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Alejandro Almanza Pereda
(b.) Mexico City, Mexico
Education
2005
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Major in Sculpture, Minor in Graphic Design), University of Texas at El Paso, TX
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Fruto de una infinidad de circunstancias imposibles de determinar, González y González, Santiago,
Chile
Turn off the Sun, Chert Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2012
Next time you see me, it won't be me, Kunsthalle Galapagos, NY
2011
Within the Realm of Possibility, College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH
Something for Nothing, Chert Gallery, Berlin, Germany
I Did It My Way and Took The Highway, Presented by Fundación Magnolia, ROVE Gallery, London
2010
The Heaviest Luggage for the Traveler is the Empty One, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY
Ideational Architectures, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Those who live by the sword, die by the sword, or by third hand smoke, Chert Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2008
The Fan And The Shit, Magnan Projects & Magnan Emrich Contemporary, New York, NY
2007
Andamio (Temporary Frameworks), Art in General, New York, NY
2006
Stand Clear, Magnan Emrich Contemporary, New York, NY
2005
Mix Series, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
Verdevete, Glass Gallery, El Paso, TX
2003
Impermeable, Union Gallery, El Paso, TX
Group Exhibitions
2014
Magnan Metz Group Exhibition: Destination Unknown, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY
About a Mountain, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Epic Fail, Storefront Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
I forgot to forget, Urban Arts Space, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Turn off the Sun, Selections from La Colección Jumex, ASU Art Museum, Arizona
2012
Caminar la línea Max Estrella, Madrid, Spain
Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderna, Canary Islands, Spain
2011
6 VentoSul- Biennale of Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil
Dublin Contemporary 2011, Dublin, Irelend
Anonymous Presence, Y Gallery, New York, NY
Between Chaos and Seduction: Mexican Contemporary Art, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, CAN,
th
curated by Magda Gonzalez-Mora.
nd
2010
2 “Que Vive?” Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia
Drinnen and Draussen, Chert Gallery, Berlin, Germany
You Are Free, Tape Club, Berlin, Germany
Announcing Magnan Metz, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY
2009
La Constelacion del Perro, Galeria Jesus Gallardo, Universidad de Guanajuato MX
20 Años del Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Arte, Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Mexico City,MX
One Foot Apart, Leme Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Hecho en Casa, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, MX
ABC Drafts Establishing Future, Berlin, Germany
La Constelacion Del Perro, Casino Metropolitano, Mexico City, MX
Andrew Palmer, Alejandro Almanza Pereda, Patty Chang, Gallerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Chelsea Visits Havana: Havana Biennial, Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
The Grand, Amelia A. Wallace Gallery, Old Westbury, NY
2008
Tension/Release, Caren Golden Fine Art, Chelsea, NY
My Little/Membrane, Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY
Interrogating Systems: CIFO 2008 Grants and Commissions Exhibition, Cisneros Fontanals Art
Foundation, Miami, FL
Notice of Displacement, Greenbelt, Brooklyn, NY
Squaring the Circle, Alphazed Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Making Good Luck, Y Gallery, Queens, NY
Host, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
‘S’ Files 007, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
Media Asta Half-Mast, Haydee Royirosa Gallery, New York, NY
Creaction en Moyimiento Joyenes Creadores 2005-2007, Centro Nacional De Las Artes, Mexico City, MX
2006
Queens International 2006, Queens Museum Of Art, Queens, NY
El Equilibrio y sus Derivados, Casa del Lago, Mexico City, MX
Mix 2005 (Redux), Landmarks Arts Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX
2005
Intersections, Waterstop Gallery, Marfa, TX
Performagia 3, Museo del Chopo, Mexico City, MX
Juried Student Art Show 2002-05, University of Texas at El Paso, TX
2004
Border Art Residency Site Project, El Paso, TX
Ninehundred Ten, 910 Texas St. Warehouse- Video-Sculptural Intervention, El Paso, TX
Young Latino Artist (YLA N.9), Mexico- Arte Museum, Austin, TX
2003
Texas 1220 Warehouse, El Paso, TX
Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture, Internacional Sculpture Center,
Hamilton, NJ
Rim Road Show, Bridge Center for Contemporary Arts, El Paso, TX
El Rey Del Camino, Union Gallery, El Paso, TX
CEMA Cuidad Juarez Chihuahua, Juarex, MX
Guerrilla Art, Bridge Center for Contemporary Arts, El Paso, TX
Awards and Residencies
2011
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2009
Harpo Foundation Art Grant, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami, FL
2007
National Funds for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) Programa Jovenes Creadores, Mexico City, MX
2005
National Funds for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) Programa Jovenes Creadores, Mexico City, MX
Best of Show Arlene Mc Kinon Award, Juried Student Art Show, The University of Texas, El Paso, TX
Best Photograph/Digital Image, Juried Student Art Show, The University of Texas at El Paso, TX
Juried Student Art Show, El Paso, TX
2004
The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Summer Residency Program, Skowhegan, ME
Serie Print Project Serie XI, Coronado Studios, Austin, TX
2003
Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, International Sculpture Center
(Publisher of Sculpture Magazine)
Best of Show Arlene Mc Kinon Award, Juried Student Art Show, The University of Texas, El Paso, TX
Best Sculpture Award, Juried Student Art Show, The University of Texas, El Paso, TX
2002
Best of Show Arlene Mc Kinon Award, Juried Student Art Show, The University of Texas, El Paso, TX
Publications
Alejandro Almanza Pereda: Work and Process (PaperBack)
Publisher: Magnan Projects (2008)
Program Book Series Vol. X
Publisher: Art In General
Alejandro Almanza Pereda
Andamio (temporary frameworks): Art in General new Commissions