Teresa Margolles

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Born: Culiacan, Mexico
Lives: and works in Mexico City

Education
1994 First place: XVI Sal�n de la Pl�stica Sinaloense, organized by Universidad Aut�noma de Sinaloa
1995 Diploma in forensic medicine and science of communication at Universidad Nacional de M�xico
2002 First place: VII Bienal de Pintura de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
2002 Honorary mention at the Northwest Bienal, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico

Solo Exhibitions
Selected Exhibitions

2009 Representing Mexico at the Venice Biennial
2009 �Los Herederos - The Heirs�,Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, January 17 - February 21 2009

2008 �Teresa Margolles�, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, cur. Hartwig Knack, Oct. 5, 2008 � Feb. 15, 2009 (solo)
2008 �Teresa Margolles�, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Aug. 29 � Sept. 27 (solo)
2008 �Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence�, University of Southern California Fisher Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, cur. Jos� Roca, Sept. 3 � Nov. 8 (group)
2008 �Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence�, The John and Mable Ringing Museum of Art, Sarasota, USA, cur. Jos� Roca, May 22 � Aug. 10 (group)
2008 ��Viva la muerte!�, CAAM � Centro Atl�ntico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Cran Canaria, cur. Gerald Matt / Thomas Mie�gang / �lvaro Rodr�guez Fominaya, Apr. 18 � Jun. 29 (group)
2008 �Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence�, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, USA, cur. Jos� Roca, Feb. 8 � Apr. 26 (group)

2007 Death Rituals, Herzliya Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
2007 7. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen 2007, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany

2006 Limites - Estrecho Dudoso, ARS TEOR/�Tica, San Jos� Norte, Costa Rica
2006 Six Feet Under � Autopsie unseres Umgang mit den Toten, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern
2006 Liverpool Biennal 2006, Liverpool, UK
2006 �ExcESs,� Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
2006 Tres minutos, La Casa Jos� Clemente Orozco, Guadalajara, Mexico (solo
2006 127 cuerpos, Kunstverein f�r die Rheinlande und Westfalen, D�sseldorf, Germany (solo)

2005 Ciudad Ju�rez, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (solo)
2005 Ca�da Libre/Chute libre, Frac de Lorraine, Metz, France (solo)
2005 In the Air: Projections of Mexico/La Muerte, Guggenheim Museum, New York (solo)
2005 Indelible Images (trafficking between Life and Death), The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2005 �Eco: Arte Contempor�neo Mexicano," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid

2004 Teresa Margolles. Muerte sin fin, Museum f�r Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Main (solo)
2004 �A grain of dust a drop of water," Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
2004 �Made in Mexico," UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California

2003 Mercosur, Puerto Alegre, Brazil
2003 Corps et fruits, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris France
2003 Des/fragmentar, Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte Roma, Mexico D.F., Mexico
2003 Crematorio, Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
2003 En el aire, Vorarlberger Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria (solo)
2003 Teresa Margolles, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)

2002 Fin, La Panaderia, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)


2002 Aire, Art Palace, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2002 Sugar and spice and everything nice, Nikolai Fine Arts, New York
2002 VII Biennal de Pintura de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

2001 Escultura Mexicana" Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
2001 Vaporizaci�n, ACE Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
2001 El agua en la ciudad, Sala 22, Barcelona, Spain (solo)

2000 Lengua, ACE Gallery, New York - Los Angeles (solo)
2000 Extramuros, Bienal de Habana, Havana, Cuba

1998 Foto Construcciones, Museo de Arte Contempor�neo de Morelia, Mexico
1998 Tarjetas para cortar cocaine, Galeria Caja Dos, Mexico, Mexico (solo)

1997 Cad�veres, El Getho, Madrid, Spain (solo)

1996 XVII Sal�n de la plastica Sinaloense, Culiac�n, Sinaloa, Mexico

1995 Realidad Virtual, Galer�a Jos� Mar�a Velasco, Mexico City, cur. Armando Cristeto

Bibliography
2007 ��Viva la muerte! Kunst und Tod in Lateinamerika�, Thomas Mie�gang, pp. 13-14, pp. 34-37, ex. cat.
2007 �100 Latin American Artists�, Rosa Olivares, Exit Publications, Madrid, pp. 302-305, 447-448
2007 �Women Artist Then and Now: Paining, Sculpture, and the Image of the Self�, Linda Nochlin, Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, pp. 63, 140, 222, 278, ex. cat.
2007 �phantasmagoria: specters of absence�, Jos� Roca, iCI, New York, pp. 18-19, 64


2006 Leichen, Totenk�pfe und Skelette, Bernhard Fibicher, in: Six Feet Under � Autopsie unseresUmgangs mit Toten, Kunstmuseum Bern, Berne, ex. cat.
2006 international 06, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, ex. cat.
2006 Zwischen Erinnerung und Aufl�sung, Magdalena Holzhey, Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich, No. 12, Dec. 2006 Teresa Margolles � 127 cuerpos, Kunstverein Rheinlande und Westfalen, D�sseldorf, ex. cat.

2005 Una �tica obtenida por su suspensi�n, Cuauht�moc Medina, in: Situaciones � art�sticas latinoamericanas, Teor/�tica, Getty Foundation, Los Angeles
2005 Teresa Margolles, Pascal Beausse, Flash Art, Milan, July/Sept.

2004 Political Minimalism � narrative Geometry, Klaus Biesenbach, Flash Art International, Milan, No. 237, July/Sept., p. 89
2004 Teresa Margolles - Museum f�r Moderne Kunst, Judith Raum, Flash Art International, MilanNo. 237,

2004 Teresa Margolles, Amanda Coulson, Frieze, London, Sept.
2004 New Tendencies in Mexican Art, Rub�n Gallo, Palgrave MacMillan, New York, Aug.