Jorge Méndez Blake
Born in 1974 in Guadalajara, Mexico
SOLO SHOWS
2012
Poems and Monuments, 1301PE, Los Angeles, USA
All the Borges Books, Frame, Frieze Art Fair, NY, USA. Section curated by Rodrigo Moura
Ceboruco, OMR Gallery, Mexico City
2011
Mallarmé Library, Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, Spain
Empty Bookshelf, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Belgium
2010
The Constructivist Library, Art Positions, Art Basel Miami, Miami, USA
The Red Library, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Belgium
The Marquise Went Out at Five…Jorge Méndez Blake, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City. Curated by Daniela Pérez
All the Poetry Books, Museum of Latin American Art, Los Angeles, USA. Curated by Shamin Momin
2009
The Borges Library, Project Room, Present Future Artissima Art Fair, Turin, Italy. Section curated by Jimena Acosta
3 Libraries, OMR Gallery, Mexico City
The Wall Library, ArtBrussels Project Room, Brussels, Belgium
Das Kapital, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Belgium
2008
The Exploration Library, Moti Hasson Gallery, NY, USA
The Castle, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City. Curated by Tania Ragasol
2007
The Castle, Jose Cornejo Library, Guadalajara, Mexico. Curated by LIGA
2006
Fiction is the Beginning of Exile, OMR Gallery, Mexico City
2005
Isla Negra’s Treasure, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City. Curated by Jennifer Teets
Unable to Establish Any Contact, José Clemente Orozco’s Studio, Guadalajara, Mexico. Curated by Alicia Lozano
The Characters Interfer With Architecture, Casa Encendida, Madrid, España
2004
Almost Stories (Variations to Build a Text or the Complete Stories, Maybe), OMR Gallery, Mexico City. Curated by Montserrat Albores
2002
Journey to the Center of the Earth, Arena México Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico
Artists Can Write, INTAR Gallery, New York City, NY, USA
2001
Stage, Zapopan Project, Guadalajara, Mexico. Curated by Jose Dávila
GROUP SHOWS (SELECTED)
2012
Pas encore, Galerie Sultana, Paris, France. Curated by Frédéric Bonnet
Greetings from Los Angeles, Starkwhite. Curated by Brian Butler
Poule!, The Jumex Collection, Ecatepec, Mexico. Curated by Michel Blancsubé
Resisting the Present, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France. Curated by Angeline Scherf and Angeles Alonso
Voyage, Voyage, Maison de l'Amerique Latine, Paris, France. Curated by Albertine de Galbert
Itinerarios XVIII, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain
Extrarradio, Mustang Art Gallery, Elche, España. Curated by José Luis Corazón Ardura
En obras. Colección Teixeira de Freitas, TEA Tenerife, Spain. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa
2011
Nos hicimos la ilusión de ir directamente, Espai Cultural, Barcelona, Spain. Curated by Sarah Demeuse and Ruth Estévez
The Space Between Now and Then, OMR Gallery, Mexico City. Curated by Natalie Kovacs and Cristobal Riestra
Library Science, Artspace, New Haven, USA. Curated by Rachel Gugelberger
Resisting the Present, Amparo Museum, Puebla, Mexico. Curated by Angeline Scherf and Angeles Alonso
Kayi Kent A4, DEPO, Istambul, Turkey. Curated by Dilek Winchester
La Vie Mode d'Emploi, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Belgium
Everything Must Go, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York, USA. Curated by José Noe Suro and Eduardo Sarabia
Atardecer ranchero, Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, Spain
Destello, The Jumex Collection, Ecatepec, Mexico. Curated by Osvaldo Sánchez
Crisisss America Latina, Arte y confrontación: 1910-2010, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. Curated by Gerardo Mosquera
2010
Twenty First Century, Queensland Art Gallery, Australia. Curated by Nicholas Chambers
Public Art Section, Art Basel Miami, Public Art Section, Miami, USA. Curated by Patrick Charpenel
De frente al sol, Martin Janda Gallery, Vienna, Austria. Curated by Patrick Charpenel
Constante. La Nueva Babilonia, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico. Curated by Guillermo Santamarina
One Room, One Work, 1301PE, Los Angeles, USA
Invisible Voices, PROA Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentine. Curated by Florencia Malbrán
2009
Where Do We Go From Here?, Bass Museum, Miami, USA. Curated by Silvia Karman Cubina and Victor Zamudio Taylor
One Foot Apart, Leme Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Curated by Ruth Estévez
Wall Drawings, 1301PE, Los Angeles, USA
PavilioM, Madonna Dell Orto, Venice, Italy. Curated by Shamim Momin and Marina Kurikhina
Nothingness and Being, The Jumex Collection, Ecatepec, Mexico. Curated by Shamim Momin
2008
Broken Animal, Museum of Modern Art, México City. Curated by Osvaldo Sánchez
The Invention of Cotidianity, National Museum of Art, MUNAL, Mexico City. Curated by Frédéric Bonnet
México: Expected/ Unexpected, Maison Rouge, Paris, France (2008); TEA, Tenerife, Spain (2009) ; Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Amsterdam, Holland (2010) ; BPS22, Charleroi, Belgium (2010) ; Museum of Contemporary Art ,La Joya, San Diego, USA (2011). Curated by Carlos Basualdo and Mónica Amor
Implications of Image, Arts and Sciences University Museum, MUCA, CU, Mexico City. Curated by Taiyana Pimentel
2007
Stardust ou la dernière frontière, MAC/VAL Museè d’art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Paris, France. Curated by Frank Lamy
Viva México?, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsow, Poland. Curated by Magda Kardasz
Vento-Sul 4a. Muestra Latinoamericana de Artes Visuales, Paranaense Art Institute, Curitiba, Brazil. Curated by Montserrat Albores
L'Ottava Tavola: An Etymology of Contemporary Codes, Palazzo Casali, Cortona, Italy. Curated by Pilar Tomkins
2006
Object-Book, Editions, National Museum of the Stamp, Mexico City
Fatti e Finzione della venusta isola di San Servolo in Venezia, San Servolo, Venice, Italy. Curated Irene Calderoni
Skier in the Bottom of a Well, The JUMEX Collection, Ecatepec, Mexico. Curated by Michel Blancsubé Implications of Image, Sinaloa Museum of Art, Culiacán, Mexico
2005
I Am He As You Are He As You Are Me And We Are All Together, Art Central, Guadalajara, Mexico. Curated by Willy Kautz
2004
Only Characters Change, Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey, Mexico. Curated by Magali Arriola, Patrick Charpenel and Ana Elena Mallet
23 Zones, Cabañas Cultural Institute, Guadalajara, México. Curated by Alberto Dilger, Patricia Mendoza y Guillermo Santamarina
VIII Cuenca International Painting Bienal, Cuenca, Ecuador. Curated by Magali Arriola
The Relativity of Time and the Different Systems of Reference, OPA, Guadalajara, Mexico. Curated by Patrick Charpenel
2003
Tekhne, The Buena Vista Building, Miami, FL, USA. Curated by Patrick Charpenel
Within Temporary Crossroads, Central de Arte, Guadalajara, Mexico. Curated by Geovana Ibarra
Mexico Illuminated, Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA, USA. Curated by Chris Youngs
Passages, Rufino Tamayo Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico City. Curated by Tania Ragasol
Arena México, 3 Artists from Guadalajara, Ramis Barquet Gallery, New York City, USA. Curated by Mónica Ashida
Cold Skin, Carrillo Gil Museum, México DF, Center for the Arts, Monterrey, Mexican Institue, Paris, France. Curated by Carlos Ashida
2002
Item. Centro Cultural de España, Mexico City, Mexico. Curated by Ander Azpiri
7 dilemmas, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Mexico. Curated by Carlos Ashida
Sauvage, La panaderia, Mexico City, Mexico
Winter Show, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York City, NY, USA. Curated by Patrick Charpenel
Leisure Theory, The Jumex Collection, Ecatepec, Mexico. Curated by Dan Cameron
2001
Braziers Internacional Artist Workshop, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire, England
Confulgente hado (or Reinventing Principles) New Visual Art Talents in Mexican Art, Ex Teresa Arte Actual – Bancomer Cultural Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico. Curated by Guillermo Santamarina
2000
Propulsión a Chorro, Museo de las Artes, Guadalajara, Mexico. Curated by Carlos Ashida
1999
Un día después 2000, Museo de las Artes, Guadalajara, Mexico. Curated by Patrick Charpenel and Rubén Méndez
EDUCATION
1992-97 Bachelor Degree in Architecture, ITESO University, Guadalajara, México
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Resisting the Present. Mexico 2000/2012. Paris: Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris / ARC, 2011
Peeping Tom’s Digest Issue #2. An exploration of the Mexican contemporary art scene. Belgium: SNEL, 2011
Nos hicimos la ilusión de avanzar directamente. Barcelona: Roma Publication, 2011
Never Odd or Even. Nueva York: Goethe-Institute, 2011
NOW. México: Fundación/Colección Jumex, 2011
La vie mode d’emploi (Life a user’s manual). Bruselas: Meessen de Clercq, 2011
Destello. México: Fundación/Colección Jumex, 2010
All the Poetry Books. Los Angeles: LAND, 2011
Mountain, Building, Book. Selected Works 2005-2010. Jorge Méndez Blake. Bruselas: Meessen de Clercq, OMR, 2010
21st Century. Art in the First Decade. Australia: Queensland Art Gallery, 2010
21st Century. Art for Kids. Brisbane:Queensland Art Gallery7Gallery of Modern Art, 2010
Book, Building, Mountain. Selected Works 2005-2009. Jorge Méndez Blake. Bruselas: Meessen de Clercq, 2009
La invención de lo cotidiano. México: Colección Jumex, 2009
México: Expected/Unexpected. París: Maison Rouge, 2008
Vento-Sul 4a. Muestra Latinoamericana de Artes Visuales. Curitiba: Instituto Paranaense de Arte, 2007
Viva México!. Varsovia: Zacheta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, 2007
Fatti e Finzione della venusta isola di San Servolo in Venezia. Venecia: San Servolo Servizi, 2006
Esquiador en el fondo de un pozo. México: Colección Jumex, 2006
Dorfsman, A. e Y. Okon (eds.). La panadería. México: Turner, 2005
México en ARCO ‘05. México: Conaculta, 2005
Méndez, J. (ed.). Dicen que finjo o miento. México: Central de Arte, 2005
Mexicanos. Madrid: La Casa Encendida, 2005
Charpenel, P., M. Arreola y A. Mallet (eds.). Solo los personajes cambian. México: MARCO, 2005
Ashida, C. (ed.) Piel fría. México: Conaculta, 2004