 97
School of Architecture. Universidad Anahuac, Mexico City.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2014
AKA: polco. Gran Galeria. Insituto Guerrerense de Cultura. Acapulco. MEX
The Land, The Space, The Square. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art BMoCA. Boulder, CO. USA
2013
Hiper-Proun. Headroom Gallery. Leon, Guanajuato. MEX
Out of Order. Salt Fine Art. Laguna Beach, CA. USA
2012
Oktubre. Polyforum Siqueiros. Mexico City, DF. MEX
Supremat. Yautepec Gallery. Mexico City, DF. MEX
2011
CCC Project Reading the Space. Space CAN Seoul - CAN Foundation Seoul. KOR
Reading the Space / Anibal Catalan. Space CAN Beijing - CAN Foundation. Beijing. CHI
2010
Morpho. JAUS. Los Angeles. USA
Open Sky. Drexel Proyectos. Monterrey. MEX
2009
Overlap / Anibal Catalan. La Estacion Arte Contemporáneo. México DF. MEX
2008
Overland. Steve Turner Contemporary. Los Angeles. USA
2007
Free & Mobile. G415 Gallery. San Francisco. USA
2006
Station. Brasilea Kulturhaus. Basel. SUIZA
Home. MDF Gallery / La Estación Arte Contemporáneo. México DF. MEX
Junk Space. La Estacion Arte Contemporáneo. Chihuahua. MEX
2005
Cityscapes. La Estación Arte Contemporáneo. Chihuahua. MEX
2004
Free Space. Centro Nacional de las Artes. México DF. MEX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
Beyond Limits: Postglobal Mediations, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego. USA
XVI Bienal de Pintura Rufino Tamayo, Museo Tamayo, México DF. MEX
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, w/ Yautepec, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2013
Past Tense, Future Imperfect, Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mesocosmos, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MARCO), Monterrey, NL. MEX
Derivaciones Pictóricas, curated by Luis Rius, Celda Contemporánea, México, D.F., MEX
Formas y Pasajes: Escultura Contemporánea, Centro de Las Artes II, Parque Fundidora, Monterrey, NL, MEX
Raw Material / Materia Prima, Puebla 124 (w/ Yautepec), México, D.F. MEX
2012
Meta Empire, (Special Exhibition) Daegu Photo Biennale. Daegu. KOR
Eva International Biennial of Visual Art. Limerick City. IRL
Pensar espacio / Hacer Ciudad. Galeria Metropolitana UAM. México, D.F.. MEX
The Wave. MOLAA, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA. USA
LA to LA. LA ArtCore. Los Angeles. USA
2011
Longitudes de Onda. OTR Espacio de Arte. Madrid. ESP
An Exchange with Sol LeWitt. MASS MoCA. USA
Barrier Free – Zone. Musee dArt Contemporain Baie Saint Paul. MACBSP. CAN
7 de Abril. Galeria Drexel. Monterrey ,NL. MEX
Frozen Music. Space 15th. Seoul. KOR
Certamen Internacional Explum Arte Actual 2011. Puerto Lumbreras, Murcia. ESP
An Exchange with Sol LeWitt. MASS MoCA. USA
2010
Cimbra: Formas Especulativas y Armados Metafísicos. Museo de Arte Moderno MAM. México DF. MEX
LightArt Biennale Lichtkunst. Linz, AT
Mongolia 360˚ 1st International Land Art Biennial. National Mongolian Modern Art Gallery. Ulan Bator. MONGOLIA
Mexi-Cali Biennial. Ben Maltz Gallery at OTIS college. Los Angeles. USA
Sobrestructuras. OTR Espacio de Arte. Madrid. ESP
Spatial Conditions. 643 Project Space. Ventura CA. USA
2009
Mexi-Cali Biennial. La Casa del Tunel Art Center,Tijuana MEX
Retrospectiva 20 años 1989-2009 FONCA-CONACULTA. Biblioteca Vasconcelos. México DF. MEX
Centro Abierto. (proyecto finalista) MALI Museo y Fundación Telefónica. Lima, PERU
On the shoulders of Davids. JAUS gallery. Los Angeles. USA
Shangri L.A. Architecture as a state of Flux. 18th Street Arts Center. Los Angeles. USA
Landscape Interventions. Fundación Arte sin Limites. The Hague. HOL
Dreaming of my City. Kalamata Youth Center. Kalamata, GRE
Urban Jealousy in Belgrade. CZKD Center for Cultural Decontamination. Belgrade, SERBIA
2008
Its Not Easy. Exit Art. New York City. USA
MoLAA Awards. Museum of Latin American Art. MoLAA. Long Beach, CA. USA
26 Symposium Internacional d'Art Contemporain. Contemporary Art Museum, Baie Saint Paul. CAN
Proyectos para Desconstruccion. MUCA Roma. México DF. MEX
XIV Bienal Nacional de Pintura Rufino Tamayo. Museo Tamayo. México DF. MEX
Qui vive. I Moscow International Biennale for Young Art. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow. RUS
Constructivismo, Abstracción y Concretismo. Pablo Goebel Fine Arts. México DF. MEX
From LA to SF. Limn Art Gallery. San Francisco. USA
Everything must go. Flux Factory. New York City. USA
Draw In. 00130 Gallery. Helsinki. FIN
2007
NYNYNY. Flux Factory. New York City. USA
Parcial. Poliforum Cultural Siqueiros. México DF. MEX
SANCTA. Steve Turner Contemporary. Los Angeles. USA
VIII Bienal Nacional Monterrey FEMSA. Centro de las Artes Monterrey, Museo San Idelfonso. México DF. MEX
2006
Premio Internacional de Pintura Expandida. Museo de Castellon. Castellon de la Plana. ESP
Contemporary Latino Art Exhibition. Mexic-Arte Museum. Austin. USA
7 Lugares. Casino Metropolitano. México DF. MEX
3ª Bienal Nacional de Arte Yucatan. Merida Yuc. MEX
WTC Art Fest 06. World Trade Center México. México DF. MEX
El Equilibrio y sus derivados. Casa del Lago. México DF. MEX
Creación en movimiento.(FONCA). Centro Nacional de las Artes. México DF. MEX
2005
Money. Museo Ex Teresa Arte Actual. México DF. MEX
2004
El sueño de la campamocha. Art & Idea Gallery. México DF. MEX
2003
Fraternidad para la promoción y defensa de M.Bondarchuck. Art & Idea Gallery. México DF. MEX
XXII Premio Nacional de Arte Joven. Centro Nacional de las Artes. México DF. MEX
III Bienal Nacional Alfredo Zalce. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Alfredo Zalce. Morelia Mich. MEX
FESTIVALS / SCREENINGS
2010
Les Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin / Madrid. Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Berlin . GER
Les Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin / Madrid. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. Madrid. ESP
2009
Les Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin / Madrid. Centre Pompidou. Paris. FR
Festival Miden. Urban Revolutions. Kalamata, GRE.
PRIZES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
2011-13
National Creators System. FONCA. MEX
2008
MoLAA Awards (selection). Museum of Latin American Art. Long Beach, CA. USA
26 Symposium Internacional d Art Contemporáin. Production Residency. Baie Saint Paul. CAN
Beca Consejo de las Artes y Letras de Québec. CAN
2007
1st Acquisition Prize. Universidad de Guadalajara. MEX
Honorable Mention. Diesel New Art Stockholm.
2006
Honorable Mention. WTC Art Fest 06. MEX
1st Acquisition Prize. Lunas. Auditorio Nacional-UNAM. MEX
2004-05
National Young Creators Grant. FONCA. MEX
Honorable Mention and Production Grant. Mex-Am Foundation.
RESIDENCIES
2011
CAN Foundation. Seoul. KOR
2010
Art Omi International Artists Residency. New York City. USA
Mongolia 360˚ 1st International Land Art Biennial. NMMAG. Ulan Bator. MONG.
2008
Contemporary Art Museum Baie Saint Paul. Quebec, CAN
2005
Vermont Studio Center. Vermont. USA
COLLECTIONS
Museo de Arte Moderno Mexico. MAM. MEX
APT Global. Artist Pension Trust. USA
Art OMI Collection. USA
Friedrich Ebert Foundation. FES Berlin. GER.
CAN Foundation. Seoul. KOR
Auditorio Nacional. MEX
Sayago & Pardon. Inc. USA
Francis Greenburger Collection. USA
Coleccion EXPLUM. ESP
Private Collections in: Mexico, USA, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Colombia, and Russia.
SELECTED PRESS
Denver Post. Art 21/02/2014
Mesocosmos. MARCO Monterrey. Catalogue 2013
Carga Util 39 Artistas Contemporaneos en el MAM. Museo de Arte Moderno, Catalogue. 2012
After the Future “Eva International Biennial of Art”, Catalogue. 2012
Reading the Space / Anibal Catalan. CAN Foundation, Seoul . Catalogue 2011
Textofilia No 19. Anuario 2010-2011. Pags.72-81 Art Nexus No. 78 . 2010
Destellos de la Pintura Mexicana 200 años. Editorial MVS.
Art in America. September 2008 . No 8. Pags. 175,176
Art Nexus. No 66 . 2008
Los Angeles Times.06/28/2008
L.A Weekly. 04/26/2007
THE Magazine. Feb-March.2009
Art Scene TM. March 2009. Vol.28 No.7
M-Art. Emerging Artist Guide. 2009 vol.2
Almost Utopia. 18th street Annual Program Catalogue. Pages 5-11. Jan 2010
RIM Magazine. Abril 2008. No 5. Pags 45. 52
