Anibal Catalan | YAUTEPEC

Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico 1973

Artist Tabs

Works

Anibal Catalan
Vorticity, 2013 (Installation View: Mesocosmos, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Monterrey, Mexico)
Coroplast, PVC, aluminum, chromed steel, steel cable, fluorescent lights
Variable dimensions
ID: AC13-01

Anibal Catalan
Morphological Zone, 2012 (Installation View: EVA Biennial, Ireland)
Mural, coroplast, PVC, aluminum, chromed steel, steel cable, fluorescent lights
Variable dimensions
ID: AC12-18

Anibal Catalan
Installation View, AKA:POLKO, 2014.
Guerrero Cultural Center, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Anibal Catalan
Estratos, 2014
Digital print, ink, on mixed media (poliptych)
Dimensions variable
ID: AC14-07

Anibal Catalan
Proun, 2011 (Installation View: Reading The Space, CAN Beijing, China)
Coroplast, PVC, aluminum, wood, steel cable, fluorescent lights, coal
Variable dimensions
ID: AC11-32

Anibal Catalan
Oktubre, 2012 (Installation view: Oktubre, Polyforum Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico)
Laser and router print on wood and formica
98.5 x 197 x 4 in (aprox) / 250 x 500 x 10 cm (approx)
ID: AC12-16

Anibal Catalan
Suprematistas Instantaneas, 2011 (Installation view: Oktubre, Polyforum Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico)
Series of 8 polaroids intervened with india ink and acrylic paint
9 x 10 cm c/u
ID: AC12-09

Anibal Catalan
Barricada Suprematista I, 2012
Steel, acrylic, fluorescent lights
71" x 55" x 47.25" (approx) / 180 x 140 x 120 cm (approx)
Edition of 3 + AP
ID: AC12-06

(Left)
Anibal Catalan
Barricada Suprematista II, 2012
Steel, acrylic, fluorescent lights
59" x 47.25" x 35.5" (approx) / 150 x 120 x 90 cm (approx)
Edition of 3 + AP
ID: AC12-07

(Right)
Anibal Catalan
Barricada Suprematista III, 2012
Steel, acrylic, fluorescent lights
47.25" x 39.5" x 27.5" (approx) / 120 x 100 x 70 cm (approx)
Edition of 3 + AP
ID: AC12-08

Anibal Catalan
Untitled (from the series, Hyper-Proun), 2012
India ink, vinyl, digital print on vegetable paper
27.5" x 39.5" / 70 x 100 cm
ID: AC12-02

Anibal Catalan
Untitled (from the series, Hyper-Proun), 2012
India ink, vinyl, digital print on vegetable paper
27.5" x 39.5" / 70 x 100 cm
ID: AC12-13

Anibal Catalan
Morphological Zones R2, 2013
Laser etching and router on formica and wood
98.5" x 197" / 250 x 500 cm
ID: AC13-08

Anibal Catalan
Hyper Proun Dark, 2014
Enamel paint and laser etching on aluminum (poliptych of six pieces)
47" x 70.5" (each: 23.5" x 23.5") / 120 x 180 cm (each: 60 x 60 cm)
Edition of 3 + AP
ID: AC14-01

Anibal Catalan
Morphological Zone / The Land (from the series, UMZ [Urban Morphological Zones]), 2013
Acrylic paint on canvas
47 1/4” x 70 3/4” / 120 x 180 cm
ID: AC14-02

Anibal Catalan
Morphological Zone / The Square (from the series, UMZ [Urban Morphological Zones]), 2013
Acrylic paint on canvas
47 1/4” x 70 3/4” / 120 x 180 cm
ID: AC14-03

Anibal Catalan
Zona Morpho / Supremat I (from the series, UMZ [Urban Morphological Zones]), 2011
Acrylic paint on canvas
47.25 x 71 in / 120 x 180 cm
ID: AC11-21

Anibal Catalan
Zona Morfologica / Downtown (from the series, UMZ [Urban Morphological Zones]), 2011
Acrylic paint on canvas
47.25 x 71 in / 120 x 180 cm
ID: AC11-17

Biography

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
2015
Campo Dinámico, Museo de la Ciudad de Queretaro, Queretaro. MEX
untitled unit until the lit let the litter, Yautepec, Mexico City. MEX

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
2015
Sur Biennial. Torrance Art Museum. Torrance, CA. USA
Hysterical Friction: Works on paper. TSA Gallery, NY. USA
Argos Panoptes. Centro de las Artes Monterrey, Monterrey. MEX

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

2015-17
National Creators System. FONCA. MEX

2015-16
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. NY, USA. 2015-2016

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 Contemporáneo MARCO, Monterrey. MEX.
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