Gabriel Kuri
1970
Born in Mexico
lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico and Brussels, Belgium
1993-95
MA Fine Arts Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
1988-92
Graduate in Visual Art, Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas U.N.A.M. Mexico City, Mexico
1987-1990
Gabriel Orozco’s workshop with Abraham Cruzvillegas, Damián Ortega and Jerónimo López, Mexico
Solo shows
2010
Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Gabriel Kuri: Nobody needs to know the price of your SAAB, Blaffer Gallery, Houston University Museum,
Houston (TX), USA
Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Museion, Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bolzano, Italy
2009
3.66% of 3.66%, Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
2008
Model for a Victory Parade, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
2007
Space made to measure object, made to measure space, Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany
Reforma Fiscal 2007, Galería Kurimanzutto, Mexico City, Mexico
2006
And Thanks In Advance, Govett-Brewster, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Dato Duro, Dato Blando, Dato Ciego, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
2004
Calorie Counting, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
2003
Start To Stop Stopping, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Statements, Miami Art Basel, Miami (FL), USA
Let’s Go To Going To, Freespace Limburg, Belgium
Por Favor Gracias De Nada, Gabriel Kuri and Liam Gillick, Kurimanzutto, Mexico City, Mexico
2002
Recent Work, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York (NY), USA
2000
Momento de Importancia, Museo Rufino Tamayo (Sala 7), Mexico City, Mexico
Momento de Importancia, Aula Magna, Instituto Anglo-Mexicano, Mexico
Momento de Importancia, Project Room, ARCO, Madrid, Spain
1999
Plan De San Lunes, Museo de las Artes de Guadalajara, Mexico City, Mexico
1997
Extra, Sinaloa 252, Mexico City, Mexico
1996
Everyday Holiday (with Liam Gillick), Le Magasin Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, France
1992
Te amo pero donde estas, Galería Arte Actual, Monterrey, Mexico
1991
Iconografía del capricho, Galería Etnia, Mexico City, Mexico
Selected group shows
2010
It is it, Espacio 1414, Puerto Rico
TRANSURBANIAC, University Art Gallery, University of California San Diego, San Diego (CA)
Languages and Experimentations, MART, Rovereto, Italy
Idiolect, Wiels Contemporary Art Centre, Bruges, Belgium
2009
Where do we go from here?, Colección Jumex, Minerva Cuevas Bass Museum of Art, Miami (FL), USA
GAGARIN The Artists in their Own Words, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
The Space of the Work and the Place of the Object, The Sculpture Centre, New York (NY)
Revolutionary of the Ordinary. The Order of Things, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Pop Up! On Realisms and Realities, Ludwif Forum, Aachen, Germany
All That is Solid Melts into Air, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
La Casa qu el Gato costruyo, Galerie Salvador Diaz, Madrid
2da Trienal Poli/Grafica de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2008
Inaugural Exhibition, Kurimanzutto, Mexico City, Mexico
Baghdad, Space Cog, Analyst, Frith Street Gallery, London, UK
Schüttelreime, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
The Store, Tulip & Roses, Vilnius, Lithuania
Master Humphrey’s Clock, (a project by De Appel‘s curatorial programme, Utrecht, The Netherlands), 5. Berlin
Biennale, Berlin, Germany
Brave New Worlds, Colección Jumex, Ecatepec, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
2007
Unmonumental, New Museum, New York (NY), USA
Fit to print, Gagosian Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Brave New Worlds, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (MN), USA
Greed!, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley (ID), USA
Expats & Clandestins, Wiels - Centre d’art contemporain, Brussels, Belgium
Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (IL), USA
2006
The Exotic Journey Ends, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
Los Angeles / México. Complejidades Y Heterogeneidad, Colección, Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City, Mexico
An Image Bank for Everyday Revolutionary Life, Gallery at REDCAT (The Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater) and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (CA), USA
2005
Open-Ended: Pierre Bismuth, Michel François, Gabriel Kuri (curated by Daniel McClean), Thomas, Dane Gallery, London, UK
En Route: Via Another Route (An Exhibition On Board the Trans-Siberian Train) (curated by Adam Carr), Trans-Siberian train
In This Colony, Kunstfort Bij Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen, The Netherlands
Omaggio Al Quadrato, Gallleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
Post Notes (curated by Adam Carr), Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis (MN), USA ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), London, UK
Monuments for the USA, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (CA), USA
Emergency Biennale in Chechnya: A Suitcase from Paris to Grosny (co-curated by Evelyne Jouanno and Jota Castro), Grozny, Chechnya; Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France; Brussels, Belgium; Bolzano, Italy; Milan, Italy; Florence, Italy; Calcutta, India; New York (NY), USA; Cali, Colombia; Santiago de Chile, Chile; Sydney, Australia; Melbourne, Australia; Palestine
Material Time / Work Time / Life Time (curated by Jessica Morgan), Reykjavik Arts
Festival 2005, Reykjavik Art Mueseum, Hafnarhus, Iceland
Feeling Strangely Fine, Galería Estrany-de la Mota, Barcelona, Spain
From A To B And Back Again (curated by Simon Moretti), Galerie chez Valentin, Paris, France
Material Matters, Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca (NY), USA
2004
I’ll Be Your Mirror (organized by Fondazione Nicola Trussardi during the Frieze Art Fair), City Inn Westminster Hotel guest rooms, London, UK
Specific Objects: The Minimalist Influence, MCA, San Diego and La Jolla (CA), USA
Around the Corner (curated by Carolina Grau), Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
Beating about the Bush, South London Gallery, London, UK
State of Play, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
The Happy Worker, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson (NY), USA
La Colmena (curated by Guillermo Santamarina), Colección Jumex, Edo. de Mexico, Mexico
2003
Elephant Juice (Sexo entre amigos), Kurimanzutto @ Los Manantiales, Xochimilco, Mexico
Interludes,(curated by Francesco Bonami), 50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Utopia Station, 50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Living With Duchamp, Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs (NY), USA
Supernova: Art of The 1990s from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (CA), USA
Bienal Americas De Ponta Cabeza, Fortaleza, Brazil
Killing Time and Listening Between Lines (curated by Philippe Vergne and Douglas Fogle), La Colección Jumex, Edo. de México, Mexico
2002
Exhile on Main Street, NICC, Amberes, Belgium
Mexico City: An Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values, PS1, Long Island City (NY), USA; Kunstwerke, Berlin, Germany
Siete Dilemas: Diálogos en el Arte Mexicano, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico
2001
Sonsbeek 9, Locus Focus (curated by Jan Hoet), Arnhem, The Netherlands
Demonstration Room Casa Ideal (travelling), NICC Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium; APEX ART, New York, (NY), USA; Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela
Group Show, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Dedallic Convention, MAK, Vienna, Austria
Tirana Biennial, (curated by Francesco Bonami), Tirana, Albania
Escultura Mexicana Siglo XX, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
2000
New Sitings. Contemporary Projects 4, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles (CA), USA
Age of Influence: Reflections in the Mirror of American Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (IL), USA
c/o La Ciudad, SAW Gallery, Ottawa (ON), Canada
Galería kurimanzutto @ Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Summer Show, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York (NY), USA
1999
Yo y mi circunstancia, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal (QC), Canada
Dobles Vides (in collaboration with Taller General: Abraham Cruzvillegas, Gabriel Orozco and Damián Ortega), Barcelona, Spain
OLDnewTOWN, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York (NY), USA
Cinco Continentes Y Una Ciudad, Museo de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Economía de Mercado, Galería Kurimanzutto, Mexico City, Mexico
La Sala del Artista, Galería Kurimanzutto, Mexico City, Mexico
1998
Lines of Loss, Artists Space, New York (NY), USA
1997
Transatlantic, Incubator Gallery, London, UK, Konstakuten, Stockholm, Sweden, CASE, Harlem, The Netherlands
Tres Espacios, Art & Idea, Mexico City, Mexico
1996
Offside! Contemporary Artists and Football, Manchester City Art Galleries, Colchester First Site, Colchester, UK
Moment Ginza, Le Magasin Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Yerself Is Steam 85, Charlotte Street, London, UK
I Feel Explosion, Flat above Arndale Centre, Manchester, UK
1995
MA Degree Show, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
1994
Art Koln, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Cologne, Germany
Private View, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
The Return of Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Centre, New York (NY), USA
1993
Otros Especímenes, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
Calma instalaciones, Temístocles 44, Mexico City, Mexico
1991
D.F. Art from Mexico City, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio (TX), USA
Reconsideración del Paisaje, Club Hípico La Sierra, Mexico City, Mexico
1990
Aire fresco en el verano del amor, Galería División Arte México D.F, Mexico City, Mexico
1989
De cabeza, Galería Polyforum Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico
Novos Valores Da Arte Contemporanea e Internacional, Museo de Arte de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
Awards and distinctions
2002
ACA Master, Artist in residence, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach (FL), USA
1999
Premio Omnilife, Gráfica, Mexico
1997-1998
Beca de Apoyo a Jóvenes Creadores FONCA Mexico