ARTIST PROFILE

Alejandro Morales

  • Mexico (b. 1990 in Juarez)
  • Currently in Juarez, Mexico.
  • Artist and curator, has been working with narcoviolence issues of his city and country, specially through the analysis and manipulation of media.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012

  • PM Project, La intemperie, Santiago, Chile.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014

  • XIX Biennal de Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Hiperrealidad., Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
  • V Festival a-part. Festival International d'art contemporain., Les Baux, Alpilles - Provence, France.
  • Topical Constructions, Centrópolis, Chihuahua, Mexico.
  • Crossing Borders, IMAC, Tijuana, Mexico.
  • Topical Constructions, The Gun Gallery, Juarez, Mexico.
  • Crossing Borders, Gong Gallery, Seoul, Korea, Republic Of.
  • 10 Squared: 100 Artists Celebrate UTEP's Centennial, Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, El Paso, United States.
  • A madmax community, Yonke Galería, Juarez, Mexico.

2013

  • Juarez Nuevo. New Generation of juarense artists., Purple Pop-up Gallery. Festival Chalk the Block, El Paso, United States.
  • Crossing Borders, SOMArts, San Francisco, United States.
  • FIF_BH. International Photography Festival of Belo Horizonte. “Espaços Compartilhados da Imagem”, Centro o Quatro, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
  • Saltando Muros, Contemporary Museum of Art Chile, Santiago, Chile.
  • III Biennal Juarez - El Paso, El Paso Museum of Art - Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juarez, Juarez, Mexico.
  • At times we do, The Gun Gallery, Juarez, Mexico.

2012

  • Come's y te vas, Martino's, Juarez, Mexico.
  • Juarez desde Juarez, FONART; Cultural Center of the City, Juarez, Mexico.

2010

  • Border Life, Taller Azul, Colima, Mexico.
  • Coordinada 12/24, SNTE, Guadalajara, Mexico.
  • Arte Sacro, The Gun Gallery, Juarez, Mexico.

2009

  • Vision y muerte, La cruza, Juarez, Mexico.

2008

  • Paraphilias, IADA, Juarez, Mexico.

LOCATION

  • Born 1990 in Juarez, Mexico.
  • Lives and works in Juarez, Mexico.

EDUCATION

  • 2013 - 2013
    17 Institute of Critical Studies - FLACSO, Mexico, Mexico
    Seminar in Horizons of contemporary violence
  • 2012 - 2012
    University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
    Academic Exchange in Art History in
  • 2010 - 2010
    Visions of Art, Berlin, Germany
    Diploma in The triumph of painting: The painting progress derived from other media
  • 2009 - 2013
    Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez , Juarez, Mexico
    Bachelor in Theory and Criticism of Art in Aesthetics and contemporary Art
  • 2008 - 2010
    Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez , Juarez, Mexico
    BA Visual Arts in Sculpture and Photography

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2014
    Publication Program 2014 Visual Arts/Photoessay
    ICHICULT-CONACULTA, Juarez, Mexico