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Milena Muzquiz
Travesía Cuatro Guadalajara. 04 Feb – 28 May 2022.
Travesía Cuatro Guadalajara. 04 Feb – 28 May 2022.
Travesía Cuatro Guadalajara. 04 Feb – 28 May 2022.
Travesía Cuatro Guadalajara. 04 Feb – 28 May 2022.
Travesía Cuatro Guadalajara. 04 Feb – 28 May 2022.
Travesía Cuatro Guadalajara. 04 Feb – 28 May 2022.
Travesía Cuatro Guadalajara. 04 Feb – 28 May 2022.
Travesía Cuatro Guadalajara. 04 Feb – 28 May 2022.
Travesía Cuatro Guadalajara. 04 Feb – 28 May 2022.
Travesía Cuatro Guadalajara. 04 Feb – 28 May 2022.
Travesía Cuatro Guadalajara. 04 Feb – 28 May 2022.
Travesía Cuatro Guadalajara. 04 Feb – 28 May 2022.
Jardin 17 Casa Estudio Luis Barragán, Mexico City, 2021.
Jardin 17 Casa Estudio Luis Barragán, Mexico City, 2021.
Jardin 17 Casa Estudio Luis Barragán, Mexico City, 2021.
Jardin 17 Casa Estudio Luis Barragán, Mexico City, 2021.
Jardin 17 Casa Estudio Luis Barragán, Mexico City, 2021.
Jardin 17 Casa Estudio Luis Barragán, Mexico City, 2021.
Casa Masa, Mexico City, 2021.
Casa Masa, Mexico City, 2021.
Installation View, Travesía Cuatro CDMX, 2020.
Installation View, Travesía Cuatro CDMX, 2020.
Installation View, Travesía Cuatro CDMX, 2020.
Installation View, Travesía Cuatro CDMX, 2020.
Installation View, Travesía Cuatro CDMX, 2020.
Installation View, Travesía Cuatro CDMX, 2020.
Installation View, Travesía Cuatro CDMX, 2020.
Installation View, Travesía Cuatro CDMX, 2020.
Installation View, Travesía Cuatro CDMX, 2020.
Installation View, Travesía Cuatro CDMX, 2020.
Installation View, Travesía Cuatro CDMX, 2020.
Installation View, Travesía Cuatro CDMX, 2020.
2017. Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (Getty Foundation program), Los Angeles, United States.
2017. Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (Getty Foundation program), Los Angeles, United States.
2017. Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (Getty Foundation program), Los Angeles, United States.
2017. Boghossian Foundation (group show). Curated by Tino Sehgal, Dorothea von Hantelmann and Asad Raza, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium.
2017. Boghossian Foundation (group show). Curated by Tino Sehgal, Dorothea von Hantelmann and Asad Raza, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium.
2016. La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain. (group show). Curated by Tania Pardo.
2016. La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain. (group show). Curated by Tania Pardo.
2016. La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain. (group show). Curated by Tania Pardo.
2015. Frieze, New York, United States.
2015. Frieze, New York, United States.
2015. Frieze, New York, United States.
Milena Muzquiz’s work with ceramics can be interpreted as an exercise of subjective scrutiny; the disorganized accumulation of elements seeks to imitate the uneven and contradictory way in which the human mind works. The resulting sculptures are proximate to the decorative arts, since they can function as vases, but they always overflow mere functionality and present themselves as characters, this replicates Muzquiz’s capacity to construct theatrical environments without the need of a script or a stage. The artist reconciles a traditional sculptural medium with fully contemporary necessities.
Performance is an essential aspect of many of Muzquiz’s artistic projects, one of them was the group Los Super Elegantes, which she founded with Martiniano López Crozet in the nineties; this became a combination of installation, video art and music, which circulated in both institutional spaces such as museums and art fairs, but also in music festivals around Latin America. With this project the artists referenced the fantasy of music understood as mass entertainment as a moldable and open possibility; Muzquiz will reflect this afterwards in her individual work by altering the dynamics of the exhibition space, incorporating performative and participative aspects.
Milena Muzquiz trained at the California College of Fine Arts, San Francisco and then completed an MFA at the Art Centre College of Design, Pasedena, tutored by legendary conceptual artist Mike Kelley.
She has presented solo exhibitions at: David Gill Gallery, London, United Kingdom (2019); Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, lead by the Getty Foundation (2017); Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, Spain (2017, 2014); Travesía Cuatro, Guadalajara, Mexico (2014); Pantaleone Gallery, Palermo, Italy (2010); Interior Projects, Los Angeles, United States (2008); and Deitch Projects, New York, United States (2000).
She has also taken part in group exhibitions in museums and biennales including: Bohossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium (2017); La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain (2016); Dickinson Gallery, New York, United States (2016); Peter Kilchmann (2015); 6th Liverpool Biennial (2010); 28th São Paulo Biennale (2008); Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France (2007); Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, United States (2007); Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States (2006).
The artist lives and works in Los Angeles, United States.
2016.
Oil on linen.
80x65x8 cm.
2014.
Hand painted ceramic.
55.9×78.7×114.3 cm.
2016.
Oil on linen.
80x65x8 cm.
Detail.
2016.
Oil on linen.
80x65x8 cm.
2015.
Hand painted ceramic
29x21x35 cm.
2015.
Hand painted ceramic.
20x14x14 cm.
2015.
Hand painted ceramic.
42x25x26 cm.
2015.
Hand painted ceramic.
35x24x35 cm.
2015.
Hand painted ceramic.
46x30x43 cm.
2015.
Hand painted ceramic.
30x19x20 cm.
2015.
Hand painted ceramic.
20x40x52 cm.
2016.
Oil on linen.
80x65x8 cm.
2014.
Hand painted ceramic.
80 x 70 x 100 cm.
IN THE MORNING, IN THE EVENING, MADRID | MILENA MUZQUIZ
In the Morning, in the Evening is the name of Milena Muzquiz’s second individual exhibition at Travesía Cuatro Madrid. Going one step beyond, the artist show her first paintings creating a dialogue between the sculptures and the canvas, where dimensions play an important role.
FRIEZE NY 2017 | TRAVESIA CUATRO
Travesía Cuatro participate in Frieze NY, May 4-7. Artists: Elena del Rivero, Gonzalo Lebrija, Jose Dávila, Alexandre Estrela, Milena Muzquiz, Asunción Molinos Gordo and Mateo López.
INDEPENDENT BRUSSELS 2017 | TRAVESIA CUATRO
Travesía Cuatro will participate in Independent Brussels. April 19 – 23 , 2017. Mateo López, Jorge Méndez Blake, Milena Muzquiz, Elena del Rivero and Alexandre Estrela.
