Eduardo Abaroa
Eduardo Abaroa was born in Mexico City in 1968, Abaroa received a bachelor's degree from the National School of Plastic Arts of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1999 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, California) in 2001. His work has been shown in Mexico, the United States, Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea, and other countries. Abaroa was a founding member of the alternative artist-run space Temístocles 44, along with Pablo Vargas Lugo, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Daniela Rossell, and Sofía Táboas.
Eduardo Abaroa
- Name
- Eduaedo Abaroa
- Born
- 1968
- Birthplace
- Mexico City
- Education
- National Autonomous University of Mexico California Institute of the Arts
- Occupation
- Artist
- Nationality
- Mexico.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Founded in 1993 in an abandoned house owned by Haydee Rovirosa in Polanco, Temístocles 44 was a space were exhibitions, artist discussions, lectures, talks and informal workshops took place. This group of artists renewed Mexican art through the negation of painting in favor of other mediums. Inspired by the mass media they created ephemeral works. Abaroa directed the ninth International Symposium of Art Theory (Simposio Internacional de Teoría Sobre Arte Contemporáneo, SITAC) in Mexico City, and is currently course director of the Education Program at SOMA, a Mexico City arts organization.
Eduardo Abaroa studied at California Institute of the Arts and National Autonomous University of Mexico. The recorded working language is Spanish. Work by Eduardo Abaroa is recorded in the collections of Smithsonian American Art Museum and Hessel Museum of Art.
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• Name — Eduaedo Abaroa • Born — 1968 • Birthplace — Mexico City • Education — National Autonomous University of Mexico California Institute of the Arts • Occupation — Artist
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Eduardo Abaroa is recorded with the occupation installation artist. Recorded as having studied at California Institute of the Arts and National Autonomous University of Mexico. Within the Encyclopedia. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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Eduardo Abaroa born at Mexico City.
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- 1.U.S. Department of State. Art in Embassies. www.art.state.gov.
- 2.MOMA PS1. Mexico City: An Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values. momaps1.org.
- 3.Cotter, Holland. Art in Review. The New York Times. 2 August 2002.
- 4.Gallo, Ruben. New Tendencies in Mexican Art the 1990s. Palgrave Macmillan. 7. 2006. 9781403982650.
- 5.SOMA-México.
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