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cactus de cerámica, 2020

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Oax.D.F.L.A.N.O.H.K., 2020

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pumoesque , 2019

Image courtesy of the artist and Progetto.

fortaleza, 2019

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scarpe da cavallo, 2019

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Installation view from fortaleza

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cunjunto 2, 2019

 

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lunasol (details), 2019

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portal I, 2019

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portal III(details), 2019

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esfera, 2019

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figura(detail), 2019

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figura, 2019

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melbournebikerid, 2019

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ektor garcia (b. 1985, Red Bluff, California, USA) received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2014, and his MFA from Columbia University, New York in 2016. Solo exhibitions include Sculpture Center, Long Island City, USA; Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada; Mary Mary, Glasgow, Scotland; Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Progetto, Lecce, Italy; kurimanzutto, Salon ACME, Mexico City, Mexico. Group exhibitions include LAXART, Los Angeles; New Museum, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Luhring Augustine, Salon 94, Sargent’s Daughters, New York; Chicken Coop Contemporary, Portland, USA; Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico; ACCA, Melbourne, Australia. garcia lives and works in between Mexico, New York, and elsewhere.

UPCOMING:

Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing
Curated by Chrissie Iles and Meg Onli, with Min Sun Jeon and Beatriz Cifuentes
opening March 20, 2024

Education

2016
MFA Columbia University, New York, NY
2014
BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Awards

2018
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant
ISCP, 1 year studio, New York
2016
Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship Award
2015
Institute of Investigative Living with Andrea Zittel
Columbia University Dean’s Travel Grant, Columbia University
2013
Sachs Scholar, Goldman Sachs Scholarship
2012
Ox-Bow LeRoy Neiman Fellowship, Ox-Bow Residency
SAIC Presidential Merit Scholarship, SAIC
2011
SAIC Presidential Merit Scholarship, SAIC

Solo Exhibitions

2022(Upcoming)
ektor garcia, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, Switzerland
ektor garcia: mat ria prima, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
ektor garcia, Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco, USA
2022
FOG Design and Art Fair, with Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco, USA
2020
Oax.D.F.L.A.N.O.H.K., Empty Gallery, Hong Kong, China
ya me vine, ya me voy, Prairie, Chicago
2019
cadena perpetua, SculptureCenter, New York
sangre y barro , Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada
fortaleza , Progetto, Lecce, Italy
2018
6 1⁄2 Wochen , Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
deshacer , Mary Mary, Glasgow, Scotland
portalez , Mary Mary, Art Basel, Switzerland
2017
cochi , Visitor’s Welcome Center, LA
lleno y vacio , Salon ACME, Mexico City
2016
kriziz , kurimanzutto, Mexico City
2014
uña persona show , Touche Leather Bar, Chicago, IL

Group Exhibitions

2022
Separate/Together, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada
Source Materials, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia
Vestigios de un pasado posible, Museo MARCO, Monterrey, Mexico
Entre Irse y Quedarse, Palace Enterprise, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021
Yesterday we said tomorrow, Prospect 5, New Orleans, USA
La Trienal, El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA
2020
Estamos Bien: La Trienial, El Museo Del Bario, New York, USA
There Will Come Soft Rains, Gallery Candice Madey, New York, USA
Fold, Stack Turn, Adams and Ollman, Portland, USA
sunThread, Gern en Regalia, New York
Metallica , Foxy Production, New York
Wearables , Etage Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
Searching the Sky for Rain , SculptureCenter, New York
Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art, Hangzhou, China
EMISSARIES FOR THINGS ABANDONED BY GODS, Casa Luis Barragan, Mexico City
Since Last We Met , Simon Lee, New York
garcia, Raina, Shore, Tossin , Luhring Augustine, New York
Filipovic, Estancia FEMSA - Casa Luis Barragan, Mexico City, Mexico
Frieze London, Cooper Cole, London, UK
Tricknology, ektor garcia and Allison Janae Hamilton, curated by Sanford Biggers, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Aspen, USA
garcia, Raina, Shore, Tossin, Luhring Augustine, New York, USA
Pot, Adams and Ollman, Portland, USA
2018
Oficio y Materia , MAZ Museo, Guadalajara, Mexico
Sperm Cult, LAXART, Los Angeles, USA
Dwelling Poetically: Mexico City, a case study , ACCA, Melbourne Australia
Queer Biennial 2018, What if Utopia, Los Angeles, USA
Where we meet, Chicken Coop Contemporary, Portland, USA
2017
La tanga wax, Biquini Wax, Mexico City, Mexico
Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon , New Museum, NY
No More Deaths Benefit , Salon 94, New York
2016
Contemporary Ceramics , LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York
Matthew K. Abonnenc and ektor garcia , Sargent’s Daughters, New York
2015
Michael Blake and ektor garcia , The Can Gallery, New York
Floating Point, Judith Charles Gallery, New York
Columbia MFA First Year Exhibition, Wallach Art Gallery, New York
2014
Undergrad Thesis Show, Sullivan Gallery, SAIC, Chicago, USA
2013
Slippery Slope, WomanMade, Chicago, USA
Power of Ten, Threewalls, Chicago, USA
2012
Hispanic Heritage, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, USA
2011
Take Root, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, USA

Residencies

2021
Artist in Residence, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
2019
Progetto Residency, Puglia, Italy
International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA
2018
Cove Park, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
2012
Ox Bow Fellowship Residency, Michigan, USA