Anibal Catalan

Born in Iguala, Guerrero, México 1973.
Lives and works in Mexico City.

Anibal Catalan studied fine arts at Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado La Esmeralda from 2001-2006 and before that, attended the School of Architecture at Anahuac University from 1993-1997.

His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in both solo and group exhibitions. His most recent solo exhibitions include "Oktubre" at Polyforum Siqueiros in Mexico City; "Supremat" (2012) at Yautepec, Mexico City; "Reading The Space" at CAN Seoul and CAN Beijing (2011-12); "Open Sky" (2010) at Drexel Projects, Monterrey, Mexico; "Overland" (2008) at Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA; and "Free and Mobile" (2007) at Gallery 415, San Francisco, CA.

Since 2001, Catalan’s work has been included in a wide variety of international group shows. Recent exhibitions include "An Exchange with Sol LeWitt" at MASS MoCA, "Certamen Internacional Explum" at Puerto Lumbreras, Murcia, Spain; "Cimbra Formas Especulativas y Armados Metafisicos" at Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City; "Light Art Biennale" at Lichtkunst, Linz, Austria; "1st Land Art Biennial Mongolia", National Mongolian Modern Art Gallery, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia; "Sobrestructuras," Espacio de Arte OTR, Madrid; "Mexi-Cali Biennial 09-10," Los Angeles; "Les Rencontres Internacionales Paris-Berlin-Madrid," Centre Pompidou, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia and Haus der Kulturen der Welt HKW; "Shangri L.A.: Architecture as a State of Flux," 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA; "XIV National Biennial Rufino Tamayo," Museo Tamayo, Mexico City; "I Moscow International Biennial for Young Art," MMOMA, Moscow, Russia; "Proyectos para Deconstruccion," MUCA Roma, Mexico City; "It's Not Easy," Exit Art, New York ; "Sancta," Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA; and, "III Castellon Painting Prize," Museo de Bellas Artes de Castellon, Spain.

Anibal is a current recipient of the Mexican National Fellowship FONCA Sistema Nacional de Creadores 2011-2013; was the first prize recipient in the National Biennale of Painting in 2007; received an honorable mention in the Diesel New Art Estocolmo in 2007 and the WTC Art Festival in 2006; received a National Fellowship for Young Art (FONCA pintura) in 2004-2005; was awarded the first prize (National Acquisition Prize) from the Mexican National Auditórium in 2006; and, he was honorable mention fellowship from the Mex-Am Foundation in 2004-2005.

Nació en Iguala, Guerrero, México 1973.
Vive y trabaja en México, DF.

Anibal Catalan cuenta con la Licenciatura en Artes Plasticas por La Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" (2001-2006) y con estudios en Arquitectura en la Universidad Anahuac (1993-1997).

El trabajo de Catalan se ha exhibido nacionalmente e internacionalmente, individualmente y colectivamente. Sus mas recientes exposiciones individuales son: "Oktubre" (2012) en el Polyforum Siqueiros y "Supremat" (2012) en la galería Yautepec en Mexico City; "Reading The Space" en CAN Seoul y CAN Beijing (2011-12); "Open Sky" en Galeria Drexel, Monterrey (2010); "Overlap" en México DF (2009); "Overland" en Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles (2008); y "Free & Mobile" en Gallery 415, San Francisco.

Desde el año 2001 el trabajo de Catalan ha sido incluido en gran variedad de exhibiciones internacionales colectivas en las que destacan: "An Exchange with Sol LeWitt," MASS MoCA, Boston, EUA; "Certamen Internacional Explum," Puerto Lumbreras, Murcia, España; "Cimbra Formas Especulativas y Armados Metafisicos" en Museo de Arte Moderno, México DF; "Light Art Biennale," Lichtkunst, Linz, Austria; "1st Land Art Biennial Mongolia," National Mongolian Modern Art Gallery, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia; "Sobrestructuras Espacio de Arte OTR," Madrid, España; "Mexi-Cali Biennial 09-10," Los Angeles, EUA; "Les Rencontres Internacionales Paris-Berlin-Madrid," en Centre Pompidou, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia y Haus der Kulturen der Welt HKW; "Shangri L.A.: Architecture as a State of Flux," en el 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles; "XIV National Biennial Rufino Tamayo," Museo Tamayo, México DF; "I Moscow International Biennial for Young Art," MMOMA Moscu, Rusía; "Proyectos para Deconstruccion," MUCA Roma, México DF; "It's not Easy," Exit Art, Nueva York; "Sancta," Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, EUA; "III Castellon Painting Prize," Museo de Bellas Artes de Castellon, España, por mencionar algunas.

Actualmente, Anibal Catalan es miembro del Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte FONCA (2011-2013); ha sido becario del Programa Jovenes Creadores FONCA (2004-2005); ha recibido premios y menciones de honor en certamenes nacionales e internaciones y ha sido seleccionado en Residencias Artisticas como: Art Omni International Artists Residency, Nueva York (2010), Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Baie Saint Paul, Quebec (2008) y en el Vermont Studio Center (2005). Ha recibido tambien becas de produccion por la Mex Am Foundation (2004-2005) y por el consejo de Artes y Letras de Quebec (2008).