Artist Name: Héctor Jiménez Castillo
Residency Dates: March – April
Born: 1992
Hometown: Veracruz, Mexico
Lives & Works: Guadalajara, Mexico
URL: http://medicenhectorjimenez.tumblr.com/
Education: 2014 BFA, Escuela de Artes de la Secretaría de Cultura Jalisco, Jalisco, Mexico
Bio/Statement:
Héctor Jiménez Castillo’s practice is influenced by intuition, chance and the use of his own biography. His work frequently depicts human vulnerability and examines identity and intimacy. Castillo investigates the production of images that are inspired by our unconscious and explores them in different media including choreography, text, drawing, and sculpture. His work process can be described as methodically organizing an unveiling of his own reality and that of others while playing with notions of chance. Castillo actively collaborates with theater companies such as Optional Company and the Teatro Ojo collective. Represented by Guadalajara90210, he is a co-founder of the Arrogante Albino Collective.
Selected solo exhibitions include: Quis este deus quem adoras? (¿Cuál es el dios al que adoras?) Espacio Obra negra, Guanajuato, Mexico, 2018, You’re here and it’s amazing, Arrogante Albino’s commissioned performance for I SEE YOU, curated by Storm Janse van Rensburg, Humberto Moro & Ben Tollefson, SCAD Museum of art, Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A, 2018, Concierto para dos pies izquierdos, Laboratorio Artes Variedades, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2018, La domesticación de los reinos (plantae) para Unmetrocuadrado, Hotel Demetria, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2018, Hubo dos momentos de fugaz conciencia mientras cruzábamos el río. Guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2017, Artista holgazán, ingenuo y falto de pericia. Galería Juan Soriano, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2017,
Selected group exhibitions include: Staircase Pavilion curated by Guadalajara90210, Santa María la Ribera, Mexico, 2019, La presencia de la ausencia, Llorarmx, Mexico, 2018, Antropología moderna, Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico, 2018, Mecánica Vegetal parte I/II/III, Guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2018, Geometría primitiva, Guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2018, Geometría primitive, Galería Mercado Negro, Puebla, México, 2018, El departamento imaginario del Dr. Atl, Guadalajara90210, Gaudalajara, Mexco, 2018, Figura inesperada: Dos extraños llaman la puerta, Zsona Maco, Mexico City, Mexico, 2018, Compartíamos el planeta con los mamuts. Foro Periplo, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2017, Vuelos y cantos dentro de un edificio que llora. Organized by Guadalajara90210, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2017, Panadería Morelos. Museo de la Ciudad, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2016.
Support: Héctor Jiménez Castillo’s residency is made possible with support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, NY in collaboration with PEANA, NY.
