Héctor Zamora
- 1974
- Mexico City
- Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico
Education
2000 Postgraduate Course in Lightweight Structures (structural geometry), UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico (non-enrolled)
1998 Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design, UAM – X, Mexico City, Mexico
Exhibitions
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
As Circunstâncias. Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo, Brasil
Ordem e Progresso - Senhora do Cabo. Museu Marítimo de Ílhavo, Ílhavo, Portugal
Delírio. Labor, Mexico City, Mexico
2020
The Roof Garden Commission: Héctor Zamora, Lattice Detour. The MET, New York, USA
2019
Movimientos Emisores de Existencia. Labor Gallery, Cidade do México, México
Uma Boa Ordem. Pavilion, coauthor Lucia Koch, Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, México
2018
Vibrações Centrífugas. Pavilhão Branco, Lisboa, Portugal
Comissioned project. Kunst in öffentlichen Raum, Viena, Austria
Solo exhibition. Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Denmark
Solo exhibition. Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
Comissioned Art Project. For Kista Äng, por AM Public. Stockholm Konst, Stockholm, Sweeden
2017
RE/VUELTA. MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico
Cappadox Festival, Cappadocia, Turkey
Memorándum. Museo Universitário de Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
Ordem e Progresso. Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Técnologia, Lisbon, Portugal
Fundación RAC, Pontevedra, Spain
Urdiendo Ritmos. Jardín Ochil, Merida, Mexico
2016
Ordre et Progrès. SAM Art Projects, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Héctor Zamora. CCBB. São Paulo, Brazil
2015
La réalité et autres tromperies. FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Nantes, France
Intervention – workshop. Ecole D’Architecture de Nantes, France
Kreëmart. Paris, France
2014
Projeto Janela #2. Espaço Aurora, São Paulo, Brazil
Héctor Zamora [documentary videos]. Kunststation Delden/ Het-Loket, Delden, Holland
2013
Protogeometries, Essay On the Anexact. Labor Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Panglossian Paradigm. Redcat - Center for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Potencialidades. Galerie Mélanie Rio. Nantes, France
2012
Muegano. Comissioned by SCAPE Public Art, Christchurch, New Zeland
Architeture+ Art. SMoCA. Scottsdale. Arizona, USA
Inconstância Material. Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
2011
Zeppelin Schärme. Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany
White Noise. Bethells beach – Shed 6 – Elam project-space B431, Auckland Festival, Auckland, New Zealand
Offered Paradise. Museo El Eco, Mexico City, Mexico
2010
Errant, Margem Project. Tamanduateí river, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
Credibility Crisis. Miami Basel, Miami, USA
2008
De Belg wordt geboren met een baksteen in de maag. FLACC, Genk, Belgium
2007
Specular Reflections. Cerca Series, MCASD, San Diego, USA
2006
Divisiones. Hotel Condesa DF, Mexico City, Mexico
2005
Líneas de suspensión, ensayo sobre geometría funicular. Enrique Guerrero Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Unidad habitacional. La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2004
Paracaidista, Av. Revolución 1608 bis. Carrillo Gil Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
2003
PNEU. Garash Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2000
a=360º r/R. Arte in Situ “La Torre de los Vientos”. Mexico City, Mexico
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Living Together – Crossing Borders. 4th Mediterranean Biennial, Sahknin, Israel
(Im)possible Bodies. Spark Makers Zone, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Holland
LB/Online Video Festival. Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
In the Beginning: Media Art & History from the Hishhorn's Collection. Hishhorn Museum, Washington, USA
Amexica. The Loft, Brussels, Belgium
Homebound. Francisco Fino Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2019
SOLO Sumeer Group. Solo Houses, Teruel, Spain
Les Extatiques. Paris La Défense, Paris, France
Bienal Transatlântica do Príncipe. Ilha do Principe, São Tomé and Príncipe
Walking Through Walls/ Durch Mauem Gehen. The Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
Det Andet Sted. KØS Museum of Art in Public Spaces, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mass Spectacle. Eduardo Secci Gallery, Florenza, Italy
I don’t understand what you’re talking about, but I know what you mean. Pasto Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mi Tierra. Otazu Foundation, Pamplona, Spain
2018
South South Between Land and Sea. Film Program, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Exposición Inaugural. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
En Construcción. Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
The Atlantic Triangle. 11ª Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Shanghai Biennial. Shanghai, China
Los Artefactos Subordinados. Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico
2017
L’inconfort Moderne. La FabriC Fondation Salomon pour l’Art Contemporain, Annecy, France
Mondes Flotants. Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France
4th Ural Industrial Biennial, Ural, Russia
Condemned to be Modern. Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Frestas. Trienal de Artes, Sesc Sorocaba, Brazil
2016
Residência Moderna. Luciana Brito Galeria. São Paulo, Brazil
Brazil, Beleza?! Beelden aan Zee Museum, Museum of Modern Sculpture, The Hague, Netherlands
Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection. Museum of Modern Sculpture, The Hague, Netherlands
Work=Being in the World. Borusan Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey
Notícias de um novo MUBE: arquiteura e paisagem urbana. MUBE Museu Brasileiro de Escultura, São Paulo, Brazil
Ritournelle. La FabriC, Fondation Salomon, Annency, France
Window Cinema. MIKC Kunststation Delden, Holland
2015
15. Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
Mini Size Art Works. MIKC, Delden, Netherlands
1: The Third Entity. ASAKUSA, Tokyo Japan
Between Dissent and Discipline: Art and Public Space. Inter Arts Center, Malmö, Sweden
Reverta: Arte e Sustentabilidade. Museu da Cidade OCA, São Paulo, Brazil
Between the Idea and Experience. 12th Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba
CRU: Comida, Transformação e Arte. CCBB, Brasília, Brazil
2014
Buildering: Misbehaving the City. Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, USA
13. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo La Conservera, Ceutí, Spain
PER/FORM. CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain
Re-outline. Beit HaGefen – a Jewish-Arab Culture Center, Haifa, Israel
Alimentário. Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Feito por Brasileiros. Cidade Matarazzo, São Paulo, Brazil
Restrospectiva Lupa. ArtRio. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
artBO. Bogotá, Colombia
We have never participated. The 8th Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale, Shenzhen, China
2013
Escalas. Estúdio Alvaro Razuk, São Paulo, Brazil
Cidades Modos de Fazer Modos de Usar. 10th International Biennial of Architecture of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Participatory City: 100 Urban Trends from the BMW Guggenheim Lab. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Mom, Am I Barbarian? 13th Istanbul Biennal, Istanbul, Turkey
Blind Field. Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, USA
2012
En Suspensión. Espai D’Art Contemporani de Castelló, Castelló, Spain
Gilvan Samico, Paulo Monteiro, Hector Zamora e Eduardo Verderame. Centro Universitário Maria Antonia, São Paulo, Brazil
BMW Guggenheim Lab Mumbai. Guggenheim Foundation, Mumbai, Índia
Centro Abierto. MALI Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima, Peru
Move Towards the Light. Auckland Art Festival, Auckland, New Zealand
Resisting the Present. Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC, Paris, France
About Change. The World Bank Group, Washington DC, USA
2011
Performance & Arquitectura. Tabacalera, Madrid, Spain
A terrible Beauty is Born. 11th Lyon Biennial, Lyon, France
32o Panorama da Arte Brasileira. Modern Art Museum, São Paulo, Brazil
Resisting the Present. Amparo Museum, Puebla, Mexico
Ustedes Nosotros. Centro Cultural de Esapaña, Managua, Nicaragua
Disponible. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
FGAP@Venice. Official Collateral Event, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Wasser, Schiene, Straße, Luft. Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Porque sim. Millan Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ustedes Nosotros. Centro Cultural de España en Guatemala, Guatemala
Suspended Sculptures. EX3 Contemporary Art Centre, Florence, Italy
2010
The diversity of all and everything possible. 12th International Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt
Disponible. Walter and McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA
Future Generation Art Prize. Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine
Touched. Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
A Contemplação do Mundo. Paralela Exhibition, São Paulo, Brazil
Art and Cities. Aichi Triennial, Nagoya, Japan
Constante, La Nueva Babilônia. Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Mientras sea posible. Casa de America, Madrid, Spain
2009
Inaugural Show. Galeria Labor, Mexico City, Mexico
Lugares Comunes. Bogota, Colombia
Making Worlds. 53th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
PH Neutro. Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil
Cartas/Trajetos. Usina Cultura Energisa, João Pessoa, Brazil
2008
II Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan: América Latina y el Caribe. San Juan, Puerto Rico
Quase Líquido. Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
2007
Viva Mexico. Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
Positions in Context. CIFO, Grants Program 2007 Exhibition, Miami, USA
Encuentro Internacional Medellín 2007 (MDE07). Medellin, Colombia
2006
27th Bienal de Sao Paulo. São Paulo, Brazil
Busan Biennale 2006. Pusan, South Korea
Sueño de una noche de verano. Muros Museum, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Novena Bienal de la Habana. Habana, Cuba
Frontera. Esbozo para la creación de una sociedad del futuro. Lacandon Mountain National Park, Guatemala
Desecho. Casa del Lago Juan José Arreola, Mexico City, Mexico
2005
Dialogues. Indian International Center, New Delhi, India
Farsites / sitios distantes. San Diego Museum of Art, Insite05, San Diego, USA
Eco: arte contemporáneo mexicano. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
2003
Festival Flama. Xalapa, Mexico
Fission/fusion. Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington DC, USA
2002
Item. Centro Cultural España, Mexico City, Mexico
2001
Con Fulgente Hado. X – Teresa Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
Prizes
2014
Premio Arco Comunidad de Madrid para Jovenes Artistas, Madrid, Spain
2011
Graham Foundation, Architecture + Art: Héctor Zamora Solo Exhibition fall 2012, SMoCA, Scottsdale, AZ
2010
Programa Brasil Arte Contemporânea, Sao Paulo Bienal Foundation, International Exhibition award, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2009
Gran Centenario Emerging Artist Award, Cuervo Foundation, FEMACO, Mexico City, Mexico.
The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture (GCCC Moscow) sponsorship for the 53rd Biennale di Venezia project.
2007
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
2006
CIFO Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation
Jumex Collection Foundation
2003
BBVA Bancomer Foundation
Public Collections
Amparo Museum, Puebla, Mexico
AXA Collection, Mexico City, Mexico
CA2M Centro de Arte dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain
CNAP, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France
Chartwell Collection, Auckland, New Zeland
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, USA
Fundación RAC, Pontevedra, Spain
Fundación Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, Mexico
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, USA
Jumex Collection Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico
Luis Paulo Montenegro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
MAAT Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, Lisbon, Portugal