HÉCTOR ZAMORA


Héctor Zamora

Mexico City, 1974.

Lives and works in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

 

Studies

 

2000 Postgraduate Course in Lightweight Structures (structural geometry), UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico (non-enrolled)

1994-1998   Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design, UAM – X, Mexico City,

Mexico

 

Upcoming exhibitions

 

2010 Margens, Itaú Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

2010 Bienal de Liverpool, Liverpool, Inglaterra

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2008 Cícera, Remodeling project Minas Gerais 364, São Paulo, Brazil

'De Belg wordt geboren met een baksteen in de maag', FLACC, Genk, Belgium.

2007 Specular Reflections, Cerca Series, MCASD, San Diego CA.

2006 Divisiones. Hotel Condesa DF, Mexico City, Mexico

2005 ‘Líneas de suspensión, ensayo sobre geometría funicular. Enrique Guerrero gallery, Mexico City, Mexico

Unidad habitacional. La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain

2004 Paracaidista, Av. Revolución 1608 bis. Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico

2003 PNEU, Garash Gallery, México City, Mexico

2000 a=360º r/R, Arte in Situ “La Torre de los Vientos”, Mexico City, Mexico

 

Group Exhibitions

 

 

2009            Labor, Labor. 7 | 11 | 2009, México DF, México.

2009            Lugares Comunes, Bogotá, Colombia.

2009 Making Worlds, 53ª Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy.

PH Neutro, Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

2008 II Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan: América Latina y el Caribe, Puerto Rico.

Quase Líquido, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil.

2007 Viva Mexico, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw,Poland

Positions in Context, CIFO, grants program 2007 exhibition, Miami, US.

Encuentro Internacional Medellín 2007 (MDE07); Medellin, Colombia.

2006 27th Bienal de Sao Paulo; Sao Paulo, Brasil.

Busan Biennale 2006; Pusan, South Korea.

Sueño de una noche de verano; Muros Museum, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.

Novena Bienal de la Habana, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba.

Frontera. Esbozo para la creación de una sociedad del futuro; Lacandón Mountain National Park, Guatemala.

Desecho, Casa del Lago Juan José Arreola, Mexico City.

2005 Dialogues, Indian International Center, New Delhi, India.

Farsites / sitios distantes, San Diego Museum of Art, Insite05, San Diego CA, US.

Eco: arte contemporáneo mexicano, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain.

2003 Festival Flama, Xalapa, Veracruz. Mexico.

Fission/fusion, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington DC.

2002 Item, Centro Cultural España, Mexico City, Mexico.

2001 Con Fulgente Hado, outdoor program by X – Teresa Museum, Mexico City.

1999 II Bienal de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

 

 

Participations and other projects

 

2007 Lecture at FLACC, Genk, Belgium.

Conference at 7º Bienal internacional de Arquitectura, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

La casa del encuentro lectures program (MDE07), Medellín, Colombia.

TNT Cerca Lectures program, MCASD, San Diego CA, US.

Commission project for the artist Gabriel Orozco, Roca Blanca beach, Oaxaca, Mexico.

2006 IV Foro de expertos en arte contemporáneo, conference, ARCO 06, Madrid, Spain.

2005 Mexican contemporary art at the Kültur Büro Barcelona, lecture, Barcelona, Spain.

 

 

Other activities

 

2001 - 2005 LSD’s Director– Studio dedicated to develop lightweight structures for architecture, Mexico City, Mexico.

 

Grants:

 

2009 The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture (GCCC Moscow) sponsorship for the Biennale di Venezia project.

2007 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.

2006 CIFO Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation

Jumex Collection Foundation

2003 BBVA Bancomer Foundation

 

Collections

 

Jumex Collection

 

Publications

 

Paracaidista, av. Revolución 1608 bis / intervención de Héctor Zamora