Mario García Torres
Mario García Torres (* 1975 in Monclova , Coahuila , Mexico ) is a Mexican artist who currently lives and works in Mexico City .
Live and work
García Torres was best known for his cinema stories about the conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s and their artists. In his projects he uses various media such as video, installations, photography and sculpture. He also uses various techniques that seem antiquated today , such as slide projections or 16 mm films.
Solo exhibitions
- 2007: Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- 2009: CCI Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art , San Francisco, California, USA.
- 2009: Fundació Joan Miró , Barcelona, Spain.
- 2010: Museo Reina Sofia , Madrid, Spain.
- 2014/2015: Hammer projects: Mario García Torres , Armand Hammer Museum of Art , Los Angeles, California, USA.
- 2015: Focus .: Mario Garcia Torres , Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth , Fort Worth , Texas, USA.
Group exhibitions
- 2007: 52nd Biennale di Venezia , Venice, Italy.
- 2010: Taipei Biennial , Taipei , Taiwan, Republic of China.
- 2010: 29th Bienal de São Paulo , São Paulo, Brazil.
- 2012: dOCUMENTA (13) , Kassel.
- 2015: Poor Art - Rich Legacy . The Museum of Contemporary Art Oslo, Norway.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | García Torres, Mario |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Monclova , Coahuila , Mexico |