Bio

Luis Rodrigo Medina

Guadalajara, Jalisco


EDUCATION:

1993-1995 School of Visual Arts, University of Guadalajara (Auditor)
1993 National Institute of Fine Arts, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1994 National School of Visual Arts, Mexico City (Auditor)
1994 Classical Drawing, "El Charro" Pedro Medina Guzmán Workshop, Mexico City.
1999-2000 Atelier 63, Paris, France
1999-2000 National School of Fine Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France
2014 Film Appreciation, Audiovisual Arts Center (CAAV), Guadalajara, Mexico.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selection):

2016 CCCN, Museum of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico City, Mexico.
2014 Family Tree, Ex-Convent of Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico.
2013 CCCN, Galerie Hélène Bailly
Docks Art Fair, Lyon, France.
2012 Deconstruction, Luis Adelantado México, Mexico City.
An Invisible Orchestra, Galerie Hélène Bailly, Paris, France.
2010 Storm on Top of The Finger, CAM Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Mexico
2009 Rêvolution Blues, Galerie Bailly Contemporain, Paris, France
2008 Never Back to School, Luis Adelantado Miami, Miami, USA
2007 FRAGILE, Luis Adelantado Miami, Miami, USA
2016 Contemporary Istanbul, Article Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2005 In Gold We Trust, Galería Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
2004 Galería Haus der Kunst, Guadalajara, Mexico
2003 Galería Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
Galería L´Aljepsar, Castellón, Spain
2001 Galería Haus der Kunst, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Museo de la Ciudad de León, León, Mexico

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selection):

2016 XVII Rufino Tamayo Painting Biennial, Tamayo Museum, Mexico City.
Reconstruction, Abraham Cruzvillegas Project, Zapopan Art Museum, Zapopan, Mexico.
One Hundred Works, One Centennial, Cabañas Cultural Institute, Guadalajara, Mexico.
2014 Illusions, Hélène Bailly Gallery, Paris, France.
2013 A Reason to Love, Luis Adelantado México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Hélène Bailly Gallery, Paris, France.
2012 Nothing is Forever, FART, Jorge Martínez Art Laboratory, Guadalajara, Mexico.
2011 Basic Forces, City Museum, Guadalajara, Mexico.
An Imaginary Party, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia, Spain.
MACO (Mexico Art Fair), Mexico City, Mexico.
2010 Abstract Art from 1933 to 2010, Raúl Anguiano Museum, Guadalajara, Mexico.
2009 IX Monterrey FEMSA Biennial, Monterrey, Mexico.
Arte Fiera Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
2008 Taguer N'Est Pas Jouer, Hélène Bailly Gallery, Paris, France.
2007 Namsong Museum, Gapyeong, South Korea.
SPArte (São Paulo Art Fair), São Paulo, Brazil.
MACO (Mexico Art Fair), Mexico City, Mexico.
2006 Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
SPArte (São Paulo Art Fair), São Paulo, Brazil.
ArteBa (Buenos Aires Art Fair), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Garash Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
2005 VII Monterrey FEMSA Biennial, Monterrey, Mexico.
MACO (Mexico Art Fair), Mexico City, Mexico.
ARCO (Madrid Contemporary Art Fair), Madrid, Spain.
Vibra Óptica, Kritiku Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
2004 ARCO (Madrid Contemporary Art Fair), Madrid, Spain.
Vibra Óptica, National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest, Romania.
2003 FIAC (International Contemporary Art Fair), Paris, France.
Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA.
MIART (Milan Art Fair), Milan, Italy.
2002 XXII National Young Art Encounter, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
Kulturzentrum bei den Minoritien, Graz, Austria.
Vibra Óptica, Cabañas Cultural Institute, Guadalajara, Mexico.
City Museum of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2001 Painting from Jalisco 1950-2000, The Archbishop's Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
FIAC (International Contemporary Art Fair), Paris, France.
Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA.
XXI National Young Art Encounter, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
2000 Diego Rivera Museum, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Blanco, Adriana Schmidt Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany.
XX National Young Art Encounter, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
1999 New Visual Art Alternatives from Jalisco, Linares Museum, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
1998 XVIII National Young Art Encounter, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
1997 XVII National Young Art Encounter, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
1996 New Alternatives in the Visual Art of Jalisco, Pinacoteca of Nuevo León, Mexico.

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS:

2009 Selected, IX Monterrey FEMSA Biennial, Monterrey, Mexico
2005 Selected, VII Monterrey FEMSA Biennial, Monterrey, Mexico
2001 Selected, National Young Art Encounter, Aguascalientes, Mexico
2000 First Place, Painting, October Salon - Omnilife Grand Prize, Guadalajara, Mexico
Selected, National Young Art Encounter, Aguascalientes, Mexico
1999 Honorable Mention, October Salon - Omnilife Grand Prize, Guadalajara, Mexico
Study Grant, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France
Study Grant, Atelier 63, Paris, France
1998 Honorable Mention, Painting, October Salon - Omnilife Prize, Mexico
Foreign Study Grant, October Salon, Guadalajara, Mexico
Selected, National Young Art Encounter, Aguascalientes, Mexico
1997 Honorable Mention, October Salon, Guadalajara, Mexico
1996 Second Place, Sculpture, October Salon, Guadalajara, Mexico
Selected, National Young Art Encounter, Aguascalientes, Mexico