Born 1976 San Diego, California
Gabriel Munguia is a Mexican-American artist based in Shanghai, China. Gabriel Munguia was born and raised in San Diego. The second oldest of eight siblings. He graduated with his Bachelor of Arts from Saint Olaf College, Minnesota, USA. Gabriel Munguia started his art career as an apprentice in 1999 for one of China’s most renowned contemporary artists -- Chen Yifei, and later with Marcestel Squarciafichi one of France's master living contemporary artists. In 2017-18 he was accepted at the prestigious Sichuan Fine Art Institute as a visiting Scholar in the art practice and academic arena of the Song Dynasty. For two decades Gabriel Munguia has chartered his own personal international 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. His artwork is textured in abstraction, there is a quest for harmony and balance in the universe of the unknown INSPIRED THE ART 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, 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, US ART SHOWS 2022 April Art Expo New York, USA 2022 Feb International Art Fair New York, USA 2022 April V Biennale of Contemporary Art Argentina, Buenos Aires 2020 December Miami Art Basel Week, SPECTRUM Miami, USA 2020 San Diego Art Fair 2019 December Miami Art Basel Week, SPECTRUM Miami, 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 Guilin Art Expo Guilin, China 2016 November "Architecture and Art Forum" Featured Gabriel Munguia (Art) and Eva Wang 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 |
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