Eduardo Abaroa (artist)

Eduaedo Abaroa
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Mexico City
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico
California Institute of the Arts
OccupationArtist

Eduardo Abaroa (born 1968) is a Mexican artist and writer working in the fields of sculpture, installation and performance.

Born in Mexico City in 1968, Abaroa received a bachelor's degree from the National School of Plastic Arts of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1999 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California) in 2001.[1] His work has been shown in Mexico, the United States,[2][3] Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea, and other countries. As a writer, he has contributed texts for exhibition catalogues of artists Francis Alÿs, Melanie Smith, Pablo Vargas Lugo, Tercerunquinto and Dr Lakra, among others. He was also an art reviewer for the newspaper Reforma and has written for other publications like Curare, Código 06140, Moho, 95La Tempestad95, the Journal of Aesthetics & Protest, and the Argentinian magazine Ramona.

Abaroa was a founding member of the alternative artist-run space Temístocles 44, along with Pablo Vargas Lugo, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Daniela Rossell, and Sofía Táboas. Founded in 1993 in an abandoned house owned by Haydee Rovirosa in Polanco, Temístocles 44 was a space were exhibitions, artist discussions, lectures, talks and informal workshops took place.[4] This group of artists renewed Mexican art through the negation of painting in favor of other mediums.[citation needed] Inspired by the mass media they created ephemeral works.

Abaroa directed the ninth International Symposium of Art Theory (Simposio Internacional de Teoría Sobre Arte Contemporáneo, SITAC) in Mexico City, and is currently course director of the Education Program at SOMA, a Mexico City arts organization.[5]

  1. ^ "Art in Embassies". www.art.state.gov. U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Mexico City: An Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values". momaps1.org. MOMA PS1. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. ^ Cotter, Holland (2 August 2002). "Art in Review". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  4. ^ Gallo, Ruben (2006). New Tendencies in Mexican Art the 1990s (1st ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 7. ISBN 9781403982650.
  5. ^ "SOMA-México".