Edgar Cobián

EDGAR COBIÁN

Edgar Cobián (Guadalajara, Mexico, 1978) is a multidisciplinary artist, his work is developed in different media such as drawing, sculpture, video and music. It reflects on the notions of Utopia and Ideal as articulation and dismantling devices of dominant political, social and cultural structures. Between a certain cynicism and a dense sense of humor, his work explores the symbolic possibilities of the image and its dislocation by overlapping referents drawn from fields such as politics, art, popular culture or personal history. From metaphors and metonyms, sentences, and images that oscillate between irony and absurdity, uncertainty arises as a place of philosophical resistance to the ideological problems of humanity and the world of the neoliberal era. Cobián studied the Bachelor of Visual Arts at the Universidad de Guadalajara, was awarded of the program Jóvenes Creadores del Fondo Nacional Para la Cultura y las Artes, FONCA (2011-2012), Mexico. He has individually presented: OVERDRESSED, Páramo, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2019; Deep transverse massage, Impronta Casa Editora, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2019; Sed de Infinito of the Double program at the Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Mexico, 2017; Se ha dicho que la revolución no necesita al arte…, Guadalajara 90210, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2017; and La Historia Suele Ser un Escondite de Tiranos, Intervention in situ, Museum of the City, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2017 (and 2013 respectively). As well as Días de campo, Vitrina, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2009; Odre, Charro Negro Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2008; Primavera, Museo Raúl Anguiano, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2007; and Trick, Casa del Lago, Mexico City, Mexico, 2005; among others. He has participated in multiple collective exhibition projects internationally, among which are: Lo-Pass Filter, with Eamon Ore-Giron, Taller Los Guayabos, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2017; Kitchen Debate in collaboration with Rawson Projects, Regina Rex and Site95, New York, 2017; Fábulas sin moraleja, Casa del Lago, Mexico City, 2017; Destroy All Your Humanity, Gabinete Homo-Extraterrestre, Off-Site Páramo, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, USA, 2016; La Llamada del Dios Extraño #2, El Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2015; Crisis Complex, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney, Australia, 2012; Manifestly Present, Kasteel Oud-Rekem, Liden, Belgium, 2012; Still Lifes, Diablo Rosso Gallery, Panama, Panama, 2012; La Quebradora, MCCLA, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2012; Alarma!, Death Be Kind Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2011; Everything Must Go, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York, USA, 2011; Third Beijing International Art Biennale, 2008; Standing on One Foot, Triangle Project Space, San Antonio, TX, USA, 2007. His independent activities as a musician and performer are the Lit & Luz Festival, MCA-Chicago, Chicago, USA, 2019, and Doña Pancha Fest, an ongoing project; and also Bicephalo projects, next to Gabriel Rico; and individually Cráneo Verde Humeante and Peor Aún.  

EDUCATION

1998-2002 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico

CURRENT AND UPCOMING

Solo exhibition OVERDRESSED, Páramo, Guadalajara, Mexico August 29 – October 11, 2019 Group exhibition El jardín de Galileo, Guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, Mexico  

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 OVERDRESSED, Páramo, Guadalajara, Mexico MASAJE TRANSVERSO PROFUNDO, Impronta, Guadalajara, Mexico 2017 SED DE INFINITO, Double program, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, MAZ, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico SE HA DICHO QUE LA REVOLUCIÓN NO NECESITA AL ARTE, PERO QUE EL ARTE NECESITA DE LA REVOLUCIÓN. ESO NO ES CIERTO. LA REVOLUCIÓN SÍ NECESITA UN ARTE REVOLUCIONARIO, Guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, Mexico 2013 LA HISTORIA SUELE SER UN ESCONDITE DE TIRANOS, Intervención in situ, Museo de la Ciudad, Guadalajara, Mexico 2011 COMUNICADO, Ware, León, Guanajuato, Mexico 2009 DÍAS DE CAMPO, Vitrina, Guadalajara, Mexico 2008 ODRE, Galería Charro Negro Guadalajara, Mexico 2007 PRIMAVERA, Museo Raúl Anguiano, Guadalajara, Mexico NUEVO PARA NADA, with Augusto Marbán, Haus der Kunst Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico 2006 DONDE NADIE ME VEA, Casa Museo López Portillo, Guadalajara, Mexico MONSTRUOS, with Augusto Marbán, Proyecto Liga, Guadalajara, Mexico 2005 DREAM, Laboratorio Clemente Jacqs, Guadalajara, Mexico TRICK, Casa del Lago, Ciudad de Mexico  

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 EL JARDÍN DE GALILEO, Guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, Mexico LA DIVINA INVASIÓN, Gamma Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico NO ALCOHOL, NO DROGA, NO MOTA, with Cristian Franco, La Murciélaga, Mexico City 2018 CONTACTO SANGRIENTO 8, Guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, Mexico ACTOS DELIBERADOS, Otro Espacio, Guadalajara, Mexico 2017 LO-PASS FILTER, with Eamon Ore-Giron, Taller Los Guayabos, Guadalajara, Mexico QUETZALCÓATL, Museo Raúl Anguiano (MURA), Guadalajara, Mexico KITCHEN DEBATE, Site95, Rawson Projects y Regina Rex, New York, USA FÁBULAS SIN MORALEJA. EL DESBORDAMIENTO DE LA CORRUPCIÓN EN MÉXICO, Casa del Lago, Mexico City DIY FICTION, Careyes Art Foundation, Costa Careyes, Jalisco, Mexico 2016 ATLAS SOBRE PAPEL, Páramo, Guadalajara, Mexico DESTROY ALL YOUR HUMANITY, Off-Site Páramo, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, USA 2015 RECONSTRUCCIÓN, a project of Abraham Cruzvillegas, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Zapopan, Mexico LA LLAMADA DEL DIOS EXTRAÑO #2, El Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños, Oaxaca, Mexico MANO IZQUIERDA, Casa Taller José Clemente Orozco, Guadalajara, Mexico MEXICO: THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN, MAP OF THE NEW ART, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy KLINKT KLINKT KLINKT, Impronta Gallery / Proyecto Cobra, Guadalajara, Mexico 2014 A RÍO REVUELTO, Machete Gallery, Mexico City LA FIESTA DEL ASNO, Casa de la Cultura Jalisciense, Guadalajara, Mexico LEVIATÁN, Museo de Arte Raúl Anguiano, Guadalajara, Mexico 2013 APENDICE ESTUDIO ABIERTO #2, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Zapopan, Mexico TINNITUS Y FOSFENOS, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Zapopan, Mexico 2012 CRISIS COMPLEX, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney, Australia STILL LIFES, Galería Diablo Rosso, Panama, Panama MANIFESTLY PRESENT, curated by Annemie Van Laethem, KasteelOud-Rekem, Liden, Belgium LA QUEBRADORA, curated by Amy Pederson, MCCLA (Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts), San Francisco, CA, USA THE REVELATION OF WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DESTROYED, ObjectNotFound, Monterrey, N. L., Mexico 2011 FUERZAS BÁSICAS, curated by Lorena Peña, Museo de la Ciudad, Guadalajara, Mexico ALARMA!, curated by por Tony Garifalakis, Death Be Kind, Gallery, Melbourne, Australia EVERYTHING MUST GO, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York, NY, USA LA PRÁCTICA DE LA TEXTUALIDAD, Galería Jesús Gallardo, Instituto Cultural de León, León, Guanajuato, Mexico 2010 INDIAN SUMMER, Galería Arena México, Guadalajara, Mexico THIS IS ABOUT NOTHING, Plataforma Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Mexico SIN TÍTULO, Galería Charro Negro, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2008 FIRULAIS, Fragmentos selectos de la historia reciente de Guadalajara, curated by Cristián Silva, Museo de la Ciudad, Guadalajara, Mexico OBRA PÚBLICA, RUTA OROZCO, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico TERCERA BIENAL INTERNACIONAL DE ARTE DE BEIJING, Beijing, China 2007 ONE FOOT HIGH AND RISING, Balmoral Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA STANDING ON ONE FOOT, curated by Patrick Charpenel y Cynthia Gutierrez, TPS (Triangle Project Space), San Antonio, TX, USA 2006 TRAUERFALL, curated by Cristián Silva, GaleriaHaus der Kunst, Guadalajara, Mexico UN MINUTO POR FAVOR, curated by Lorena Peña y Rubén Méndez, Casa Taller José Clemente Orozco, Guadalajara, Mexico 2005 SIETE EN LA MIRA, Casa de la Tía Tina, Mexicali, B. C. Mexico TIFLITIS, Faro de Oriente, Ciudad de México, Mexico XOCONOXTLE, Siento Veinte, Guadalajara, Mexico 2004 GUADALAJARA DE DÍA, Ramis Barquet, Gallery Monterrey, N. L. Mexico DICEN QUE FINJO O MIENTO, curated by Jorge Méndez Blake, Central de Arte, Guadalajara, Mexico 2003 FELICES DE LA VIDA, Arena México Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Mexico JUGUETRO, Sector Reforma, Guadalajara, Mexico 2002 CAIDA LIBRE, La Automovilística, Guadalajara, Mexico DE LA ESCULTURA AL ARTE OBJETO, Galería del Sistema de Tren Eléctrico, Guadalajara, Mexico I BELIEVE IS HAS TO BE SEEN, Devart Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico TÁBULA RASA, curated by Patrick Charpenel, Galería Haus Der Kunst, Guadalajara, Mexico  

OTHER PROJECTS

Edgar Cobián is also a musician and has worked on Bicephalo projects, together with the artist Gabriel Rico, and individually as Cráneo Verde Humeante and Peor Aún. 2018 Festival LIT & LUZ, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA 2016 Gabinete Homo-Extraterreste, Collective consisting of: Esteban Aldrete, Cristian Franco, Daniel Guzmán, Bayrol Jiménez, Enrique Nuño, José Luis Sánchez Rull y Emanuel Tovar, Guadalajara, Mexico Miembro de la organización del festival underground DOÑA PANCHA FEST, in colaboration with the artist Cristian Franco and Daniel Guzmán, entre otros, Guadalajara, Mexico Las Mulas de Kentucky, Consejo artístico 2015 Live act of the project Cráneo Verde Humeante, ZEA MAYS, Actividades Paralelas, Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Zapopan, Mexico POR UNA FIESTA MEJOR, project of Violeta Horcasitas, Mexico City 2014 Project presentation Cráneo Verde Humeante, Program Miércoles de SOMA, Mexico City 2013-2015 GRIT, Video Mexicano Contemporáneo, Una selección arbitraria 1996-2012. Compilation by Joaquín Segura. Meet Factory, Prague, Czech Republic; Goleb, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland; MAZ, Zapopan, México; Casa de la Cultura, Nuevo León, Mexico 2012 MOTIVOS FLORALES, ARCOMadrid, Solo Projects: FocusLatinoamerica. Madrid, Spain 2010 LOBOS DE JARDIN, L.A. Contemporary Art, Solo Projects. Los Angeles, California, USA  

ART RESIDENCIES AND ART GRANTS

2017 Studio Los Guayabos, artists in residency, Guadalajara, Mexico 2016 PAOS (Programa de residencias para artistas), Museo Taller José Clemente Orozco, Guadalajara, Mexico 2011-2012 Young Creators of the FONCA Scholar Program, Visual Arts, Alternative Media, of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts, Mexico 2011 Object Not Found, Programa de residencias para artistas, 2011, curaduría por Rubén Gutiérrez, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico  

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2019 MASAJE TRANSVERSO PROFUNDO. Exhibition catalog, Impronta Casa Editora, 2019 2018 MAKE, Literary Magazine. Issue #17, 2018 2014 FOTOCOPIAS. Ediciones Lázaro, Publicaciones Amateur, 2014 2011 PeepingTom’s. Digest #2, México. An exploration of the Mexican contemporary art scene, 2011 2009 Arte al límite. Magazine No. 36, 2009 Firulais, Fragmentos selectos de la historia reciente de Guadalajara. Exhibition catalog. Museo de la Ciudad, Dirección General de Cultura, 2009 2008 Asimétrica. Afinidades y discrepancias. Acciones artísticas colectivas en Guadalajara. 1949-2006. Exhibition catalog. Secretaria de Cultura del Estado de Jalisco, Mexico, 2008 Homenaje a Orozco. Exhibition catalog. Secretaria de Cultura del Gobierno de Jalisco, Instituto Cultural Cabañas, 2008 2007 Casa del Lago, Memoria de exposiciones, 2006. Universidad Autónoma de México, 2007 MArt. Guía de artistas emergentes para coleccionistas, 2007. Fundación Murrieta. Cuarta Pared. Magazine No. 6, 2007