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Cecilia Vázquez Professor, Fine Arts 2D Graduate Program Director, MFA Studio Arts Associate Professor, Painting
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Industry Experience

Exhibitions:

Solo (selected)

  • 2020 – “Reverberations: Cecilia Vázquez”. Robert E. & Martha Hull Lee Gallery, Miami University of Ohio. Oxford, OH
  • 2019 – “Reflejos: resonancia del deseo”. 527 Gallery, Seminario de Cultura Mexicana, Mexico City
  • 2017 – “Cartografías para la memoria”. Two-person show: Eblem Santana and Cecilia Vázquez. Celda Contemporánea, Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico City
  • 2017 – “Escenarios.” Fine Arts Show Room, UPAEP. Puebla, Mexico
  • 2014 – “Fondo, figura y fondo otra vez”. Casa Universitaria del Libro, State University of Nuevo León, Mexico
  • 2012 – “Cecilia Vázquez. Obra reciente”. Museum of the City of Querétaro, Mexico

Group (selected)

  • 2019 – “Arte Mexicano Contemporáneo. Sonora 2.1 Apuntes para una colección”. MUSAS Art Museum. Sonora, Mexico
  • 2018 – “Pintura reactiva”. Carrillo Gil Contemporary Art Museum. Mexico City “BP Project.” Mexico City and Moscow, Russia
  • 2016 – “Pintura contemporánea”. Urbana Gallery. Mexico City 2014 “6ta Bienal Miradas.” Invited to participate under the category of “Distinguished Artists”. CECUT. Baja California, Mexico
  • 2012 – “Inside Out 2012.” Inside-Out Art Museum. Beijing, China “V Bienal Internacional de Arte Visual Universitario”. Estado de México, Mexico
  • 2011 – “Circunstancias, indagaciones femeninas en el arte. Museum of the City of Cuernavaca. Morelos, Mexico
  • 2008 – “Imagen Nómada.” Goethe Institute. Dusseldorf, Germany
  • 2007 – “Crossing the Pond.” Editions II & I. NY Arts Beijing. Beijing, China

Publications:

Monographs

Selected Bibliography and Press:

Collections:

  • MUSAS Art Museum, Mexico
  • Inside Out Museum, China
  • Banco Nacional de México, Mexico
  • Fundación Arte y Autores Contemporáneos, Spain
  • MACAY Contemporary Art Museum, Mexico
  • Centro Cultural San Angel, Mexico
  • Solorzano, Carvajal, Gonzalez y Perez Correa, Mexico

Awards

  • 2018-2020 – National System of Creators Grant Recipient. FONCA: Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Mexican National Endowment for the Arts), Mexico. Three-year grant for development of artwork.
  • 2016 – Key Note Speaker. XXII Annual Juan Bruce-Novoa Mexican Studies University of California, Irvine
  • 2013-2015 – National System of Creators Grant Recipient. FONCA: Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico. Three-year grant.
  • 2009-2012 – National System of Creators Grant Recipient. FONCA: Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico. Three-year grant.
  • 2007 – Resident Artist, NY Arts Beijing. China 2004 Resident Artist and Grant Recipient, Banff International Centre for the Arts, Canada
  • 1999-2001 – Fulbright Grant Recipient. MFA, Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Boston, MA
  • 1997-1998 – Young Creators Program Grant Recipient. FONCA. Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico
  • 1998 – Resident Artist, Fundación Arte y Autores Contemporáneos. Primer Encuentro Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo. Chinchón, Spain
  • 1993 – National University of Mexico Cultural Foundation Grant Recipient. Mexico
  • 1992-1993 – Young Creators Program Grant Recipient. FONCA. Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico

Professional Affiliations

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