Gabriela León Vázquez : Artist Biography
Sunday Walk to the Zocalo of Oaxaca

Born Cuautla, Morelos 1973

Education

2000

Residency, Washi zoo kei, Paper Studio of Teiji Ono, Tokyo, Japan

1998

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Arts, University of the Americas, Puebla, Mexicoico

Grants/Awards

2000-2001

Poetry
National Foundation for Culture and Art, Mexicoico

2000

Design, "Pulchrus Corpus", Alternative Fashion
Mexicoican Institute for Youth, Mexicoico

1999

Installation Honorable Mention
Segunda Biennial of Los Angeles, Iberoamericana University, Puebla, Mexicoico Poetry
State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, Puebla, Mexico

Solo Exhibitions

2006
Paseo dominical por el zócalo de Oaxaca, Performance, Oaxaca, Mexico

2001

Cuerpo, Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno, Puebla, Mexicoico

2000

Cuerpo, Gallery of the Iberoamericana University, Puebla, Mexico

1998

Trajes Mágicos contra los Tiempos Mezquinos
Between the Studio and the Gallery, Puebla, Mexico

1997

Exposición, University of the Americas-Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

Group Exhibitions

2007

Visual Resistenz, Illuseum Art space, Media Instalation, Amsterdam

2006

The New Barbarians, La Pocha Nostra and friends, Performance, MACO, Museo de Arte
Contemporneo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico

Caudal del Sur. Video. MACO Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Mexico

La descendencia del fuego, Cerámica, Museo de los Pintores Oaxaque&ntild;os, Oaxaca

Emerging from the Shadow, The Cellars at Shoreditch Town Hall, Londres, Inglaterra

2005

2nd International Symposium Varanasi 2005, Galería Ram Chhatpar Slip Nyas Galería, Varanasi, India

2004

Latin World, Women´s Museum, Dallas, Texas

2002

Washi Zokei, Setagaya Museum, Tokyo, Japan

2000

Exposición Premio Ominilife, October Salon, Jalisco, Mexico

Seis Miradas, Contemporary Gallery of Art and Desing, Puebla

1999

Segunda Bienal de Los Ángeles, Iberoamericana Gallery, Puebla, Mexico

1998

XVII Encuentro Nacional de Arte Joven, Itinerant Exhibition – Mexico

Nuevos Pintores, Museum, Morelo’s House, Mexico

Exposici&oactue;n Colectiva de Estudiantes de Arte, National Center for the Arts, Mexico City

Prohibido Arte Secreto, First Independent Hall in a Small Format, Mexico City

1997

De la Cocina a la Obra, The Government Hall of Protocols, Puebla, Mexico

Others Activities

1996

Wardrobe Designer
Magnuson Fashion Show, UDLA-P,Puebla, Mexico

1995

Set Designer
X International University Theater Festival, UDLA-P Theater Company

Set Design
UDLA-P (University of the Americas-Puebla), Dance Company

Collective Work
Mural Gemelo en Talavera, UDLA-P and the University of New Mexico

Publications

2000

Poetry
"El Poeta Esteta", Obra Negra, Ed., Mexico City
"Venimos Desde Lejos a Enterrarno"s, Secretaria de Cultura of the Government of the State of Puebla

1999

Poetry

"Antología de Creación Joven 1997-1999, CONACULTA (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes) and The State Foundation for Culture and Art

1994

Poetry

"Quien dijo que el Polvo no era Terciopelo," Colección Cuadernos del Cuervo, UDLA-P, Puebla, Mexico