Collection: Armando de la Garza

Armando de la Garza, born in Mexico, March 2, 1973.

Currently, he works in his workshop in Mexico City.

TRAINING.
1990 – 1995 Architecture. Faculty of Architecture, UANL
1995 – present. Various courses and workshops.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS.

He has participated in more than 40 collective exhibitions, among which the following stand out.

2000 “Latin American Artists” La Fuente Gallery, Dallas, TX, USA
2004 “Myths and Nuances of Mexico” Ryramida Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 “Mexican Art Collective” ICM. Vienna, Austria
2007 “Face to Face” Centennial Museum, San Pedro Garza, Mexico
2009 “IX Femsa Biennial” Monterrey, Mexico
2010 20 years, Acquisition Awards review of the Nuevo Leonese plastic arts, Monterrey NL
2010 “Art San Diego”, Art Fair, San Diego, California, Zona Maco Monterrey, Monterrey, NL
2011 ZonaMaco Mexico City. Art BA, Buenos Aires Art Fair, Argentina
2012 “Paraphrase” Center for the Arts, Monterrey, Mexico
2014 ZonaMaco Mexico City. Isabel Croxatto Gallery. Chile.
2014 “Distant Memories” El Centenario Museum, San Pedro Garza García NL
2014 CH.Aco Contemporary Art Fair, Santiago, Chile
Julio Castillo Biennial, Querétaro Contemporary Art Museum.
2015 Art Central Hong Kong Art Fair. Isabel Croxatto Gallery.
Sydney Contemporary, Isabel Croxatto gallery. Sydney Australia.
ChAco. Contemporary Art Fair, Santiago, Chile.
“From Madonna to Madonna” Matucana Museum 100. Santiago, Chile
2016 “Horror Vacui Collective”. Maco Zone photo. Mexico City
“Vanity and Disillusionment” Museum of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico City.
2017 "Dystropia" Museum of History and Art, Gurzua Palace, Durango, Mexico
“Free day” CRAG gallery Torino Italy.
2018 “Contemporary Art Exhibition”. Crag Gallery, Capri Italy
“XVIII Tamayo Biennial” Rufino Tamayo Museum of Contemporary Art, Oaxaca, Mexico
2019 “Zona Maco” Gregory Leroy Gallery, Mexico City
“Constellations” Archive Collective Gallery. Mexico City
“Living Art” MAM, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City
“XVIII Rufino Tamayo Biennial”, Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City
2021 “Latin American Galleries Now” Espacio O, Santiago, Chile
2023 “The house through the window” Isabel Croxatto Gallery, Santiago de Chile.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS He has held 20 solo exhibitions, including:
2000 “Truth or Heresy” Raúl Rangel Frías Magna Library, Monterrey, NL Mexico
3003 “Court Portraits” Alternative Eleven Gallery, San Pedro Garza, Guatemala, Mexico
2007 “Still Life” Las Poblanitas, San Pedro Garza, Mexico
2009 “ID” Emma Molina Gallery, San Pedro Garza, Guatemala, Mexico
“Once Upon a Time” Arts Center III, Generators Building, Monterrey, NL
2010 “Anywhere this can be found”, Ginocchio Gallery, Mexico City
2012 “Philosophy in the Dressing Table” Contemporary Mexican Art” Monterrey NL, Mexico
2014 “The Misfortunes of Virtue” Las Condes Cultural Corporation. Santiago, Chile.
2105 “The Misfortunes of Virtue” Oblyon Gallery, Barcelona, ​​Spain.
2015 “Horror Vacui” Isabel Croxatto Gallery. Santiago, Chile.
2016 "Hypertrophy" Querétaro City Museum. Querétaro, Mexico
2017 “Biota” Creative Area 42. Rivarolo Italy
2018 “The Transvaluation of All Values” Contemporary Mexican Art Gallery, San Pedro Garza García
NL
2019 “Paintings and Objects” Espacio Balmes Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2020 “Of the Kingdoms” Espacio O, Santiago de Chile
2021 “Horror Vacui” “6x4” Projects, Mexico City, Mexico
2023 “Still Life” An Ephemeral Experience Merida Yucatan
“Vanitas” Solo Show at the Marte Fair, Castellón, Valencia, Spain

AWARDS.
2014 Selection in the “Julio Castillo National Painting Award” Querétaro Qtro. Mexico.
2000 Selection in the “XX Review of Nuevo Leon Plastic Arts”, House of Culture of NL
2002 Selection in the 22nd Review of Nuevo Leon Plastic Arts, NL House of Culture
Selection at the XXII National Meeting of Young Art, Aguascalientes Ags.
Selection at the “5th Regional Biennial of Young Art” at the House of Culture of NL
2003 Acquisition Award at the “XVIII Review of Nuevo Leon Plastic Arts, House of Culture of NL
2009 Selection at the IX Monterrey Femsa Biennial.
2018 Selection at the XVIII Tamayo Biennial.

PUBLICATIONS.
XX, XXII and XXIII Catalogue of the Review of Nuevoleonese Plastic Arts.
Catalogue of the 5th Regional Biennial of Young Art.
Catalogue IX Femsa Biennial.
Environment Magazine. UANL
Book cover “The Christ of Buenaventura” by Antonio Parra.
Various articles in the press
ZonaMaco Catalog 2010, 2011
ChAco Fair Catalog 2014 Santiago de Chile.
Various magazines. La Tempestad, Elle, Vogue, Glomour, GQ, Travel + Leisure, among others.