Darío Escobar

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Darío Escobar
Born
Darío Escobar

c. 1971
Guatemala City, Guatemala
File:Dario Escobar - Untitled (McDonald's Cup), 1999.jpg
Untitled (McDonald's Cup) by Darío Escobar, 1999, cardboard, plastic, gold and pigments

Darío Escobar (born 1971, Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan artist.

His work is characterized by the investigation of formal and conceptual aspects of objects and their function in visual arts.

Select one-person exhibitions

2016

2015

  • "En otro orden", the 9.99 gallery, Guatemala City, Guatemala.

2014

  • Unions & Intersections, Nils Stærk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Broken circle, CAFAM Museum, Los Angeles, California

2013

  • Pintura abstracta No. 7 / Abstract Painting No. 7, González & González, Santiago de Chile.
  • Untitled, kamel mennour Galerie, Paris.
  • Dario Escobar / Blacksmith Paintings, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York.
  • Dario Escobar / Línea & Espacio, ArteCentro, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala.

2012

  • Dario Escobar (MAC) Museo de arte Contemporáneo de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.
  • Dario Escobar: Singular Plural. SCAD Savannah - SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
  • Dario Escobar: Singular Plural. SCAD Atlanta - Gallery 1600, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Dario Escobar / trabajo reciente Baró Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil.

2011

2010

  • Side and Back, kamel mennour, Paris
  • Anverso y Reverso, González y González, Santiago, Chile.

2008

  • Playoffs, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, New York.

2007

  • La Línea Interrumpida, (CCM ) Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
  • Dario Escobar/Project room, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.

2006

  • Objetos en Transito, Sala Gasco, Santiago, Chile.

2005

  • Serpentario, (CCEG ) Centro Cultural de España Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.

2004

2003

  • Espacios provisionales (MADC) Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica.
  • Visual Entertainments, Museo de Arte Moderno de Mérida, Mérida, Mexico.

2001

2000

  • Dario Escobar: Selección, II National Biennial of Lima, Peru.

Select group exhibitions

2016

  • "FOOT FORAINE”, Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille, France.
  • “GAME ON!” (CMA) Children's Museum of the Arts, New York.
  • "Colección MAC. Obras Latinoamericanas”, Museo de arte Contemporáneo de Santiago, Santiago de Chile, Chile.

2015

  • "...Pero no soy fotógrafo” The 9.99 Gallery, Guatemala.
  • “10ª Bienal do Mercosul" Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  • “Gold", Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase College, Purchase, New York.
  • “Coleccion Daros Latinamerica”, Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires.
  • “Líneas de la Mano”,Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX''
  • 5 - RPM (Revoluciones por minuto)”, the 9.99 gallery, Guatemala city, Guatemala.
  • Beleza?”, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brazil.

2014

  • Largo x Ancho x Alto / Height x Width x Depth”, the 9.99 gallery, Guatemala city, Guatemala.
  • El día que nos hicimos contemporáneos" (MADC) Museo de arte y diseño, San José, Costa Rica.
  • Gold”, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida
  • Fútbol: the beautiful game”, (LACMA) Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.
  • Deslize", Openning of (MAR) Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro.

2013

2012

2011

2010

  • Chapter II: Ruido, 9.99/proyecto, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
  • Proyecto Ideal, (MAC ) Museo de arte Contemporáneo de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.
  • Optimismo Radical, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, New York.
  • XVII Bienal de Guatemala, (CCM ) Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
  • Efecto Drácula, Museo Universitario del CHOPO, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Social Affects: A selection from the permanent Collection of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin America Studies/ Harvard University. Boston Center for the arts/ Mills Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Four Views from the Permanent Collection exhibition (MOLAA) Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California.

2009

  • Los impoliticos, (PAN ) Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy.
  • 10 Springs in the fall, kamel mennour, Paris.
  • Périfériks, (CAN) Centre d’art Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
  • Mundus Novus: 53 Bienal Internacional de Venecia, Artiglerie dell’Arsenale, Venice, Italy.
  • 0.3333333333333333…, 9.99/proyecto, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
  • La nada y el ser, Septima interpretación de La Colección Jumex, La Colección Jumex, Ecatepec, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Video otra vez, Metales Pesados, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
  • Performing Localities, (INIVA ) Institute of International Visual Arts, London, England.
  • X Bienal de La Habana, Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña, Havana, Cuba.

2008

  • La invención de lo cotidiano, (MUNAL) Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Object of Value, (MAC -MAM) Miami Art Central, Miami, Florida.
  • Playtime, Bétonsalon/ Centre d’art et de recherche, Paris, France.
  • World Histories, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
  • Visions From Abroad, Flushing Town Hall, New York, New York.
  • Elefante negro, Museo Diego Rivera, Mexico City, Mexico.

2007

  • Fortunate Object, (CIFO ) Cisneros Fontanalls Art Foundations, Miami, Florida.
  • Silence & Echo, Arena 1, Santa Monica, California.
  • The Hours: Visual Arts of Contemporary Latin America, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia.
  • Poetics of the Handmade The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, California.

2006

  • El esquiador en el fondo del pozo, Quinta interpretación de La Colección Jumex, La Colección Jumex, Ecatepec, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Stil Biuti, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland.
  • The Beautiful Game: Contemporary Art and Fútbol, (BAM) Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York.
  • Constant Disturbance, The Spanish Cultural Center, Miami, Florida.

2005

  • The Hours. Visual Arts of Contemporary Latin America, Dublin Museum, Ireland
  • Living for the city Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, New York / (CIEL) CentreInternational d’Expositions de Larouche, Toronto, Canada.

2004

  • Newspapers, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, New York.

2003

  • Intangible, (MADC) Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica.
  • LA Freeways: Latin America, (MOCA) The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California / America's Society, New York, New York (2004).
  • RAIN Project, Pabellón Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
  • Stretch, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada.
  • TransEAT , Food Culture Museum, Miami, Florida.
  • VIII Bienal de la Habana, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba.

2002

  • ART itsmo, (MADC) Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica.
  • Contaminados, (MADC) Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica.
  • Del centro a la isla, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba.
  • Intimate/Universal, Ateneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela.
  • Mesoamérica: Oscilaciones y Artificios, (CAAM) Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Canary Islands, Spain.
  • Zones in Tension, de GANG Gallery, Harlem, the Netherlands.

2001

  • Continuous Connection, Felissimo Project, New York, New York.
  • Short Stories, La Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy.
  • Spaces/Bodies/Identities, Centro Cultural de España, San José, Costa Rica.
  • 13 Hours, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela.
  • I Tirana Biennial, National Gallery & Chinese Pavilion, Tirana, Albania.
  • IV Caribbean Biennial, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
  • Barro de América IV Biennial, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela.

2000

  • 2eme. Biennale du Design 2000, Ecole des Beaux Arts de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France.
  • L’ art dans le monde, Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France.

1999

  • Guatemalan Art, Sala Oficial Juan Ismael del Cabildo de Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain.
  • II Iberoamerican Biennial of Lima, Lima, Peru.

1998

  • Fotojornada’98, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno Carlos Mérida, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
  • Without Title, Plaza G&T; Guatemala City, Guatemala.
  • I Central American Biennale, Centro Cultural Miguel Angel Asturias, Guatemala City, Guatemala / (DUMA) Duke University Museum of Art, North Carolina.
  • VI International Art Biennale of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador.

1997

  • La Joven Estampa, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba.

Lectures

  • Dario Escobar Lecture: The Experience of the Object. Events Space, SCAD Atlanta, Georgia. February, 2012
  • Uno a Uno: Darío Escobar y José Falconí. [One on One: Darío Escobar and José Falconí] Auditorium AFP Integra at the Museum of Art of Lima MALI. Lima, Peru. May 2011
  • Artist on Their Art Series: Darío Escobar. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) Harvard University. November, 2010
  • Mirar de Nuevo: El objeto reconsiderado. [Look again: the reconsidered object] National School of Fine Arts (ENAP), Guatemala, Guatemala. April 2010.
  • Work and recent projects panel with Sara Reisman, Americas Society / Pinta New York. November, 2009.
  • Darío Escobar: Cátedra y crítica magistral. [Darío Escobar: magisterial class and critic] New Amphitheater of the Hospital de la Concepción building, School of Fine Arts. Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. November, 2003.

External links

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