Isla nube, 2023 Wool dyed with natural pigments 68.5 x 46 in (Available)
Paisaje lenticular I, 2023 Oil on cardboard with canvas 7.8 x 9.8 in (Available)
La perla, 2023 Oil on cardboard with canvas 9.8 x 7.8 in (Not Available)
En la tierra como en el cielo (Con el agua hasta el cuello), 2024 Oil on paper collage with 24k gold leaf mounted on wood 70.9 x 96 in (Diptych) (Not available)
Jardín Particular, 2023 Translucent resin sculptures Series of 11 (Available)
Metasueño, 2023 Oil on linen prepared with half crete 47.2 x 55 in (Available)
Alejandra España
Statement
From drawing and painting, installations, artist's books, ceramic pieces, collages, and tapestry, my practice explores the changing nature of memory and the cultural links between notions about origin. With references to landscape and its abstraction, imagination constitutes the poetics of these detachments and dissections to rethink how we relate to the surroundings, and objects and how they become projective tools of knowledge. Hence, it can be linked to social phenomena; in a constant search for the construction of our perception of reality and its consequences.
Resume
Mexico City, Mexico, 1982.
She studied at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios, La Llotja, in Barcelona (2001) and graduated with honors from ENPEG, La Esmeralda, in Mexico City (2002–2007). In 2006, she received the Jóvenes Creadores Grant in the disciplines of painting and printmaking (2014). In 2009, she obtained an artist residency at Banff Centre through FONCA. Her work has been exhibited both individually and collectively in Mexico and abroad, in countries such as Germany, Austria, Canada, Colombia, the United States, Spain, Slovenia, France, England, Italy, Peru, Poland, and Venice. In Mexico, she has exhibited in museums and cultural spaces such as the Museo Rufino Tamayo de Arte Contemporáneo, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Museo de la Ciudad de México, Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Casa del Lago Juan José Arreola, and Museo Experimental El Eco. Internationally, her work has been shown at venues such as the Berkeley Art Center in California, USA; SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco, USA; and the Museo de Jaén in Valencia, Spain, among others. In 2013, her animation work won the Fourth National Biennial of Visual Arts of Yucatán, and she received an artist residency from FONCA at AIR Vallauris, France. In 2014, her painting was selected for the First National Landscape Biennial of Sonora. She has taught visual arts workshops in Mexico at places such as the Centro Cultural La Curtiduría in Oaxaca and the Centro de las Artes in San Luis Potosí, among others. Her book There Was Perhaps, published by Malpaís Ediciones, was presented in 2018 at the Palacio Nacional de Bellas Artes, while Eon Loop was presented in 2019 at the Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO). In 2017, during her stay in Oaxaca, she met Master Aguri Uchida, with whom she took Japanese painting classes at the Centro de las Artes San Agustín Etla. That same year, she began working in tapestry techniques with artisans and artists from Teotitlán del Valle. In 2020, she held a solo exhibition with White Cremnitz Gallery during the 8th Salón ACME in Mexico City and received the acquisition prize at the XIX Rufino Tamayo Painting Biennial. In 2021, she exhibited at Zona MACO with Guadalajara 90210 Gallery, alongside her solo exhibition Aquí y Ahora at El Taller 65 Gallery in Mexico City. In 2022, she exhibited Luminosa Obscuridad with CAM Galería in Mexico City and Voces de Sombra at the Fundación Marek Keller – Jardín Escultórico Juan Soriano in Owczarnia, Poland. In 2023, she presented Jardín Particular with CAM Galería in Mexico City and has continued showcasing her work with the gallery since 2022. She has been a fellow of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (SNCA) from 2021 to 2024. In 2023, she participated in the Cobertizo Residency in the State of Mexico, as well as in art fairs such as Volta (New York), Positions (Berlin), and Zona MACO (Mexico City). In 2024, she held a solo exhibition at the Museo Franz Mayer and intervened in the museum’s permanent rooms. During MACO, she received an award to participate in the Casa Wabi Residency in Puerto Escondido. Her work is part of national and international collections, including the Consulate of Foreign Relations in Washington (2021), Berkowitz Contemporary Foundation (2021), Tara Westover (2021), Joshua Sobel (2020), Arthur Zegelbone (2020), Valeria Luiselli (2017), and the Getty Conservation Institute (1997), as well as museums such as the Museo Rufino Tamayo (2020), the VI National Biennial of Yucatán (2014), the Museo de Arte de Sonora (2015), and various private collections.
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FORMAL EDUCATION
2018:
-Materialidad inestable. Diploma coordinated by Rocío Cerón. IISUE. Instituto de Investigaciones sobre la Universidad y la Educación UNAM. CDMX. (April - October)
2017:
-Taller de Artista. After the Cartoon. Un Faulduo Colectivo in dialogue with the exhibition Oscar Masotta. Theory as action. Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo. MUAC Mexico City.
2013:
-El arte de hacer películas a mano. Cátedra Ingmar Bergman. UNAM. Eve Heller. Mexico City.
-Laboratorio La Quiñonera. First generation Mexico City. 2008-09 Taller de Cerámica Experimental. Alberto Díaz de Cosío. Mexico City.
2008:
-Curso de Ilustración. Kveta Pacovska. Instituto Italiano de Cultura. Mexico City.
2002-2007:
-Bachelor’s degree. Graduated with Honors. Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado. La Esmeralda (ENPEG). Mexico City.
2001:
-El retrato en la escultura. Course by Master Luis Grau.
-Escuela de Artes y Oficios, Barcelona, "La Llotja". Barcelona, Spain.
INFORMAL EDUCATION
2019:
-Taller de pintura japonesa. Workshop by the teacher of the University of the Arts of Musashino, Japan. Aguri Uchida. Centro de las Artes (CaSa) of San Agustín Etla. Oaxaca.
2016:
-Comic + Animación. Workshop by Patricio Plaza. La Casa del Cine. Mexico City.
-Danza Teatro Ritual Butoh. Hiroko and Koichi Tamano. Museo del Chopo, Mexico City.
2015:
-Danza Teatro Ritual Butoh. Seisaku & Yuri Nagaoka.
-Laboratorio Escénico, Mexico City.
2014:
-Danza Teatro Ritual Butoh. Hiroko and Koichi Tamano.
-Laboratorio Escénico, Mexico City.
-KOSMICA Festival. Centro de Cultura Digital & Laboratorio
-Alameda. Botanical perfumery workshop for Astro enthusiasts.Carrie Paterson. Mexico City.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
2024:
-”Semillas de arena y mar”. A second edition of her solo show focus on her research and production of the second year of the SNCA, at IMJUS, Mexico City, Mexico. (From June 20 to September 06)
-”En el sueño, la vigilia”. Curated by Abraham Villavicencio at Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City, Mexico. (From February 07 to April 07)
2023:
-”Semillas de arena y mar”. A solo show focus on her research and production of the second year of the SNCA, at Centro Cultural Exconvento Betlehemita, Down Town, Veracruz, Mexico. (From December 14 2023 to March 18 2024)
-”Jardín Particular”. Exhibition of inks, oils, sculptures, tapestry, mural, serigraphy and watercolours, curated by Heather Bhandari at CAM Galería, Mexico City, Mexico. (From May 06 to July 10)
2022:
-”Voces de sombra” at Gallery of the Juan Soriano Foundation, Poland. Sample of mural, tapestry, ceramics, and drawing. Curated by Marek Keller.
2021:
-”Luminosa oscuridad”. Exhibition of inks on paper, and figurative tapestry. CAM Galería. Mexico City, Mexico (From July 22 to October 15).
2020:
-”Aquí y ahora”. Gallery El Taller 65, Cratorship: Sergio Gómez. Mexico City, Mexico. (24th April – 13th June).
-”Lejana cercanía”. White Cremnitz Gallery at SALÓN ACME 8. Exhibition of tapestry and collage on wood. Curatorship: Teresa Marmolejo, Mexico City, Mexico. (February 6th - 9th).
2019:
-”Hacer presente lo latente”. Gallery 123. 1 Month 1 Artist. Exhibition of collage and tapestry. Curatorship: Violeta Celis. Mexico City, Mexico. (November).
-2EON LOOP”. Presentation of artist's book at Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca. IAGO. Oaxaca de Juárez. Work done at the Workshop: El Ojo Peludo. Oaxaca. (August 8th).
2018:
-”There was perhaps”. Presentation of artist's book. Malpaís Ediciones, Sala Adamo Boari Palacio de Bellas Artes. Mexico City. Mexico.
2017:
-”Apariciones y Percepciones”. Drawings on paper and wood. Okupa Bar. Mexico City, Mexico.
2016:
-”There was perhaps”. Painting, photography, collage, and drawing. Galería La 77. Curatorship: Beatríz Hernández Caraveo. Mexico City, Mexico.
-”Secretos Ocultos”. Interactive mural and painting on paper and wood. Galería Restaurant Frëims. Curatorship: Luis Ramaggio. Mexico City, Mexico.
2015:
-”Relatos incompletos”. Exhibition, painting, ceramics, work on paper, animation, and drawing. Galería Wihte Cremnitz, Curatorship: Luis Ramaggio. Mexico City, Mexico.
2013:
-”Elementales”. Collage, paper on wood. Breve Gallery. Mexico City, Mexico.
-”Viaje al centro de la Tierra”. Immersive story and performance action in public space. La Galería de Comercio at the corner of Calle Comercio and Martí. Escandón, Mexico City, Mexico.
2012:
-”Animal Particular”. Painting, collage, objects, ceramics, and drawings. Distrito 14 Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
2011:
-”Ser humano para principiantes”. Mural and installation of intervened books. Galería WAPO, Mexico City, Mexico.
2010:
-”Obra de Alejandra España Natera”. Painting. Relox 46 Gallery. Guanajuato, Mexico.
2009:
-”Las memorias del registro / Bird on my head”. Exhibition of ceramics, drawing, photography, collage, and installation. Open Study. Glyde Hall, Department of Ceramics. Mexico - Canada Artistic Residency Program. FONCA / Banff Center Canada.
2008:
-”Hábitos parasitarios”. Exhibition of painting prints and drawings La Sala. Curatorship: Martín Soto Climent. Mexico City, Mexico.
2007:
-”Uti non abuti”, ENPEG. Galería "La Esmeralda". Exhibition of painting, sculpture in wood, wire and scrap metal, ceramics, drawing, and prints. Curatorship: Iván González de León. Mexico City, Mexico. (September 26 – October 26).
-”Fragmentos de Ausencia2. Exhibition of prints and drawings. Aquatints, monotypes, serigraphs, and inks. El Atrio, Espacio Cultural. Curatorship: Luis Ramaggio. Mexico City, Mexico.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2024:
-En el sueño, la vigilia. CAM Galería. Sample of oils and installation during the Zona MACO Art Fair. Citibanamex Center, Mexico City, Mexico.
2023:
-Entrelazando ambivalencias. Collective exhibition on the occasion of 8M that unites the tissue as a creative bridge. DR. Erazo 172, Col. Doctores, Mexico City. Laguna, Fabrica de Oficios. From March 8 to 21.
-Jardín Particular. CAM Galería. Sample of inks and sculptures during the Zona MACO Art Fair. Citibanamex Center, Mexico City
2022:
-DARTT Dallas Art Trade. Mexican Contemporary Art. Collective CAM Galería. Dallas, Texas, United States. Rito de Paso. Exhibition by Alejandra España & Ariadna Vásquez. Sample of a multidisciplinary nature. NN Galería. Jalatlaco, Oaxaca. Curated by Melissa Gody Nieto. From July 15 to October 15.
-Sucesiones. Exhibition that covers the theme of the process within the practice of 23 contemporary women artists. Curated by Emilia Chuliá MUPO. Museum of Oaxacan Painters. Oaxaca de Juarez. Mexico. From May 20th to July 20th.
-Taller de Grabado Fernando Sandoval G. Itinerant exhibition of 30 years of graphics held at the Sangfer Studio. Located in the City of Oaxaca. Show at Somers Gallery. London. From May 19 to June 25. / Show at El Chico Madrid Gallery. Madrid Spain. From May 1st to 12th.
-El Arte hace bien. DiderotArt. Mexico. Exhibition for the benefit of CONFE. Business Hall. Mexico City. From May 3rd to 5th.
-Ver voces. CAM Galería. Sample of tapestry, serigraphy and NFTs, during the Zona MACO Art fair. Citibanamex Center. CDMX
2021:
-Tiempo Compartido. Entre Minas, Invasorix y Palmera Ardiendo. Experimental use and appropriation of Hall III of the museum. Creative processes and feminist collectives. Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil. Curatorship: Mauricio Marcin. From September 12th to November 14th.
-There was perhaps. Spoken Word. Poem by Alejandra España Ed. By MalPaís Ediciones (2017) At La Mano Jardín. Musical ensemble in collaboration with the artist Garrett Riley. (October 27th).
-A Ciencia incierta. Collective exhibition of drawings and paintings of some residents of the USSRmx Residency program. USSR Gallery. Mexico City (November 4th).
-Por qué no podemos limitarnos a vivir. Galería Galería Gallery. La Calera, 3rd Privada de Septiembre 13, Oaxaca. (From October 8th to November 6th).
-Resiliencias tejidas. Collective exhibition of Latin American women. Art Latinou Gallery. Praga 33 Colonia Juárez, Mexico City. Curatorship: Kinari Chargoy, Adriana Gómez Vergara, Alema Infante and Dulce María Ruvalcaba. (From June 3th to July 2nd).
-Prácticas imaginarias de Astronomía, Biología y Botánica. Collective exhibition. Gallery Guadalajara 90210. Art Week Mexico 2021 ZsONAMACO. Temístocles 61. Polanco CDMX. (27th April 2nd May). Curatorship: Marco Rountree.
- ANONIMO. Collective pictorial exhibition. Tingladógraphy Gallery & Photographic Shop. García Vigil 212, Oaxaca. (23rd April- end of August).
-Antes de que nos despierten. USSRmx. Collective exhibition of the artistic residency, open studio of art and communication. Curatorship: Adriana Jiménez. Veracruz 72 CDMX. (March 25 - April 15, 2021).
-The Word for World is Forest. Dream Garden. By Jesse Cohen. Participation in the poster included in the exhibition “The Word for World is Forest” Curatorship: Linnea Vedder. Essex Flowers Gallery 19 Monroe St. New York, NY. (6 - 28 March).
2020:
-Biennal Tamayo XIX. Contemporary painting exhibition. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca. (Winner of one of the Acquisition Awards). (October 29 - December 29). Jury: Magali Lara, Daniela Pérez y Ramiro Martínez.
-Inverso Centro. Multidisciplinary group show. NN Galería, Curatorship: Luis Hampshire. Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax. (October 29 - November 30).
-Volver a ser uno. Art in Transit Group exhibition. La Miel. Tepoztlán, Morelos. (November 21 - December 12).
-Reinventar el presente. FILO. Oaxaca International Book Fair, Editions 40. Virtual Gallery. Programming Committee: Yásnaya Aguilar Gil, Jazmina Barrera, Abril Castillo Cabrera, Verónica Gerber Bicecci, Tanya Huntington, Yolanda Segura, Karina Sosa and Isabel Zapata. (October 17 - 30).
-Otra feria, episode 7. Participation with the White Cremnitz Gallery. Curatorship: Teresa Marmolejo. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. (July 24).
2019:
-Future Relations: A Resource for radical teaching. SOMArts, 934 Brannan St. C.A. U.S.A. Curatorship: Fred Alvarado, Thomas Jones, David Petrelli. (Saturday, November 16th – Saturday, December 21st.)
-Tu de mi yo de ti. Multidisciplinary group exhibition with different activations. Curatorial project by the participants. Museo de la Ciudad de México. (March 12 - May 19). Mexico City.
- Carpeta de intercambio de Grabado. Collective exhibition resulting from La Residencia, Dédalo Workshop. Studio Block M74. Mexico City. (April 25th). Mexico City.
-Consecuencias. Un juego de palabras. Galería White Cremnitz. Collective show. Curatorship: Violeta Horcasitas. Mexico City. (June - July).
-Tierras Áridas. International art publishing project. Museum of Jaén. Valencia Spain. Curatorship: Antonio Damián Ruiz. (May 2nd - June 2nd).
-CODEX. 8th International Art Book Fair. Richmond C.A. U.S.A. Craneway Pavillion.
-Aglomeraciones. Seminario de Cutura Mexicano. Galería Art Latino. Mexico City. Curatorship: Luis Ramaggio. (July 4 to18).
-Zapata vivo a través de la Gráfica contemporánea. 100 years after Zapata's death. Museo Nacional de la Estampa. Collective exhibition of contemporary Mexican graphics. Curatorship: Yunuén Sariego. (August - September).
-AIR4. Work in A4 format. Ravnikar Gallery Space. Ljubljana. Slovenia. Curatorship: Piera Ravinkar. (July - August).
2018:
-Tierras Áridas. International Exhibition "Tierras Áridas". Artist's book with graphic work by: Josué Vázquez, Santiago Robles, Efraín Velasco, Alejandra España, Brenda Castillo, and Omar Árcega. Woodcut and silkscreen. "SILENCIO" Coordinated by Demián Flores, La Tannery Center for Visual Arts, Oaxaca. LA NAU Cultural Center of the University of Valencia in Valencia, Spain, as part of the III Sindokma Book Festival. (October 25 - November 18).
-¿Quién se come a quién? Painting and graphic exhibition of three contemporary artists. Curatorship: Ana Bellido, Nuria Montiel and Alejandra España. Bucareli 69 Casa de las Artes. Mexico City.
-Homenaje a Carla Rippey. Multidisciplinary exhibition with work by Master C. Rippey and her students from La Esmeralda. Curatorship: Carlos E. Palacios. Galería La Esmeralda. Centro Nacional de las Artes. Mexico City.
-Autorreconstrucción: Detritus. A project by Abraham Cruzvillegas. Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte. MUCA. UNAM. Mexico City. Process exhibition with invited artists. Curatorship: Abraham Cruzvillegas.
-Reality Machines. An Art Exhibition on Post-Truth. Cambridge. U.K. CRASSH University of Cambridge’s humanities research center; Curatorship: Mara Polgovsky.
-El nuevo dibujo mexicano. Itinerant exhibition. Mexikanisches Kulturinstut. Vienna, Austria; Curatorship: Frida Robles.
-Clausura de Pabellón Eco 2018. Collective performance. Reading the poem “There was perhaps” alongside renowned contemporary musicians and artists. El Eco, Museo Experimental. Mexico City. Curatorship: Eric Namour, El Nicho.
-Arte visual en 10. National Show. Casa Museo López Portillo. Guadalajara Jalisco. Curatorship: Lucero Valdez.
-Creación en Movimiento Jóvenes Creadores 2015/2016. Foto Museo Cuatro Caminos. Mexico City.
-Arte 10. Foto Museo Cuatro Caminos. Mexico City. Curatorship: Juan Rincón and Paula Gil. Mexico City.
2017:
-Paper Works. Artist Book Fair. Rufino Tamayo. Mexico City. Curatorship: Blanca Sotos.
-CODEX. 6th International Art Book Fair. Richmond C.A. U.S.A. Craneway Pavillion
-8 rayas al Tigre. Museo Nacional de la Estampa. Mexico City. Curatorship: Rodrigo Téllez.
-Shaped in Mexico. E baut May 14 - May 19 Venice./
-Paffrath + Gericke Gallery. Düsseldorf. (May 24 - June 5). Curatorship: Silvia Palacios Morton.
-Hecho de arte. Cultura Colectiva. The 30 Promises of art and Creativity in Mexico. El Changarrito de Arte. Art District MX. Local 1800. Mexico City. Curatorship: Máximo González.
-Ankoku Butoh’s Birth. Butoh Gathering. Berkeley Art Center. Berkeley California. U.S.A.
2016:
-Creación en Movimiento Jóvenes Creadores 2015/2016. Museo de la Ciudad. Querétaro.
-Tercera Muestra de libros de Artista. Festival del Libro y la Rosa. Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo. MUAC. Mexico City.
-Parámetro 02. Arte Lumen. Museo de la Ciudad de México. Mexico City. Curatorial Committee: Graciela Kasep, Guillermo Santamarina, Laureana Toledo and Itzel Vargas.
-Una rosa tiene forma de una rosa. Oficios e instintos II. Casa del Lago, Juan José Arreola. UNAM. Mexico City. Curatorship: Víctor Palacios.
2015:
-8 femmes. Tigre Ediciones de México Advento Art Design Gallery. Mexico City. Curatorship: Rodrigo Téllez.
-Reinos imaginarios. Salvador Jacobo and Alejandra España. Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, ENPEG, Galería La Esmeralda. Mexico City. Curatorship: Carla Rippey. Exit. Cartografía de la creatividad. MASIN. Museo de Arte de Sinaloa. Curatorship: María Luisa Miranda Monreal and Minerva Solano Moreno.
-1a Bienal Nacional de Paisaje. Hermosillo, MUSES. Museo de Arte de Sonora. Jury: Gerardo Mosquera, Itzel Vargas Plata and Carlos E. Palacios.
-1a Bienal Nacional de Paisaje. Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil. Mexico City; Jury: Gerardo Mosquera, Itzel Vargas Plata and Carlos E. Palacios.
2014:
-Shaped in Mexico. Platform C & District 14. London, UK; Curatorship: Silvia Palacios Morton. A.I.R. (Artists in residence) Vallauris, Le Cabanon Gallery. Vallauris - Golfe Juan, France.
-VI Bienal Nacional de Yucatán. Centro de Artes Visuales. Mérida Yucatán. Jury: Silvia Barbescu, Miho Hagino, Leila Voight, Miguel Ángel Sobrino and Reynaldo Bolio.
-Bestiario. La Presidencia, Cuernavaca Morelos.
-Evidencias. Galería White Cremnitz. Mexico City.
-Yo Contenido. Centro Cultural de Tijuana. CECUT. Baja California. Curatorship: Luis Ramaggio.
-VI Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales de Yucatán. Mexico; Jury: Silvia Barbescu / Miho Hagino, Leila Voight, Miguel Ángel Sobrino and Reynaldo Bolio.
-El extraño familiar. La Quiñonera. Mexico City. Andares. 50.1.4.13. Plaza Fátima Cultural Center. San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León; Curatorship: Catalina Restrepo.
2012:
-Cadáver exquisito. White spider. Mexico City; Curatorship: Karen Huber.
-Yo Primate. Border. Mexico City; Curatorship: Catalina Restrepo.
2011:
-Art Room Talent. Centro de Arquitectura y Diseño. CAD. Mexico City. Curatorship: Dea Arjona and Greta Dumas.
-¿Qué me ve joven? Cantinflas ilustrado. Cineteca Nacional.
-Mexico City. Curatorship: Allegra Cordero di Montezemolo. CDMX.
-Imagine Science Films Festival. Brooklyn New York. U.S.A. Curatorship: Pedro Gómez Millan.
2010:
-DRAW. Contemporary drawing show. Museo de la Ciudad de México. Mexico City. Curatorship: Erik Foss and Curse Mackey. Guest curator Miguel Calderón.
2009:
-Artistas por el Medio Ambiente. ArNaMe Internacional. Galería Metropolitana. Mexico City.
2008:
-Tres Exposiciones Simultáneas. Galería Kin. Mexico City. Curator: María Maldonado.
-Artistas en pleno Medio Ambiente. Galería HECARO. ArNaMe International.
2007:
-Full memory. Die Botschaft von Mexico. Mexikanisches Kulturinstitut, Österreich, Austria; Curator: Edna Barrientos.
-Jóvenes Artistas. Galería El Estudio. Casa del Poeta, Mexico City; Curatorship: Rita Alazraqui and Eva Marcovich.
2006:
-SIVAM. Sociedad de Valores de Arte Mexicano.
-Visual arts. 2006 Award; Jury: Ana Isabel Moreno, Barbara Garza and Gabriela Segovia.
-Dust in the Wind. Ramis Barquet Mexico Gallery. Monterrey, Nuevo León; Curatorship: Marco Arce.
-Islas. El Casino Metropolitano. Mexico City.
2005:
-INTER-MEX. Graphic work of Peru and Mexico. Drama Gallery. Lima Peru.
1997:
-¡Cámara Ciudad de México! Paul Getty Conservation Institute, & La Vaca Independiente. Museo Rufino Tamayo. Mexico City. Curatorship: Claudia Madrazo.
COLLABORATIONS AND WORK EXPERIENCE
2022:
-Workshop and talk: "Making the latent present" The creative processes of drawing from writing and narrative to reading. Acapulco Contemporary Art Program. El Fortin Cultural Center. With the support of MIRA Cultura, FONCA and Fundación JUMEX. April 2th and 3rd.
-Online conversatory: Mucha muchacha (Facebook live).
-Organized by FAD UNAM. Women Drawing. Organized by Carmen
-Mendoza, Patricia Soriano, and Miriam Urbano, promote the study, the exchange of creative positions, and dissemination. Professor of Bachelor’s Degree. Subject: Drawing Techniques I & II. ESCINE School of Film & Animation. Mesones 84. Centro Histórico. CDMX.
2021:
-Online conversation: "Producing in a masculine world" Organized by Alesha Mercado, with the participation of Magali Lara, Ale de la Puente, and Alejandra España. MUNAE. Mexico City.
-Member of the Jury in the Painting Contest: "Animals in danger of extinction" Invited by the Tequio Group and the House of the Viceroy of Mendoza. Mexico City. March 2021.
2019:
-Conversation about career and artist books with students. Bauhaus University, Puebla de Zaragoza.
- Primer Encuentro de Etla from March 14 to 16. The place as a methodology. Project Table. The Gallery of Commerce. Nuria Montiel, María Cerdá, Alejandra Spain and José Luis Cortés + Nicolás Pradilla. Curators: Mónica Castillo and Joaquín Barriendos. ART / RESEARCH. San Agustín Arts Center. With the support of the Patronato de Arte Contemporáneo A.C. and in collaboration with the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca.
2018:
- Illustration Workshop. Escuela de Artes y Oficios. UAM Cuajimalpa. “Recorridos y encuentros de la imaginación al papel”. (November 17 - 25).
-Jury of the PECDA Call. Mexico state. Corresponding to the discipline of Public Art. October - November.
-Participation as a speaker in the Transdisciplinary Science, Art, and Cognition Workshop. International Science Center A.C. Cuernavaca, Mexico. September 24 to 28.
-La Otra Gráfica, participatory projects. The workshop was given by Alejandra España: Expanding the Graphic II - The open image. La Tannery Cultural Center, Oaxaca. From October 3 to 15.
-Mexico Program, Culture for harmony.
2017:
- La Otra Gráfica, participatory projects. Workshop given by Alejandra Spain: Expandiendo la gráfica II – La imagen abierta. Centro Cultural La Curtiduría, Oaxaca. (March 27 - April 25). Programa México, Cultura para la armonía.
-Participation in the production of the Installation “Nido para la paz y la solidaridad” at the XXVII International Book Fair of the historic center. Mexico City. Concentrate A.C. Collaborator of painting workshops with the civil association Concentrarte in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila. (2009 - 2017). La Cebolleta, Jalisco. (Season November 2009 - September 2017).
2016 :
-Experimental Drawing Workshop. Centro de las Artes San Luis Potosí. (May 16 – 21). Secretary of Culture.
-Experimental graphics workshop. Centro Cultural Antiguo
-Colegio Jesuita. (October 3 – 7). Ministry of Culture of the State of Michoacán. Patzcuaro Michoacán.
-Collaborator as illustrator of the animated short film: Ollin 85, by Carlos Gamboa. Mexico City. Conaculta. Project meeting with the arts.
-Collaboration with the Yivi Project of Las Lagartijas tiradas al sol, giving painting workshops for children in Yanhuitláa and Nochixtlán, Oaxaca.
2011:
-Designer of the animation "Grandes esfuerzos de la humanidad", included in the feature film "La Piedra Ausente" by Jessie Lerner and Sandra Rozental. Viumasters production studio. Mexico City.
-Collaborator of the civil association Concentrate on the workshops parallel to the Exhibition: 2030, 10 Ciudades,
-Nuestro Futuro Nuestras Ciudades. Museo Franz Mayer & ITDP.
- Museo Franz Mayer & ITDP. Mexico City. Casa Vecina.
-Assistant in the production and publications area at the Kurimanzutto Gallery, Mexico City.
-Collaborator of La Galería de Comercio. (2011 - 2014) Colonia
-Escandón. Mexico City.
2009:
- Coordinator of the "Materia Blanda" workshop/exhibition at the Center Pompidou, France, and the Museo de la Ciudad de México.
-Illustrator of children's stories with Editorial El Naranjo, "Primavera" by Berta Hiriart. Mexico City.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
2021:
- Becomes part of the National System of Creators. SNCA. In the discipline of painting with the Project “The center is its periphery”
2020:
-Acquisition award of the Bienal Rufino Tamayo XIX. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca. MACO.
2019:
-Participation in the 8th Biennial of Artist's Books. Richmond California. USA. CODEX. With the artist's book: "SILENCIO".
2017:
-Participation in 6th Biennial of Artist's Books. Richmond California. USA. With the artist's books: "Incomplete Stories" and "Uti non abuti".
2016:
-Fellow of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts, FONCA. Jóvenes Creadores. 2015 / 2016. Discipline of Graphics. Mexico.
-Participation in the 3rd Exhibition of Artist's Books. MUAC, UNAM Mexico City; Jury: Ana Romandía and Mauricio Islas.
2015:
- Participation in the Animasivo Festival, Mexico City. With the short film: "Lugares Intangibles".
2014:
- Fellow of the Self-managed Artistic Residencies Program. FONCA. Vallauris France. May July.
2013:
- Acquisition award with the animation piece "Places intangibles" at the VI National Biennial of Visual Arts of Yucatán. Merida Yucatan; Jury: Silvia Barbescu / Miho Hagino, Leila Voight, Miguel Ángel Sobrino and Reynaldo Bolio.
2011:
- Participation in Odeón Contemporary Art Fair, Living Art Room. Bogota Colombia.
2009:
- Fellow of the FONCA Artistic Residency Program - Banff Canada Center. September November.
2007:
- Recognition for the best educational book given by the Publishing Industry of Mexico. International Children's and Youth Book Fair. Mexico City. Economy What is money? Andrea Ruy Sánchez and Gabino Flores. Illustrations by Alejandra Spain. Arts of Mexico.
2006:
-Honorable Mention in the painting category. XXVI National Meeting of Young Art, Aguascalientes. Traveling exhibition around the Mexican Republic. Mexico.
-Fellow of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts, FONCA. Young Creators. 2006 / 2007. Discipline of Painting. Mexico. Scholarship holder of the National Scholarship Program for Academic Excellence and Achievement. Secretariat of Public Education, SEP. Mexico.
PUBLICATIONS
2022:
-Online conversatory: Mucha muchacha (Facebook live).
-Organized by FAD UNAM. Women Drawing. Organized by Carmen Mendoza, Patricia Soriano, and Miriam Urbano, promote the study, the exchange of creative positions, and dissemination. February 22nd.
2021:
- Interview: AQUI Y AHORA. Xácara culture. Online Cultural Magazine. Interview on the occasion of the individual exhibition Aqui y Ahora by Alejandra España. Taller 65 Gallery. By Monserrat.
-Stories from confinement. 32 Women from all over the world. Art and experiences. Organized by the digital magazine Xácara
-Cultural & Social Justice Projects. Liverpool – Mexico.
- Interview on the occasion of the month of women. CDMX. Mexico.
2020:
- El Dibujo Actual en México. Janitzio Alatriste Tobilla & José Luis Vera Jiménez. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. First Edition December 2020.
2019:
-EON LOOP. Artist's book printed in four-color silkscreen, designed and illustrated by Alejandra España Natera. 70 signed and numbered copies. Done at the El Ojo Peludo Workshop. Oaxaca.
- SILENCIO. Tierras Áridas. Artist's book with graphic work by: Josué Vázquez, Santiago Robles, Efraín Velasco, Alejandra España, Brenda Castillo, and Omar Árcega. Woodcut and silkscreen. Printed at the La Curtiduría Centro Cultural, Oaxaca & La Trampa Gráfica Contemporánea. Mexico City. Edition of 18 copies numbered and signed by the artists.
-Entrevista: Tú de mi, yo de ti. Blog of Women artists in relation to the multidisciplinary Exhibition: Tu de mi, yo de ti. Museo de la Ciudad de México. Mexico City.
2018:
- Future Relations: A Resource for Radical Teaching. Publication by Fred Alvarado. Naming Gallery. 335 15th St. Oakland C.A. U.S.A.
-Reality Machines: An Art Exhibition on Post-Truth. With essays by Vid Simoniti and Carlos Fonseca. Exhibition catalog. There was perhaps. Artist book. The poem was illustrated and written by Alejandra España Natera. Malís Ediciones. Ciudad de México. 200 signed and numbered copies.
-Relatos incompletos. Artist book. Alejandra España Natera. 120 copies. Printed in Cooperativa Crater Invertido.
- Entrevista con Humberto Musacchio. La República de las Letras. May 27, 2018. Radio Red 92.1 FM. 41 preguntas a Alejandra España. By Ivonne Ballí. LARMAGAZINE. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
-Parameter 02. Arte Lumen 2nd Edition. Exhibition catalog at Museo de la Ciudad de México. Mexico City.
-Report Sexto Piso. No. 34. Illustration for text by John Berger. Comrade prisoner!
-Cultura Colectiva. April is the month of Alejandra España.
- Las aventuras del Axolote, Comic for the collection of rainwater. Commission of the environmental education program "La Carpa Azul" of Isla Urbana. Printed version 1000 copies.
2016:
- Detritus. Poster-foldout. Alejandra España. 20 copies. Algraph. Printed in the Algrafo technique at the Taller de Gráfica Tecanche by Julián Guerrero, Pátzcuaro Michoacán. Memory 2016. Casa del Lago Juan José Arreola. http://www.casadellago.unam.mx/sitio/images/memoria2016.pdf Una rosa tiene forma de una rosa. Oficios e instintos. Mexico City.
-NoFM questionnaire. Interview with Alejandra España. By nofmradi. -
-Párrafo. The Animal Issue. Cover and portfolio. June 2016. Magazine of literature, art, and culture.
-No Name. Project in support of Fundación Alumnos 47. Exhibition at the Museo Rufino Tamayo. Mexico City.
- In conversation with Alejandro Piscitelli for Radio and Television of the Instituto Latinoamericano de la comunicación Educativa (ILCE). "Inspiring Youth-ILCE" project (Publication in the process).
2015:
- 1a Bienal Nacional de Paisaje. Museo Carrillo Gil. Exhibition catalog. National Council for Culture and the Arts. Animasivo 8. Contemporary Animation Festival May 27-31 in Mexico City. National Animation.
- Invitadas de honor. Graduates of "La Esmeralda" at the Biblioteca Vasconcelos.
2014:
- Somos Creadores. 200 emerging artists. Chrysler 200; Curatorship: Andrea Chauvet Almazan. Mexico.
- Evidencias. White Creminitz. Exhibition catalog. 50 copies.
Pp. 38-39. CDMX.
-1a Bienal Nacional de Paisaje. MUSAS. Museo de Arte de Sonora.
- Instituto Sonorense de Cultura. Page 66. “Sueño IV”. Mixed on wood. 2014. Sonora.
-Scribe box. Participation in the Scribe box Project.
2013:
- Sin límites. Arte contemporáneo en la Ciudad de México 2000- 2010. Editorial RM. CONACULTA. Page 424. Synopsis of the Project La Galería de Comercio. 442 Index. Mexico.
-Campos de acción: entre el performance y el objeto. Alias. Editorial. Number 16. Illustrations for the three numbers that make up the publication.
-Viaje al Centro de la Tierra. Publication on the website of the action carried out in La Galería de Comercio.
2012:
- The Palanca. Pablo Mayans Director. Number illustrated by Alejandra España. “Una mirada al monstruo” Pp.16-21 Cover and Pages: 2,4,7,8,10,1112,15,16-21,23,24,26,29,30,33,34. National Council for Culture and the Arts. Mexico.
-Allá afuera 3. Jerónimo Hagerman. MUCA Roma. Postcard collection, 108 ways of defining our relationship with what is Out There.
2011:
- A bird in my head. Conversation with Alejandra España By Santiago Robles Bonfil in collaboration with Karina Ruiz Ojeda.
2010:
- Guía infantil. Illustrated by Alejandra España, on the occasion of the Cristina Lucas exhibition, Light Years. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Carrillo Gil. Production and content Carolina Alba and Florencia Magaril. CONACULTA.
-Primavera. By Berta Hiriart. Children's book illustrated by Alejandra España. Ediciones El Naranjo. Artes de México. Magazine-Book-Bimonthly. No. 99, year 2010 Pp. 87. Illustration.
2007:
- Uti non abuti. Catalog of the individual exhibition. Galería La Esmeralda. Alejandra España. Text by Juan González de León. Economía ¿Qué es el dinero? Andrea Ruy Sánchez and Gabino Flores. Illustrations by Alejandra España. Ed. Artes de Mexico.
-Viento en vela. Year 2, number 10. Quarterly literature review. Number illustrated by Alejandra España.
2006:
- SIVAM. Artes Visuales. Exhibition Catalog of the International Award, by Sociedad Internacional de Valores de México Pp. 14-15. Mexico City.
2000:
- Siete escultores. Spring 2000. Imprint editors. Photograph of the work Pp. 47-B. Mexico City. Culture.
1997:
- ¡Cámara! Ciudad de México. Monumentos de una nueva generación.
-Exhibition catalog. Getty Conservation Institute and La Vaca Independiente. National Council for Culture and the Arts, Mexico.
COLLECTIONS
2021:
-Council of Foreign Relations, Washington. Tapiz. USA.
-Chloe Berkowitz. Tapestrie. Miami. USA.
-Tara Westover. Ceramic. N.Y. USA
2020:
- Bienal Tamayo XIX. Museo Rufino Tamayo. "Tunnel and glimpse". Painting. Mexico.
-Joshua Sobel. Collage. N.Y. USA.
-Arthur Zegelbone, Collage. N.Y. USA.
2017:
- Valeria Luiselli. Ceramic. N.Y. USA.
2014:
-VI Bienal Nacional de Yucatán. “Lugares Intangibles” Video. Mexico.
2015:
- 1st National Landscape Biennial. Hermosillo, MUSES. Museo de Arte de Sonora. "Neo Rauch reinterpreted". Painting. Mexico
1997:
- Getty Conservation Institute. Fotography. LA. CA. USA.
Some of her works are part of private collections such as that of the artists Carla Rippey, Edgar Orlaineta, the gallery owner Teresa Marmolejo, Ana Elena Patiño, Miguel Ángel Cordera, Pierre Azan, Eric Namour, among others.