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Edgar Orlaineta (1972) Incantation (Logo I), 2015 Silkscreen on “vintage” fabric, brass-plated, dry leaf, stone and wood. 120 x 120 x 45 cm Courtesy of KaBe Contemporary Miami, Florida
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View of work Edgar Orlaineta (1972) Incantation (Logo II), 2015 Brass-plated steel, dry leaf, stone and wood 40 x 20 x 40 cm EORL 004 Courtesy of the 9.99 gallery 5a ave. 11-16, zona 1, Edificio Passarelli, 2do nivel Centro Hist贸rico Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala. 01001 www.the9.99.gt
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Edgar Orlaineta (1972) Incantation (Logo III), 2015 Brass-plated steel, dry leaf, stone and wood 20 x 20 x 40 cm EORL 005 Courtesy of the 9.99 gallery
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Edgar Orlaineta (1972) Incantation (Logo IV), 2015 Brass-plated steel, dry leaf, stone and wood 55 x 7 x 44 cm EORL 006 Courtesy of the 9.99 gallery 5a ave. 11-16, zona 1, Edificio Passarelli, 2do nivel Centro Hist贸rico Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala. 01001 www.the9.99.gt
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Edgar Orlaineta (1972) Incantation (Logo V), 2015 Brass-plated steel, dry leaf, stone and wood 25 x 20 x 30 cm EORL 007 Courtesy of the 9.99 gallery
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Edgar Orlaineta (1972) Incantation (Logo VI), 2015 Brass-plated steel, dry leaf, stone and wood 40 x 6 x 23 cm EORL 008 Courtesy of the 9.99 gallery
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Edgar Orlaineta (1972) Incantation (Logo VII), 2015 Brass-plated steel, stone and wood 20 x 4 x 20 cm EORL 009 Courtesy of the 9.99 gallery 5a ave. 11-16, zona 1, Edificio Passarelli, 2do nivel Centro Hist贸rico Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala. 01001 www.the9.99.gt
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Edgar Orlaineta (1972) Incantation (Logo VIII), 2015 Brass-plated steel, dry leaf and wood 55 x 7 x 44 cm EORL 010 Courtesy of KaBe Contemporary Miami, Florida 5a ave. 11-16, zona 1, Edificio Passarelli, 2do nivel Centro Hist贸rico Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala. 01001 www.the9.99.gt
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Edgar Orlaineta (1972) Incantation (Logo IX), 2015 Brass-plated steel, dry leaf and wood 57 x 5 x 30 cm EORL 011 Courtesy of the 9.99 gallery 5a ave. 11-16, zona 1, Edificio Passarelli, 2do nivel Centro Hist贸rico Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala. 01001 www.the9.99.gt
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Edgar Orlaineta (1972) Incantation (Logo XI), 2015 Brass-plated steel, stone and wood 25 x 27 x 20 cm EORL 012 Courtesy of the 9.99 gallery
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SELECCIÓN DE EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES / SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2015
Edgar Orlaineta, KaBe Contemporary, Miami, FL, USA. Edgar Orlaineta. RHContemporary Art, N.Y., N.Y. USA
2014
With the eye in the hand/with the hand in the eye, after Alvin Lustig’s “Incantation” FLGallery, Milán, Italia MetaModern. Krannert Art Musuem, Champaign, Illinois.Itinerante Zona Maco Sur, Mexico City (curated by Juan Andrés Gaitán) Domestic Conspiracy, PIRWI, Mexico City Suspended, Miart, Milan
2013
Totem after Ettore Sottsass, Armani Antara, ZonaMACO, Mexico City (curated by Carlos Palacios) La Historia, Ella Misma y Yo, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City (curated by Daniel Garza Usabiaga) Katsina Horizon, Bloom Projects, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara
2011
Solar Nothing, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles
2010
Monocrome Set, Casa Estudio Luis Barragan, Mexico City La Vida En Rosa, Azul y Amarillo, Casa Estudio Luis Barragan, Mexico City Chance Encounters, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City Chance Encounters, Artissima Art Fair. Torino, Italy, PRESENT FUTURE project (curated by Jimena Acosta)
2009
We Are Ugly But We Have The Music, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City De Todas Las Cosas Que Hemos Hecho, el Clauselito, Museo de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City (curated by Mauricio Marcin)
2008
Spirits, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York City
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2007
Ghosts, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City Introductions, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York City
2006
Dandy in the Underworld, Jet Gallery, Berlin (curated by Tilman Wendland) Historia Parallela-La Silla De C.U., M.U.C.A. C.U. Mexico City (curated by Jimena Acosta) Cargo Cult, Cuchifritos Project Space, New York (curated by Paul Clay)
2005
The Idea of Work, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City Medios Masivos, La Celda Contemporaria, Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico City, (curated by Sol Henaro)
2002
La Belleza No Es Mia, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
SELECCIÓN DE EXPOSICIONES COLECTIVAS / SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015
“La Desintegración de la forma,” The 9.99 Gallery, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala. The composing room after Alvin Lustig. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, MARCO, Monterrey, N.L., México . Incantation, Alfabeto Ciego. Flora ars-natura, Bogotá, Colombia.
2014
New Territories: Laboratories for Design, Craft and Art in Latin America, Museum for Arts and Design, New York (upcoming) Copias: transformación y evolución de procesos creativos, Archivo de Diseño y Arquitectura, Mexico City
2013
TROPICALIA NEGRA, Museo Experimental el ECO, México, D.F. 9a BIENAL MERCOSUL, Porto Alegre, Brasil. SUSPENDED, Steve Turner Gallery, L.A., Miart, Feria de arte de Milán. Milán, Italia. La Historia, Ella Misma y Yo. Museo Universitario del Chopo, México, D.F. Proyecto Basurto, Steve Turner Contemporary, Mexico City Forecast, Portals, and Several Monotypes, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul, The 9th Bienal do Mercosul Porto Alegre, Brazil (curated by Daniela Pérez) Black Tropicália, Museo Experimental el Eco, Mexico City (curated by Willy Kautz) Un Mal Necesario, Bucareli 234, Planta Baja, Mexico City
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Solidarity: a memory of art and social change, Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery, Chicago, Ill. Neo Natural, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles Exhibitions: Santiago Borja, Edgar Orlaineta, Tilman Wendland, LA><ART, Los Angeles Factory Direct: Pittsburgh, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
2011
Multitude, Orebro Konsthall, Orebro, Sweden (curated by Christer Fallman, Gabriel Mestre and Mats Nilsson) Transurbaniac, MUAC, Mexico City
2010
Portugal Arte – Billboard project, Lisbon, Portugal (curated by Lauri Firstenberg and Cesar Garcia) Transurbanic, U.C.S.D, San Diego (curated by Guillermo Santamarina) México – Chapultepec 1904, San Carlos Centro Cultrural, Mexico City, Mexico (curated by Bárbara Perea and Minory León) The Well, The Yossef Weissman Municipal Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel (curated by Orly Hafmann) Cafe Tcshichold, Cuchifritos, New York City (curated by Edgar Orlaineta) 23D, MH Gallery. Tel-Aviv, Israel (curated by Orly Hoffman) Quatet, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York (curated by Rachel Gugleberger and Jeffrey Walkowiak) Creacion en Movimento (20 años de Jóvenes Creadores-FONCA), Biblioteca José Vasconcelos Hecho en Casa, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City El Ahijado, Alterna y Corriente, Mexico City (co-curated by Alejandro Almanza, Anibal Catalán, Miguel Cordera, José Luis Cortés, Lucía Díaz y Helena Fernández-Cavada)
2008
Los Moviles. (II Trienal Poligráfica de San Juan de Puerto Rico), San Juan, Puerto Rico (co-curated by Jens Hoffman, Julieta González and Adriano Pedrosa) La Cooperativa De Arte En Video, Laboratorio de Arte Alameda. Mexico City (curated by Fernando Llanos) Recursos Incontrolables y Otros Desplazamientos Naturales. A selection from the permanent collection Museo Univesitario de Arte Contemporaneo, MUAC, Mexico City (curated by Oliver Debroise) Las Lineas de La Mano, Museo Univesitario de Arte Contemporaneo, MUAC, Mexico City (curated by Jimena Acosta) Works of Art With a Minimum of Steel, at Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City LatinoLatino, Pallazzo della Vicaria in Trapani (curated by Raffaella Guidobono) Implant, The Horticultural Society of New York at USB gallery, New York City, (curated by Jodie Vicenta Robinson) W.D.A.O.V.T.O.P.N.N.M.T.B.V., organized by Michalis Pichler, Presentation at Baso, Berlin. Distribution by Revolver, Frankfurt Transit Cases: Chairs from Mexico, Centro Cultural Univesitario Tlatelolco, Mexico City, (curated by Jimena Acosta)
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Elefante Negro, Museo Diego Rivera Anahuacalli, Mexico City (curated by Ximena Apisdorf and Edgar Orlaineta) Currents: Recent Acquisitions, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (curated by Anne Ellegood) Inventario, Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, Mexico City (curated by Victor Palacioas) Red Badge of Courage, The National Newark Building, Newark (curated by Omar López-Chahoud) Deambulante, Galería José María Velasco, Mexico City (curated by Alfredo Matus) Hecho en Mexico: VIDEO ARTE MEXICANO CONTEMPO-RANEO. LOOP ’07, organized by Fernando Llanos, Caixa Forum Barcelona, Barcelona Ceci N’est Pas…, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York City (curated by Rachel Gugelberger and Jeffrey Walkowiak) Perdidos en el Despacio, Fundació espais d’art contemporani, Girona (curated by Ximena Labra and Artemio)
2006
Denial is a River, Sculpture Center, New York (curated by Anthony Huberman and Sarina Basta) Relativo, MUCA, Museo Univercitario de Ciencias y Arte, Campus Roma. Universidad Nacional, Mexico City (curated by Bárbara Perea)
2005
Critic’s Select, The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Art, New Jersey (curated by D.Dominick Lombardi and Raúl Zamudio) Breve Historia Contada a Mano, Centro de Arte de la Comunidad de Madrid (curated by Gonzalo Ortega) MÉXICO 70, Museo de la Casa del Lago, UNAM. Mexico City (curated by Erik Castillo) The Peekskill Project, Peekskill, New York (curated by Natalie Angles, Paul Clay, Erin Donnelly, Lance Fung, Dr. Kòan Jeff-Baysa, Alison Levy, Jessica Rogers, Sue Stoffel, and Joseph R. Wolin)
2003
Contemporary Mexican Video Art: A program of short works hosted by Ruben Gutierrez. Mexico Illuminated/ México Iluminado, Freedman Gallery, Pennsylvania The Vanishing City, Programa Art Center, México City, Museum of Installation, London (curated by Nicola Oxley, Nicolas de Oliveira and Jeremy Wood)
2000
Erogena, Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, Mexico City and S.M.A.K., Ghent (curated by Magalí Arriola) Pasaje Iturbide, Museo de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City (curated by Terence Gower) Cinco Continentes y Una Ciudad-Segundo, Salon Internacional de Pintura, Museo de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City (curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina)
1998
Instalaciones Para Sito Especifico, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
1997
Cambio, Temporary space, New York, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City (curated by Kenny Schachter)No Soy Chino, Art & Idea, Mexico City (curated by Ruben Gallo) New Texts From Mexico, Art Deposit, New York City
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Environmex, Art Deposit, Mexico City (curated by Ulises)
PREMIOS/ AWARDS 2014
Premio Tequila 1800, Zona Maco Sur, Mexico City
2008
Sistema Nacional de Creadores, FONCA, Mexico Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York International Residency Program, Banff Center, Canada, FONCA, Mexico
2007
International Residency Program, Pilotprojekt Gropiusstandt, Berlin
2006
Young Creators Grant, New Forms, FONCA, Mexico International Residency Program, Triangle Art, New York
2005
International Residency Program, ArtOmi, New York International Residency Program, Braziers, London
2002
Study Aboard Grant, MFA at Pratt Institute, New York FONCA, Mexico
2001
Young Creators Grant, Painting, FONCA, Mexico
1997
Special Projects Grant, Art Deposit, FONCA, Mexico City
SELECCIÓN BIBLIOGRÁFICA / SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Noreña, Aurora. “De todas las cosas que hemos hecho.”(2009) Marcin, Mauricio, “Enanos encaramados en hombros de
gigantes.” (2009)
Rosemberg, Karen. “Yes, the live music is lovely, but will the August Art, (2008)
plants like it,” New York Times, Palacios, Victor, “Binding Durations,” Flash
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Zamudio, Raul. “Spirits,” Flash Art, (2008) Gopnik, Blake. “Function following form,” The Washington Post,
(2008) Wolin, Joseph R. “Spirits,” Time Out New York, (2008) Dietsch, Deborah K.“Hirshhorn’s newest art,” Washington Times, (2008) Baker, R.C. “Spirits,” The Village Voice, (2008) Canning, Susan. “Denial is a River,” Sculpture, (2008) Conner, Jill. “Denial is a River,” The Brooklyn Rail, Dec/Jan (2008) Manley, Jennifer. “Denial is a River,” Queens Chronicles, (2008) McAdams, Shane. “Spirits,” Chelsea Now, (2008) Peran, Martí. “Spatial Occupation Exercise to Try to Say Quickly that Space is Constructed, (2008) Slowly,” Perdidos en el despacio, Fundació Espais d’Art Contem porani, Girona Wendland, Tilman. “Edgar Orlaineta-Dandy in the Underworld,” Jet gallery, Berlin (2006) Ortega, Gonzalo. “Breve historia contada a mano,” Centro de arte Jóven, Madrid Zamudio-Taylor, Victor, “Edgar Orlaineta,” Origina (2005) Gallo, Ruben. “New Tendencies in Mexican Art – The 1990s,” Palgrave Macmillan (2004) Arriola, Magalí. “Burbujas de jabón” for the exhibition catalogue of Erogena, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico/ SMAK, Ghent (2000) Medina, Cuauhtemoc. “Post Nacional y Post Pictórico.” Cinco continentes y una ciudad, Museo de la Ciudad de México, Mexico City (2000) Holland, Cotter. “Cambio,” The New York Times, (1997)
COLECCIONES PÚBLICAS / PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Washington, DC. MUAC, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo, UNAM. Ciudad de México. Caixa Forum Barcelona. Barcelona, España. Hammer Museum, Los Angles, California, U.S.A. C.C.A. Wattis Institute of Cantemporary Art, San Francisco, C.A. KADIST, Paris/San Francisco. Museo Amparo. Puebla, Mexico. Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico. Colección Tequila 1800, México, D.F. Colección JUMEX, México, D.F.
DISTINCIONES / DISTINCTIONS Premio Tequila 1800, México. 2014.
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EDUCACIÓN / EDUCATION: Pratt Institute, Nueva York, NY. 2002-2004 Maestría con especialidad en Escultura Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, La Esmeralda, Ciudad de México 1993-1998 Licenciatura en Pintura
RESIDENCIAS / RESIDENCIES Banff Center. Banff, Canada. 2008 Pilotprojekt Gropiusstandt. Berlin. 2007 Triangle Art. Nueva York, NY. 2006 ArtOmi. Nueva York, NY. 2005 Braziers. Londres. 2005
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