Biography
Born in San Diego, Ca. USA 1976
After graduating with his Bachelor’s of Arts from Saint Olaf College in the USA, Gabriel Munguia started his art career as an apprentice in 1999 for one of China’s most renowned contemporary artist, Chen Yifei, which inspired artist to grow into the Munguia we know and realize today. This modern master's mentorship was awe inspiring and in fact changed the course of his life. For two decades now, Gabriel Munguia has chartered his own personal Shanghai odyssey on canvas. He has shared with us his growing pains, his love, his loneliness, his isolation, his joy and his excitement, and above all his passion for life. It is a passion that shines in his art. We are engaged by his life affirming energy, sensitive and generous nature, cheerful disposition, intuition and honesty. The richly textured abstraction echoes previous expressionistic and figurative works. There is a quest for harmony and balance in the universe of the unknown.
RESUME
2020 April-June Shanghai International FTZ Art Exhibit
2019 December Miami Art Basel Week Miami, USA
2019 October San Diego Art Fair, USA
2019 April ArtExpo New York, NY USA
2018 December Miami Art Basel Week, SPECTRUM Miami, USA
2018 February-May "Sorrow to Happiness" Art Exhibit Eva Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
2017-2018 January "SONG DYNASTY Exhibition" Art Show, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing China
2017 June-September "SOLITUDE" Eva Art Gallery Shanghai, China
2017 January 20-March Guili Art Expo Guilin, China
2016 November "Architecture and Art Forum" Featured Gabriel Munguia (Art) and Eva Wang ( Architect)
2016 March "Tableaux Vivants II" – Genève, Switzerland
2015 June LGBT " Love is our Future" Group Art Show Polar Bear Gallery M50 Shanghai, China
2015 March 'PASS THE LOVE" Auction House BABY ART Co, Education Shanghai, China
2015 March BOSCH International Co. Awarded Art Commission Project, China Tour
2015 March-June Eva Gallery Solo Show "PRIMAVERA" Shanghai, China
2014 November "Rencontres Intemporelles" Geneva Art Space - Genève, Switzerland
2014 August "Capture part II" Gallery - Geneva Art Space, Neuchâtel, France
2014-Present International Art Trade Center Shanghai (PFTZ)
2013 November China Capital Investment Group LTD. Commission Art Project. Shanghai, China
2013 November HonQiao Business Center Commission Art. Shanghai, China
2013 October MAG - Montreux Art Gallery Fair - Montreux, Switzerland
2013 May "Tableaux Vivants" Fair- Genève, Switzerland
2012 May-June M50 Studio Rouge Gallery Shanghai
APPASSIONATA Solo Exhibition
2012 February-March M50 Studio Rouge Gallery Shanghai
Group Show
2012-June 2013 November-December Broadcast Fashion Company
"TIME" Group Art Show
Guangzhou
Shanghai
Beijing
2011 November Doland Museum, Shanghai
METAMORPHOUS Solo Exhibition
2009 June Colorloft Gallery M50 Art District Shanghai
"MOONLIGHT" Group Exhibition
2008 June Shanghai
140 SQM Gallery "Solo Exhibition"
2007 Oct.11th-Nov.30th Shanghai
Back Room Gallery, Shanghai Art Museum "Solo"
2005, Shanghai
Red Cross Tsunami Charity Event Group
2004, Shanghai
Color Loft Gallery Moganshan Lu 50 Solo "Desire”
2004, Shanghai
Mexican Consulate Shanghai, China
2003, Shanghai
Shanghai American Club
2002, Shanghai
Personal Exhibition
2000, Shanghai
Personal Exhibition
EDUCATION
2017- 2018 Scholar Residence Art Program SICHUAN FINE ARTS INSTITUTE, Chongqing, China
2012-2015 Founder of PAINT TALK Children's Art Education, Shanghai, China
2009-2012 BUND 1919 Art Residency with Artist Marcestel Squarciafichi, Mentorship Shanghai, China Shanghai
1999-2005 Art Residency with Artist Chen Yifei. Painting, Drawing, Ceramics, Mentorship. Shanghai China
1998-1999 Lancaster University, Art Residency. Painting, Drawing. United Kingdom
1998 Chiang Mai University. Studied Thai Art History and Culture. Chiang Mai Thailand
1997 Hong Kong University, Studied Chinese Art History. Hong Kong, China
1995-1999 Saint Olaf College, BA, Northfield, Minnesota, USA