Resume

Born:
Mexico City, Mexico

EDUCATION

1998
Master of Fine Arts, Memphis College of Art

1993
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005
Recent Escapes, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Notre Promesse, Marci Gaymu Gallery, Paris, France

Spare Parts, Buena Vista Building, Miami, FL

2004
In The Company of Strangers, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Nuestro Juramento, Marci Gaymu Gallery, Madrid, Spain

Cylindrical Paintings, Instituto de Mexico, Miami, FL

2003
My-Ami, Stephen P. Clarke Gallery, Miami Dade Department of Cultural Affairs

New Work, Gallerie Bourbon-Lally, Port au Prince, Haiti

2002
A Petition of Sorts, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL

On Imagined Occasions, Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2001
Poser, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL

Looking Back, Florida Stage Gallery, Lake Worth, FL

1999
Egregius in Urbe Pictor, Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, TN

1998
Paintings for the End of the World, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN

1996
Displaced Desires, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

1993
Lucero, Saint John the Divine Cathedral, New York City, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
Accent Miami, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Interventions, ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami Beach, FL

2006
Pregon, Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, FL

Scion Pop-Up Gallery, South Beach, FL

2005
Draw, Son Projects, Barcelona, Spain

Artists’ Books, Son Projects, Barcelona, Spain

Faculty Show, Miami International University of Art and Design

2004
Crossroads Miami: Recent Work by Carlos de Villasante, Carlos Betancourt,

Rosario Marquardt and Roberto Behar, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA

Arco 2004, Madrid, Spain, Edge Zones Gallery, Miami, FL

Bird House, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL

2003
Scope Art Fair, Miami Beach, Miami, FL

Frenzy, Warehouse 97, Miami, FL

Space, Miami Museum of Science, Miami, FL

Art Institute of Miami Faculty Show, Miami, FL

WhiteBox Second Annual Benefit Auction, WhiteBox Gallery, NY

Turning Pages: Celebrating South Florida Artists’ Books, Centre Gallery, Wolfson Campus, Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL

Inside Paper, Spanish Cultural Center, Miami, FL
Art Miami, Gallerie Bourbon-Lally, Miami Beach Convention center, Miami Beach, FL

South Florida Cultural Consortium Grantee Show, Stephen P. Clarke Center, Miami, FL

2002
New Art Barcelona '02, Barcelona, Spain

Form and Figure, James Herring Space, Art Basel, Miami, FL

Benefit Auction White Box, New York, NY

Artist Auction Locust Projects, Miami, FL

No Show, Fredrick Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL

No Home Show, Eugenia Vargas Residence, Miami, FL

Contexto Santo Domingo 02, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

New Art 2002, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

New Art 2002, Key West Museum of Art and History, Key West, FL

No Show, Frederick Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL

The Seducer’s Diary, South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, FL

Art Basel Show, Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL

2001
New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

Poser, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL

New Style, Arts Magna, Miami, FL

The Sears Building, The House, Miami, FL

2000
Summer Group Show, Freites Revilla Gallery, Miami, FL

New Drawings, 410 Contemporary, Memphis, TN

1999
Max 99, University of Memphis Art Museum, Curated by Buzz Spector

25th Juried Prints, Drawings, Photos, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK

Invitational, Memphis Arts Festival, Memphis, TN

Bare Necessities, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN

6 New Artists, Cooper Street Gallery, Memphis, TN

Art Farm, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN

1998
Group Show, Cooper Street Gallery, Memphis, TN

MFA Show, Tobey Gallery, Memphis, TN

1997
Juried Summer Show, Tobey Gallery, Memphis, TN

Gibson Art Guitars, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN

Recent Work, Paul Edelstein Gallery, Memphis, TN

1996
Boxing Match, Plan B Gallery, Memphis, TN

Birds, Gallerie Etoile, Boston, MA

1995
Havana Biennial: Young Printers, Museo Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

2002
South Florida Consortium Grantee: $15,000

2001
Southern Sensibilities Art in America, by Frances Colpitt, November ‘01 issue

Purchase Prize, New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art

1999
Governor’s School for the Arts Excellence in Teaching Award, Murfreesboro, TN

Featured Emerging Artist, Memphis Arts Festival

25th Prints drawings and Photos Juried Show, Arkansas Art Center

1997
First Prize, Tobey Gallery, Memphis, TN, juried by Andrew and Kathy Ginsel

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2005
“Skate the Ground,” project for A-42 Magazine (Cover photo), Editor Antonio Zaya, Getafe, Spain

2004
Tim Rollins, “Carlos de Villasante: When the Painter Becomes Medium. Some Thoughts on the Recent Painting of Carlos de Villasante.” ATLANTICA (Grand Canary Islands, Spain) CAAM Museum, Tenerife, Spain

2002
Antonio Zaya, "Proyecto Contexto de Miami a Santo Domingo," Catalog essay

Elisa Turner, “A Petition of Sorts,” Miami Herald, 4.31.02

Douglas MacCash, “On Imagined Occasions,” Times Picayune, 2.02.02

Alfred Triff, “Seducer's Diary,” Miami New Times, 2.22.02

2001
Frances Colpitt, “Southern Sensibilities: New Orleans Triennial’,” Art in America, November 2001

Pinkney Herbert, “New Orleans Triennial,” Catalogue essay

“New Orleans Triennial” Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA

2000
Frederic Koeppel, “Egregius in Urbe Pictor,” Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN

1999
Glenna Park, “Max 99,” Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN

Buzz Spector, “Max 99,” Catalogue essay, University of Memphis Museum of Arts

Frederic Koeppel, “Paintings for the End of the World,” Commercial Appeal

C. Huntington, “Paintings for the End of the World,” Number Arts Magazine 36

SPECIAL PROJECTS

2005
A-42 Magazine, Masked Session Performance. Curated by Antonio Zaya

2004
Recuerdo/Souvenir, Mural at 818 SW 4th Avenue, Miami, (Wahab Construction)
25’x 60’, Acrylic on Concrete, 2003

ATLANTICA Magazine, Project. Curated by Antonio Zaya. Text by Tim Rollins. CAAM Museum, Canary Islands, Spain

2002
Proyecto Contexto. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Series of urban interventions involving the installation of mural banners throughout the city and involving passers-by.