MAURICIO MORILLAS
Mexico City , Mexico – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Formazione
1979 Colegio de Bachilleres, Mexico City, Mexico
Poetica
Sono influenzato sia dalla ricchezza culturale della mia città natale, Città del Messico, sia dai paesaggi urbani di New York City, dove ora creo la maggior parte della mia arte. Come artista a tecnica mista, sperimento con la tecnica e utilizzo diversi materiali come legno, metallo, acrilico, carta, vetro e resina. Mi concentro sulla creazione di trame sottili e sull’offuscamento dei confini tra prospettive bidimensionali e tridimensionali in modo che l’occhio dello spettatore veda qualcosa di nuovo a ogni livello e su ogni centimetro dell’opera. Lavorare con i media misti è un’esperienza di apprendimento costante, un’esplorazione per scoprire come le cose improbabili reagiranno l’una all’altra. Costruisco strati, trasformo e riutilizzo i miei materiali e creo ombre e rientranze finché una composizione non è completa. Voglio che ogni pezzo sia una visione unica preservando dettagli e contrasti all’interno di un’estetica minimalista generale.
Workshops
2002 Experimental Handpapermaking Workshop, Charrus, France, Helmut Frerick, master papermaker
2002 Japanese Papermaking and Shifu Workshop, Charrus, France, Asao Shimura, master papermaker
2005 Encaustic Oil Mixed Media Workshop, Kingston, New York
Personali
2007 Galleria Il Melone Artecontemporanea, Rovigo, ITALY
2007 Woodworks: a Mexican Landscape”, Clinton Hill Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Hotel Plaza, Padova, Italia
2011 Pinta-The Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art Fair, ArtMix Gallery
2012 Pinta-The Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art Fair, ArtMix Gallery,
2017 “Neutral Territory”, catalogo, ArtMix Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 “Color Blocks”, catalogo, ArtMix Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Collettive
2005 “Extreme Paper”, Simon Liu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Summer Exhibition, 505 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 “Minimalist Visions”, BGI Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 National Juried Shows:
2011 “Wide Open 2”, Juror: Nathan Trotman, Associate Curator, Guggenheim Museum of Art;
2011 BWAC Gallery, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
2011 “Black & White”, Best in acrylic award, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 “Wide Open 3”, Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator Emerita, Brooklyn Museum of Art;
2012 BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013: “Unhinged”, Juror: Marshall Price, curator contemporary art, National Academy Museum, NY, 2013 BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 “Color 2014”, Juror: Lauren Hinkson, Asst. Curator, Guggenheim; BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “Color 2016”, Juror: Lilian Tone, Museum of Modern Art; BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “Wide Open 7”, Juror: Beth Saunders, Metropolitan Museum of Art;
2016 BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 “Black and White 2017”, Juror: Alison Hokanson, Metropolitan Museum of Art;
2017 BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 “Color 2019”, Juror: Jocelyn Miller, assistant Curator, Museum of Modern Art PS1;
2019 BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Art Off the Main Art Fair, Clinton Hill Art Gallery, NY, NY
2007 Chiostro del Bramante di Roma, Rome, Italia
2007 Art Off the Main Art Fair, Clinton Hill Art Gallery, NY, NY
2008 Art Off the Main Art Fair, Clinton Hill Art Gallery, NY, NY
2012 Affordable Art Fair, ArtMix Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Affordable Art Fair, ArtMix Gallery, NY, NY
2015 ArtHamptons, ArtMix Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2015 Affordable Art Fair, ArtMix Gallery, NY, NY
2016 ArtHamptons, ArtMix Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2016 Affordable Art Fair, ArtMix Gallery, NY, NY
2017 Affordable Art Fair, ArtMix Gallery, NY, NY
2018 Affordable Art Fair, ArtMix Gallery, NY, NY
2018 “Permanent Collection Show, Part 3”, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center (WAH), Brooklyn, NY
2019 Art Palm Springs, ArtMix Gallery, Palm Springs, California
2019 Affordable Art Fair, ArtMix Gallery, NY, NY
2020 Art Palm Springs, ArtMix Gallery, Palm Springs, California
2020 21st Annual WAH Salon Show, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
2021 WAH Lockdown Show, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Affordable Art Fair, ArtMix Gallery, NY, NY
2022 Affordable Art Fair, Spring Edition, ArtMix Gallery, NY, NY
2022 Affordable Art Fair, Fall Edition, ArtMix Gallery, NY, NY
2022 WAH Wood and Paper Show, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida, ArtMix Gallery
2023 Affordable Art Fair, Fall Edition, ArtMix Gallery, NY, NY
2023 Annual WAH Salon Show, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
2023 PINTA-The Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art Fair, ArtMix Gallery, CATALOG, Miami, Fla.
2024 Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida, ArtMix Gallery
Premi
2012-2013 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award