ALEJANDRO ALMANZA PEREDA
Curriculum Vitae Born in Mexico City, Mexico. Lives and work between Guadalajara and Mexico City. Education 2014 Master in Fine Arts Hunter College NY 2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts University of Texas at El Paso Solo Exhibitions 2016 Solo exhibition at Chert, Berlin 2015 Everything but the kitchen sank, Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco 2014 Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Stanley Rubin Center, El Paso TX 2013 Las Quince Letras, Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City 2011 Within the Realm of Possibility, College of Wooster Art Museum Wooster Ohio 2010 The heaviest baggage for the traveler is the empty one, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York 2009 Those who live by the sword, die by the sword or by third hand smoke, Chert, Berlin 2008 The Fan and The Shit, Magnan Projects, New York NY 2007 Andamio (temporary frameworks), Art in General, New York 2006 Stand Clear, Magnan Emrich, New York 2005 Mix Series, Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas TX 2003 Impermeable, Union Gallery, El Paso TX Awards and Residencies Collections Goetz Collection Kadist Collectio ASU Museum Museo Del Barrio Colección Jumex Museo de Arte de Lima
2015 Solo presentation Zona Maco, Mexico City, curated by João Mourão e Luis Silva, with Churro & Poncho, Jalisco, México
2013 El Diente Dorado del Caballo Regalado, Revolver Lima, Peru
2013 Fruto de una infinidad de circunstancias imposibles de determinar, González y González, Santiago de Chile
2011 Something for Nothing, Chert, Berlin
2011 Did it my way and I took the highway, Fundación Magnolia / Rove Gallery, London
2010 Ideational Architectures, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles
2005 Verdevete, Glass Gallery UTEP, El Paso
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha NE, 2011
Harpo Foundation Grant, Los Angeles
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation Grants Program, Miami
National Fund for the Arts and Culture (FONCA), Programa Jóvenes Creadores, Mexico City 2005 and 2007
Best of Show Arlene Mc Kinon Award, University of Texas at El Paso, 2005, 2003, & 2002 Juried Student Art Show
Best Photograph/Digital Image, University of Texas at El Paso, 2005 Juried Student Art Show
The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 2004 Summer Residency Program Serie Print Project XI, Coronado Studios Residency, Austin 2004
Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award 2003, International Sculpture Center
Best Sculpture Award University of Texas at El Paso, 2003 Juried Student Art Show
selection of works Alejandro Almanza Pereda
