Mauricio Esquivel

El Salvador

Graduated with honors in the career of Visual Arts and Design from the National University in El Salvador where he was a teacher for two years. He has resided in Nicaragua, Cuba, Mexico, Costa Rica, London, and the United States, currently lives and works in New York.

Co founder of Virgin Studio, member of the curatorial group The Fire Theory based in Colombia, El Salvador and New York.

He has participated in the talks “Central Themes”(Temas Centrales) coordinated by TEOR/éTica Foundation in Costa Rica in 2012 and in “The day that we came contemporary” in the Contemporary Art and Design -MADC- in San Jose Costa Rica in 2014.

Selected collective shows:
2009
X International Biennial, Cuenca, Ecuador.
2010
XXXI International Biennial, Pontevedra, Spain.
I International Triennial from the Caribbean, Dominican Republic.
VI Central American Biennial, Nicaragua.
2011
Change, World Bank Program, Washington - Paris.
II Muestra de Arte Iberoamericano, Centro Cultural de España en Mexico.
Video Show “Triangle C.S.C.”, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico.
“Central America Civic and Violence, Art Americas Art Fair, Miami.
2012
International Festival of arts, Costa Rica -FIA-
Esfoto 12, El Salvador.
Photo 30,Guatemala.
2013
First South Biennial, Panama.
2014
XX Contemporary art and Design Anniversary, MADC museum, Costa Rica.
IX Central American Biennial, Guatemala.
2015
RelocatingSal, Hilger BrotKunsthalle Gallerie, Vienna, Austria.
Latin American Experience, Fine Arts Museum, Huston, US.
2016
Art Lima, Perú.
Context, New York, US.
Art/To, Toronto, Canada
2017
Volta13 Basel, Switzerland.
2018
“Donde Hubo Fuego” Semi permanent show at the -MARTE- Museum, El Salvador.
​2019
“Material with Meaning” Bronx River Art Center, NY
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Solo shows:
2018
“Las Hieleras”, Marte Museum, El Salvador
2017
“At the Borders” Lokkus Arte Contemporáneo, Medellín, Colombia.
2015
Glitch & Landscapes, Guatemala.
2012
Displacement Line, EDS Gallery, México.
Displacement Line, Art San Diego Art Fair, US.

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Awards:
2009
Premio de Arte Joven by the Centro Cultural de España en El Salvador.

First prize, Valoarte Costa Rica for Displacement Line series.
2013
Honor Mention at Sumarte Auction, El Salvador
2010 - 2014
Nominated for the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation Production Grant.
Honor Mention in Sumarte Auction, El Salvador.
2015
Honor mention at the Awards & Auction, Rosas Botran Foundation - Espace Expression Gallery, Miami.
​2018
Y.ES Grant for curatorial project
2018
Grantee of the Harpo Foundation for the New Projects Grant, Miami, USA.

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Editorial:
​Co-curator for the project: "Tu nombre es un laberinto" Contemporary Artist from El Salvador sponsored by Luciano Benetton Foundation.
Mi casa no es su casa under the Y.ES Foundation Grant

“Martirio” Centro Cultural de España en El Salvador

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Collections:
Art Museum of El Salvador MARTE.
TEOR/éTica Foundation, San José, Costa Rica.
Contemporary Art and Design -MADC- in San Jose Costa Rica
Sanziany & Palais Rasumofsky, Austria.
The World Bank Collection, Washington, USA.
Among others privates in EEUU, Mexico, Colombia and Central America.

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Magazines reviews: Art Nexus, Artist Shock, Lapiz, Frontera D, Art Districts among others