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Héctor Velázquez b. 1965, Mexico City, Mexico Héctor Velázquez’s work weaves itself into the exploration of the body as a connector to our inner self and to the world that surrounds us. Through deeply intimate representations of the body, he surveys each of the senses, explores genealogical ties and maps the links between our physical and spiritual existence. Trademark of the artist has been his use of intensely colourful yarn to cover sculptures that have been moulded from his own or others’ bodies. This excruciatingly detailed technique renders not only visually striking works but engages with the viewers emotions directly. The softness of the yarn that dresses his sculptures demands from us to feel more than to see. An immediate urge to touch, to wonder, to explore , to connect, to empathise, is the result of the artist’s deeply emotional commitment to his works. The use of self portraits and imagery of those close to him resonates immediately as universal questions of self identity and filial relationships are shared without cultural borders. In his most recent organic works, Héctor is exploring more abstract forms and incorporating metals such as silver and bronze, a less tangible connection between ourselves and nature, Héctor studied at the National School of Fine Arts of Mexico’s National University , the Berlin University of the Arts and the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart in Germany. He has received several grants and honours, including the Baden-Wurtemberg State Grant in Germany and the National Foundation for Culture and the Arts in Mexico- His works are part of public and private collections, including the National Bank of Mexico and the National University Museum of Contemporary Art in Mexico. Since his first solo show in Germany in 1991. Héctor has exhibited and participated in international fairs in Mexico and Germany as well as Argentina, France, Spain, Switzerland and the USA. After living in Berlin for many years, Héctor relocated to Mexico City where he lives and works. In 2012, Puerta Roja exhibited Unfolding Bodies, a retrospective of more than 15 years of works of the artist for his first exhibition in Asia and featured him during Art Taipei’s 20th Anniversary.



Curriculum Vitae Education 1986-1988 National School of Fine Arts of Mexico’s National University, Mexico 1995- 1996 Berlin University of the Arts, Germany

1988- 1995 State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, Germany

Individual exhibitions 2012 Unfolding bodies, Puerta Roja, Hong Kong 2009 Unfolding bodies, Cultural Centre the Nigromante, San Miguel Allende, Mexico 2008 Unfolding bodies, Art Museum of Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico 2007 Unfolding bodies, Terreno Baldio Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico 2006 Xipe Tótec, Cultural Centre of Spain, Mexico City, Mexico

Unfolding bodies, N2 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 2004 Xipe Tótec, Ethnographic Museum, Berlin 2002 In Silence, Landucci Gallery, Mexico City 2000 Salon, San Miguel Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico 1998 Booths, Alvar y Carmen T, de Carillo Gil Museum of Art, Mexico City, Mexico 1991 Héctor Velázquez, Kunstitut Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany

Collective exhibitions 2014 Art Taipei, Puerta Roja Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan KIAF, Puerta Roja Gallery, Seoul, Korea Independence: The Cry of Dolores, Puerta Roja, Hong Kong XI FEMSA Biennial, Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, Mexico Art Jakarta, Puerta Roja Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia Recollective 3, Puerta Roja, Hong Kong Opposing matters, Puerta Roja, Hong Kong Entretejidos, Celda Contemporánea / Formato 3, Mexico City, Mexico Art Madrid, Galería N2, Madrid, Spain

Vulkane. Das Verortete Verlangen-3, Schaufenster Gallery, Berlin, Germany Holes, Galeria Gorila, Oaxaca, Mexico 2013 Art Taipei, Puerta Roja, Taipei, Taiwan Human Topographies, Puerta Roja, Hong Kong Sensaciones Compartidas, Museo de Arte de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico Design Week Mexico, Design House 2013, Rubén Dario, Polanco, Mexico DF, Mexico Affordable Art Fair, Puerta Roja, Hong Kong Testimonios- Zeugnisse einer Transformation. Pavillon am Milchof, Berlin, Germany



2012 Berlin Art Fair, Terreno Baldío, Germany Codo a codo, parejas de artistas en México, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico

Affordable Art, Mexico City, Galería Terreno Baldío, Mexico City, Mexico

Berlin Art Fair, Galería Terreno Baldío, Berlin, Germany 2010 Femaco Art Fair 2010, Terreno Baldío Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico Overtures, Diverse Affections, Chopo University Museum, Mexico City, Mexico 2009 Form and Colour, N2 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 2008 Surfaces, Museum of Contemporary Art from Tamaulipas, Matamoros, Mexico Balelatina Art Fair 2008, Terreno Baldío Gallery, Basel, Switzerland 2007 Arte BA Art Fair 2007, Terreno Baldío Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2005 Vertigos and Deliriums, Cultural Centre of Spain, Mexico City, Mexico Arco Art Fair 2005, Terreno Baldío Gallery, Madrid, Spain Mexican Report, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, USA 2006 Capri LXII, Capri Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2004 Yucatán Second Biennial, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico Mexican Report, Mexico Institute, San Antonio, Texas; Mexico-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas, USA

2003 Sense and its Senses, Ibero-American University, Mexico City, Mexico MUCA Permanent Collection Exhibition, Arts and Science University Museum, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico 2002 Bancomer VII Art Salon, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Mexico 2001 Omnilife Sculpture Award, October Salon, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Mexican Sculpture, from the Academy to Installation, Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico 2000 Suns of Mexico, Petit Palais, Paris, Rotation IV, MUCA Roma, Mexico City, Mexico Creation in Motion, National Centre for the Arts, Mexico City, Mexico 1999 Earth, Disperse Identities, (MUCA) Arts and Science University Museum, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico Point of View: Between Two Cities, Mexico and New York, Art in General, New York, USA Geographies, Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio, Texas, USA IV Biennial, Museum of Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico 1998 In the Nineties: Contemporary Mexican Art, Mexican Cultural Institute, New York and Washington, USA After the Body, 127 Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico 1997 Arco 97 Art Fair, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Madrid, Spain Transgressions to the Body, Alvar y Carmen T. de Carillo Gil Museum of Art, Mexico City, Mexico



First National Fine Arts Salon, Three- dimensional Biennial, National Centre for the Arts, Mexico City, Mexico 1996 A Place Far Away from Here, Expoarte Guadalajara, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico 1995 Charite, Former Women’s Hospital, Berlin, Germany 1994 Piece of the Month, Alvar y Carmen T. de Carillo Gil Museum of Art, Mexico City, Mexico

1993 Temístocles 44 II, Temístocles 44, Mexico City, Mexico Seminal, Expoarte Guadalajara, Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico 1992 Long Live Life, Ten Latin American Artists, BIS, Mönchengladbach, Germany 1989 Annual Student Show, Brockhausgebaude, Stuttgart, Germany The Look, Arttransponder Space, Berlin, Germany

Awards 2012 Member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Artes, awarded by FONCA 2008 Art Residence in Banff Center, Canada, awarded by FONCA Member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Artes, awarded by FONCA 2005 Art Residence in Banff Center, Canada, awarded by FONCA 2004 Selected, Yucatan Biennial, Mexico

2001 Omnilife Prize of Sculpture, Guadalajara, Jalisco Art Residence in Banff Center, Canada, awarded by FONCA 1999 Selected, Monterrey Biennial, Mexico 1998 Jóvenes Creadores Prize, awarded by FONCA 1994 FONCA Scholarship to study abroad, in the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, Germany

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