Teresa Margolles Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, 1963. Lives and works

Teresa Margolles
Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, 1963.
Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico.
Education:
Diploma in Forensic Medicine and Science of Communication at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico,
Mexico City, Mexico.
Solo exhibitions:
2016
Teresa Margolles, Museo de la Ciudad de Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico, cur. Gabriel Hörner
2015
We Have a Common Thread, Neuberger Museum of Art, New York, United States
2014
La búsqueda, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Suiza
2012
La promesa, MUAC UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.
Enquanto for necessário (As long as it is needed), Fundacao Joaquim Nabuco, Recife, Brazil
Art Public, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, United States.
The Whisky Bond, Glasgow Sculpture Studios. Glasgow, Scotland.
Teresa Margolles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA. Los Angeles, United States.
2011
A través..., Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Josefa Ortega, Dec. 1 – Feb.
2012
Frontera, Museion, Bolzano, Italy, cur. Letitzia Ragaglia, May 27 – Aug. 28
Irrigación, Museo de la Ciudad, Querétaro, Mexico, Feb. 14 - April
2010
Frontera, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, cur. Rein Wolfs. Germany.
Teresa Margolles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, US.
Video otra vez, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fortaleza, Brazil, cur. Patrick Hamilton
Bancas, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Taiyana Pimentel.
Video otra vez, Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Patrick Hamilton. Fortaleza, Brazil.
Museo de Arte Garrillo Gil, Curated by Itala Schmelz. Mexico City, Mexico.
2009
Recados Póstumos–Teresa Margolles, Museo de la Ciudad, curada por Patrick Charpenel. Querétaro,
Mexico.
What Else Could We Talk About?, The Venice Biennale, The 53rd International Art Exhibition
“Making Worlds”, curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina. Mexican Pavilion. Venice, Italy.
Video otra vez, Metales Pesado Visual, curated by Patrick Hamilton. Santiago de Chile.
Los Herederos–Die Erben, Galerie Peter Kilchmann. Zurich, Switzerland.
2008
En Lugar de los Hechos–Anstelle der Tatsachen, Factory, curated by Hartwig Knack Kunsthalle
Krems. Krems, Austria.
OPERATIVO, Y Gallery, curated by Cecilia Jurado. New York, United States.
Escombro, Project Arcaute Art Contemporaneo. Beijing, China.
OPERATIVO: PART 2, Y Gallery, curated by Cecilia Jurado. New York, United States.
2007
21, Galeria Salvador Diaz. Madrid, Spain.
2006
Galerie Peter Kilchmann. Zurich, Switzerland.
Decálogo, Museo Experimental El ECO, curated by Guillermo Santamarina. Mexico City, Mexico.
Herida, Project for Jumex Collection, Curated by Taiyana Pimentel. Ecatepec, Mexico.
2005
127 cuerpos, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Curated by Patrizia Dander.
Düsseldorf, Germany.
tres minutos, Casa Taller José Clemente Orozco. Guadalajara, Mexico.
Teresa Margolles & Curating Library, deSingel, curated by Moritz Kung. Antwerp, Belgium.
Detonantes, Espacio OPA, curated by Guillermo Santamarina. Guadalajara, Mexico.
Ciudad Juárez, Galerie Peter Kilchmann. Zurich, Switzerland.
Involution, CAC Centre d’Art Contemporain de Brétigny, curated by Pierre Bal-Blanc.
Brétigny/Paris, France.
Caída Libre/Chute libre, Frac de Lorraine, curated by Béatrice Josse. Metz, France.
2004
Teresa Margolles. Muerte sin fin, Museum für Moderne Kunst, curated by Udo Kittelmann.
Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
2003
Crematorio, Galeria Enrique Guerrero. Mexico City, Mexico.
En el aire, Vorarlberger Kunstverein, curated by Wolfgang Fetz. Bregenz, Austria.
Teresa Margolles, Galerie Peter Kilchmann. Zurich, Switzerland.
Das Leichentuch, Kunsthalle Wien, curated by Wolfgang Fetz, Gerald Matt, LucasGehrmann.
Viena, Austria.
2002
Fin, La Panaderia. Mexico City, Mexico.
Aire, Art Palace. Madrid, Spain.
2001
Vaporización, ACE Gallery. Mexico City. Mexico.
El agua en la ciudad, Sala 22, curated by Eduardo Pérez Soler. Barcelona, Spain.
Grumos sobre la piel. Barcelona, Spain.
Fotografías y Videos, Espace d’art Yvonamor Palix. Paris, France.
2000
Lengua, ACE Gallery. New York-Los Angeles, United States.
Lienzo, Espacio Contexto, Guatemala.
Bondaje, Kunsthaus Santa Fe, San Miguel de Allende, curated by Lothar Müller. Guanajuato,
Mexico.
1999
Andén. Santiago de Cali, Colombia.
1998
Tarjetas para cortar cocaína, Caja Dos Gallery, Curated by Armando Sariñana. Mexico.
Autorretratos en la morgue, Querétaro Museum, curated by Gabriel Hörner. Queretaro,
Mexico.
Group Exhibitions:
2016
2015
2014
The Mark of Cain, Pitzer College Art Galleries, Los Angeles, USA
Phantom Bodies: The Human Aura in Art”, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota FL,
USA
Manifesta 11: What People Do For Money”, European Biennial for Contemporary Art, Zurich,
Switzerland,
Woman Biennial - Biennale Donna, PAC Padiglione d’arte contemporanea, Ferrara, Italy, cur.
Silvia Cirelli, Lola
Depois do Futuro(After the Future) Parque Lage Visual Arts School, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Feiert das Leben, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria
IV Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phantom Bodies: The Human Aura in Art, Frist Center for Visual Arts Nashville, Tennesse
United States
Phantom Bodies: The Human Aura in Art, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, USA,
El derrumbe de la estatua: hacia una crítica del arte público (1952-2014), MUAC, Mexico City
Colección IX, Colección ARCO, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain.
Forensics: the anatomy of crime, Wellcome Foundation, London, UK, cur. Lucy Shanahan &
Shamita Sharmacharja, Sept. Saintly Sinners and Sinful Saints, Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los
Angeles, USA.
2013
América Latina 1960-2013 photographs, La Fondation Cartier, Paris, France.
I look to you and I see nothing, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE, cur. Olivier Varenne
& Nicole Durling,
Power to the Powerless, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany.
Remember Them, Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool, UK, cur. Matthew Clough.
Beautiful Minds, Kleine Humboldt Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
Aristotelous Project, Thessaloniki, Greece, Sept. 17 – Oct. 19
México: Inside Out, Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Texas, US, cur. Andrea Glocal Tales
Karnes, Motel B, Brescia, Italy, cur. Francesca Guerisoli
Gasträume, Public Art in Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, cur. Christoph Doswald
Sakahàn: 1st International Quinquennial of New Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Canada,
Ottawa, Ontario,
Dark Ages to Enlightenment, Tower of London, UK, cur. Laurence Dreyfus & Karen Marr.
Hay más rutas que la nuestra, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Willy Kautz.
Donaufestival, Krems, Austria, April 25th – May 5
Emplazando Muros – 1a Bienal del Sur en Panamá, cur. Kosme de Barañano, Jose María DiazMaroto, Nelson Herrera Ysla, José Manuel Noceda Fernández, H. Llilian Llandez Godoy, Clara
Astiasaran, Panama, Panama.
In The Heart of the Country, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland, cur. Joanna Mytkowska.
The blood on my hands, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Former West, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany, cur. Maria Hlavajova and Kathrin
Rhomberg.
Latin Scenarios, Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Triennale Museum –Palazzo dell Arte, Milan.
The fragmented body: dust below the carpet, LiMAC en Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Die Liebe ist kälter als das Kapital, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria, cur. Rudolf
Sagmeister.
2012
Touch, Futura-Center for Contemporary Art, cur. Michal Novotný, Praga, República Checa.
Comes y te vas. Los no lugares de la frontera, Bar-restaurant Martino, cur. Omar Rosas,
Karina Murillo, Sabina Loghin and Abigail Angel, Ciudad Juárez, México.
Experimentica 2012: Unseen, Chapter, Market Road, Cardiff, Reino Unido.
Habeas Corpus. Funciones y disfunciones de la figura del testimonio, Tinglado 2 (Moll de
costa), cur. Cèlia del Diego, Tarragona, España.
Crossing Mirrors, Rosenblum Collection & Friends, París, Francia.
An Oasis of Horror in a Desert of Boredom, Visual Center for Contemporary Art Carlow, cur.
Brian Maguire, Carlow, Irlanda.
Artes Mundi – Wales International Visual Art Exhibition and Prize, National Museum
Cardiff, cur. Ben Borthwick, Cardiff, Reino Unido.
The Unknown, Poznan Biennale, cur. Denise Carvalho, Poznan, Polonia.
Invisible: Art about the Unseen, 1957-2012, Hayward Gallery, cur. Ralph Rugoff, London,
Inglaterra.
XVIII Bienal de Arte Paiz, Guatemala, Guatemala, cur. Santiago B. Olmo García.
Loop Fair Video Art Barcelona, Barelona, Spain.
“Track”, SMAK, Gent, Belgium, cur. Philippe Van Cauteren & Mirjam Varadinis.
“Residue of Memory”, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, United States, cur. Heidi Zuckerman
Jacobson.
“7th Berlin Biennale”, Berlin, Germany, cur. Artur Zmijewski.
“Reversibility. A theatre of de-creation”, Peephole Milan (CAC Brétigny), Milano, Italy
cur. by Pierre Bal-Blanc.
“La Institución Redentora”, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico, cur.
Iria Candela and Taiyana Pimentel.
“Domestic Affairs”, Eligio Ancona 171, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Tatiana Cuevas, Apr.
17 – Apr. 22 “Posada bis Alÿs. Mexikanische Kunst von 1900 bis heute”, Kunsthaus Zürich,
Zurich, Switzerland, cur.Milena Oehy.
“Broken Borders”, Belkin Satellite Gallery, Access Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, cur.
Adriana Estrada.
“Restless”, Adelaide International, Australian Experimental Art Foundation (aeaf),
Adelaide, Australia, cur. Victoria Lynn.
“No Lone Zone”, Tate Modern, Level 2 Gallery, London, UK, cur. Iria Candela and Taiyana
Pimentel.
“Chronicles of a Disappearance”, DHC-ART, Montreal, Canada, cur. John Zeppetelli.
“Cartographie du Désastre”, Mor Charpentier Galerie, Paris, France.
2011
“Memoria y Olvido”, AGN Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Roberto
Barajas
“Home alone”, Sender Collection, North Bay Road, Miami Beach, United States, cur. Sarah
Aibel
El Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, cur. Cuauhtémoc Medina
“The Walls That Divide Us”, Apexart, New York, US, cur. Miguel AmadoLjubliana Biennial,
Ljubliana Slovenia, cur. Beti Žerovc
Die Nase des Michelangelo, Galerie Peter Kilchmann at Marktgasse, Zurich, Switzerland.
Mixed Emotion–Gemischte Gefühle, Kunsthalle Brennabor, Curated by Bodo Rau and Michael
Nungesser. Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany.
Epílogo (Epilogue), Zapopan Art Museum, Curated by Cristián Silva. Zapopan, Mexico.
What next for the Body, Inbetween Time Festival, Arnolfini Museum, curated by Helen Cole.
Bristol, United Kingdom.
Beyond Borders–Mexican Public Art, Museum of Sketches, Curated by Elisabet Haglund. Lund,
Sweden.
Une Idée, une Forme, un Être–Poésie/Politique du corporel, Migros Museum, Curated by
Raphael Gygax. Zurich, Switzerland.
“Model Kits”, Musac Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Castilla y León, Curated by María Inés
Rodríguez a.o. Leon, Spain.
The Living Currency, Berlin Biennial, Hebbel Theater Eins, Curated by Pierre Bal-Blanc.
Berlín, Germany.
Team Gallery, Curated by Raphael Gygax. New York, United States.
Critical Fetishes. CA2M, Dos de Mayo Art Centre, Curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina, Mariana
Botey & Helena Chavez. Madrid, Spain.
En Privado 2. La Opción Desamable, Es Baluard, Curated by Carlos Jover. Palma de Mallorca,
Spain.
The Living Currency, Museum of Modern Art. Curated by Ana Janevski and Pierre Bal–Blanc.
Warsaw, Poland.
“México: Politica y Poetica”, Nordic Watercolor Museum, Skärhamm, Sweden, cur. Bera Nordal
“Tenebrae, la Oscuridad“, CEAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Las Condes, Santiago de
Chile, Chile.
The Cry, MUSAC. Leon, Spain.
2010
Terrible Beauty—Art, Crisis, Change & The Office of Non-Compliance, Dublin Contemporary 2011.
Dublin, Ireland.
Disponible: A kind of Mexican show Phase 2, Walter and McBean Gallery in San Francisco Art
Institute. San Francisco, United States.
Disponible: A Kind of Mexican Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, United States.
Epílogo, Zapopan Art Museum. Zapopan, Mexico.
Concrete, steel, brick, aluminium, wood and paint: The architecture of Tatiana Bilbao 20042010, Instituto Culture de México, Curated by Patrick Charpenel, San Antonio, United States.
In Lieu of Unity, Ballroom Marfa, curated by Alicia Ritson. Marfa, United States.
El Horizonte del Topo/The Mole’s Horizon, Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Curated by Ruth
Estevez. Brussels, Belgium.
2009
2008
7 + 1 Project Rooms, MARCO, Curated by Gerardo Mosquera, Vigo, Spain.
Endless Sphere, Center for Contemporary Art, curated by Thomas Trummer. Kiew, Ukraine.
Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence, University of Southern California Fisher Gallery, Los
Angeles, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte and The John and Mable Ringing Museum of
Die Nase des Michelangelo, Galerie Peter Kilchmann at Marktgasse, Zurich, Switzerland.
Arte no es Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000, Museo de Arte del Banco de
la República
Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia.
Mixed Emotion – Gemischte Gefühle, Kunsthalle Brennabor, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany.
cur. Bodo Rau, Michael Nungesser.
Epílogo (Epilogue), Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico, cur. Cristián Silva.
What next for the Body, Inbetween Time Festival, Arnolfini Museum, Bristol, UK, cur. Helen
Cole,
20 Sites 62 Artists 13 Weeks 7 Neighborhoods 20 Countries, Prospect 2, New Orleans, US,
Nov. 13 - Feb. 13 “Beyond Borders – Mexican Public Art“, Museum of Sketches, Lund, Sweden,
cur. Elisabet Haglund,
Une Idée, une Forme, un Être – Poésie/Politique du corporel, Migros Museum, Zurich, cur.
Raphael Gygax,
Model Kits, Musac Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Castilla y León, León, Spain, cur. María
Inés Rodríguez.
The Living Currency, Berlin Biennial, Berlin, Germany, cur. Pierre Bal-Blanc, Kratos –
About (il)legitimate(d) Power, Team Gallery, New York, US, cur. Raphael Gygax.
Critical Fetishes CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain, cur. Cuauhtémoc Medina,
Mariana Botey & Helena Chavez.
En Privado 2. La Opción Desamable, Es Baluard, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, cur. Carlos Jover.
The Living Currency, Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, cur. Ana Janevski &
Pierre Bal–Blanc,
“Concrete, steel, brick, aluminium, wood and paint: The architecture of Tatiana Bilbao
2004-2010”, Instituto Cultural de México, San Antonio, US, cur. Patrick Charpenel.
“In Lieu of Unity“, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, United States, cur. Alicia Ritson.
“El Horizonte del Topo / The Moleʼs Horizon“, Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels,
Belgium, cur. Ruth Estevez.
“Changing the Focus. Latin American Photography (1990-2005)”, Museum of Latin American Art,
Long Beach, US,
cur. Idurre Alonso.
“Visceral Bodies”, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, cur. Daina Augaitis, Feb. 6 –
May 10 Centro Cultural de España, Guatemala City, Guatemala, cur. Gerardo Mosquera.
“Arte ≠ Vida. Actions by Artists of the Americas. 1960 – 2000”, Blaffer Gallery, University
of Texas, Houston, US, Jan. 22 – March
Art, Curated by José Roca Sarasota, United States.
2007
2006
Emotional Systems, Palazzo Strozzi, curated by Franziska Nori and Martin Steinhoff,
Florence, Italy.
¡Viva la muerte! Kunst und Tod in Lateinamerika, Kunsthalle Wien, curated by Gerald Matt
and Thomas Mießgang, Viena, Austria.
Iberoamerica glocal: Entre la globalización y el localismo, Casa de América, curated by
Dennys Matos and Lorena Peréz Rumpler, Madrid, Spain.
Six Feet Under–Autopsie unseres Umgang mit den Toten, Deutsches Hygiene Museum, curated
by Bernhard Fibicher and Susanne Friedli, Dresden, Germany.
Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence, The Contemporary Museum, curated by José Roca.
Honolulu, Hawaii.
Cross lake atlantic, galleria enrico fornello, curated by John Duncan. Prato, Italy.
ERA, Curated by Gerardo Mosquera, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Grey Water, Institute of Modern Art, curated by Robert Leonard. Brisbane, Australia.
Theater of Cruelty, White Box, curated by Raúl Zamudio, New York, United States.
7. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen 2007, Villa Merkel. Esslingen, Germany.
Rites and Rituals, Herzliya Museum, curated by Dalia Levin. Jerusalem, Israel.
Collezione La Gaia, Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio, Italy.
The Art of Failure, Kunsthaus Baselland, curated by Sabine Schaschl and Claudia Spinelli.
Muttenz/Basel, Switzerland.
e-flux VIDEO RENTAL, Centre Culturel Suisse. Paris, France.
Into Me/Out of Me, MACRO Future, curated by Klaus Biesenbach. Rome, Italy.
OTRAS CONTEMPORANEIDADES. CONVIVENCIAS PROBLEMÁTICAS, Valencia Biennal, curated by Kevin
Power and Ticio Escobar. Valencia, Spain.
Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence, Museo de Arte del Banco de la República, curated by
José Roca, Bogota, Colombia.
We are your future, Special program during the 2nd Moscow Biennial, curated by Juan
Puntes and Ethan Cohen. Moscow, Russia.
Global Feminism, Brooklyn Museum, curated by Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin. New York,
United States.
Fumus Fugiens, Smart Project Space, curated by Bianca Visser a.o. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Limites - Estrecho Dudoso, ARS TEOR/éTica, curated by Virginia Pérez-Ratton and Tamara
Díaz Bringas. San José Norte, Costa Rica.
Six Feet Under–Autopsie unseres Umgang mit Toten, Kunstmuseum Bern, curated by Bernhard
Fibicher. Bern, Switzerland.
Liverpool Biennial 2006. Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Certain Encounters, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
ExcESs, Z33, curated by Pieter van Bogaert, Hasselt, Belgium.
Indelible Images (trafficking between Life and Death), The Museum of Fine Arts, curated
by Gilbert Vicario, Houston, Texas, United States.
9. Baltic Triennial of International Art, CAC Vilnius, curated by Sofia Hernandez, Chong Cuy,
Raimundas Malasauskas and Alexis Vaillant, Vilna, Lithuania.
Baroque and Neobaroque, Domus Atrium 2002, curated by F. Javiar Panera. Salamanca, Spain.
Prague Biennale 2, Section: Acción Directa: Latin American Social Sphere, curated by Marco
Scotini, Prague, Czech Republic.
Eco: Arte Contemporáneo Mexicano, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, curated by
Kevin Power & Osvaldo Sánchez, Madrid, Spain.
Murmur, International Film Festival of Rotterdam/Rotterdam Centre for Contemporary Art,
curated by Edwin Carrels. Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2005
Triennale Poligráfica, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Casas en Acción, Casa de América, Madrid, Spain.
A grain of dust a drop of water, Gwangju Biennale, curated by Milena Kalinovska y Roberto
Pinto, Gwangju, South Korea.
Produciendo Realidad, Arte e resistenza latinoamericana, Prometeo Associazione per l’arte
contemporanea, curated by Marco Scotini, Lucca, Italy.
I need you, Centre Pasqu Art, curated by Bernhard Bischoff, Dolores Denaro and Beate
Engel, Biel, Switzerland.
Die Zehn Gebote, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, curated by Klaus Biesenbach. Dresden, Germany.
Le mystère du kilo d’or, Art Contemporain de Sinaloa, Instituto de México. Paris, France.
Made in México, UCLA Hammer Museum, curated by Gilbert Vicario. Los Angeles, California,
United States.
Excéntrico, Museo Provincial de Lugo, curated by J. Lavagne. Lugo, Spain.
Narcoculture, Musée International des Arts Modestes, curated by Marco Granados, Sète,
France.
Public/Private, 2nd Auckland Triennial, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, curated by
Ngahiraka Mason, Auckland, New Zealand.
Made in México, Institute of Contemporary Art, curated by Gilbert Vicario. Boston, United
States.
Outlook, curated by Christos Joachimides, Athens, Greece.
Mercosur, curated by Edgardo Ganado Kim, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Terror Chic, Monika Sprüth/
Philomene Magers Gallery, curated by Dr. Eva Karcher, Munich, Germany.
Corps et fruits, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France.
In faccia al mondo. Esperienze del retratto fotografico contemporaneo, Museo d’Arte
Contemporanea di Villa Croce, curated by Matteo Fochessati, Genova, Italy.
Fuera de campo, ExTeresa Arte Actual, curated by David Perea, Mexico City, Mexico.
Stretch, The Power Plant, curated by Eugenio Valdez Figueroa and Keith Wallace, Toronto,
Canada.
Des/fragmentar, Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte Roma, curated by David Perea,
Mexico City, Mexico.
Espectacular, Centro Cultural España, curated by Taiyana Pimentel, Mexico City, Mexico.
Göteborgs Internationella Konstbiennal, curated by Carl Michael von Hausswollff,
Gothenborg, Sweden.
Bankett, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, curated by Peter Weibel a.o.
Karlsruhe, Germany.
México Attacks, Associazione per L’Arte Contemporanea Prometeo, curated by Teresa Macrì.
Lucca, Italy.
Flor y Canto, Mexic-Arte Museum, curated by Ivonamor Palix. Texas, United States.
20 Million Mexicans Can’t be Wrong, John Hansard Gallery, curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina,
Southampton, United Kingdom.
2003
México: Sensitive Negotiations, The Institute of México in Miami, curated by Taiyana
Pimentel, Miami, Florida, United States.
Otredad y mismidad, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, curated by Aldo Sanchez. Puebla, Mexico.
Sugar and spice and everything nice, Nikolai Fine Arts, curated by Raul Zamudio. New York,
United States.
Entre Lineas, Casa Encendida, curated by Virginia Perez Ratton and Santiago Olmo, Madrid,
Spain.
Mexiko-Stadt: Eine Ausstellung über den Tauschwert von Körpern und Werten, Kunst-Werke,
curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Berlin, Germany.
México City: An Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values, P.S.1, curated
by Klaus Biesenbach, Long Island, United States.
20 Million Mexicans Can’t be Wrong, South London Gallery, curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina,
London, United Kingdom.
Lascas, L’Oil de Poisson, curated by Jorge Reynoso, Quebec, Canada.
Zebra Crossing, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, curated by Magali Arreola, Berlín, Germany.
VII Bienal de Pintura de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador.
Exotismos, IV Bienal de Lyon, curated by Jean H. Martín, Lyon, France.
2002
2001
1999
1998
1997
1996
Escultura Mexicana, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes. Mexico City, Mexico.
Hábitat Global, Universidad de Guanajuato, curated by Leonardo Ramirez. Guanajuato, Mexico.
Ventanas, curated by Guillermo Santamarina, Madrid, Spain.
Muestra de video mexicano, Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes, curated by Eduardo Pérez
Soler, Toulouse, France.
25 x 25, Galeria de Arte Mexicano, curated by Adolfo Patiño, Mexico City, Mexico.
Extramuros, Bienal de Habana, curated by Taiyana Pimentel, Habana, Cuba.
Cuerpo y fruta, Francia Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico.
00 Paréntesis de una ciudad, curated by Guillermo Santamarina. San Juan de Puerto Rico.
Cinco continentes y una ciudad, Museo de la Ciudad de México, curated by Victor Zuñiga.
Mexico City, Mexico.
Señales de resistencia, Museo de la Ciudad de México, curated by Lorena Wolffer, Mexico
City, Mexico.
Baño María, Cineteca Nacional, curated by Ximena Cuevas, Mexico City, Mexico.
Bienal de Fotografía, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico.
Foto Construcciones, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Morelia, curated by Moises Argüello,
Michoacan, Mexico.
Bienal Bidimensional, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City, Mexico.
Mariposas Negras, Scotland.
XVII Salón de la plastica Sinaloense, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Muestra Latinoamericana de Fotografía, Travelling exhibition, Latinoamerica.
Realidad Virtual, Galería José María Velasco, curated by Armando Cristero.
Mexico.
Mexico City,
Screenings and Broadcastings:
2013
Curatorial Intensive – From “official history” to Underrepresented Narratives,
Independent Curators International, Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK, May 19 –
May 25
2012
Event Lecture, Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Scottland.
2011
Chalk the Block, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, US, Oct. 14 – Oct. 16 Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 24
Teresa Margolles in conversation with Cuauhtémoc Medina, San Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco, United States. Feb. 9
Mexiko und die Drogen: Teresa Margolles – Kunst gegen den Drogenkrieg, Reflexe, Barbara
Basting, DRS 2,Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 17 / Jan. 18
2010
Teresa Margolles, Kulturzeit, Nicolette Feiler-Thull, 3Sat, Berlin, Germany, Dec. 6
2009
Espectros: Arte y transición, Centro Cultural de España, Guatemala, Guatemala, cur. Raúl
Martínez, Nov/Dec.
Project Projection, Gervasuti Foundation, Venice, Sept. 4 – Sept. 6
Teresa Margolles, Museum of Modern Art, The Celeste Bartos Theater, New York, United
States, July 9
Vom Tod in Venedig: Teresa Margolles, Aspekte, ZDF, Berlin, Germany, June 5
Vom Tod in Venedig: Teresa Margolles, Aspekte, ZDF. Berlin. Germany.
2005
In the Air: Projections of México/La Muerte”, Guggenheim Museum, curated by MariaChristina Villaseñor. New York, United States.
2003
Spots, Von Twickel, Felicitas, Aspekte, ZDF, Berlin, Germany.
Fuera de Campo, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, curated by Guillermo Santamarina.
Mexico.
Mexico City,
Awards:
2012
First Place: Artes Mundi 5, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
Prince Claus Award for Culture and Development
2001-2003
National Creative Art System, sponsored by the National Art Found, FONCA. Mexico City,
Mexico.
2002
First place: VII Bienal de Pintura de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador.
Honorary mention at the Northwest Bienal, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico.
2001
Acquisition at the contest ”Body and fruit” by the French Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico.
1999
Awarded by the Mexican and Colombian Exchange Program.
With SEMEFO-IV Bienal de Monterrey Award, Instalation category. Mexico.
1995-1996
Scholarship awarded by FONCA in ”Medios Alternativos” category. Mexico.
1994
First place: XVI Salón de la Plástica Sinaloense, organized by Universidad Autónoma de
Sinaloa, Mexico.
1993
With SEMEFO-Scholarship awarded by FONCA in sculpture category, Mexico.
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2001
Mexico City: An Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values, P.S.1
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1994
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