BIO
Gerardo Nolasco-Rózsas is a multidisciplinary artist born in Mexico City, works and lives in Karlsruhe, Germany. He uses a variety of media in his artistic practice, from painting to sound installation. Nolasco-Rózsas studied at San Carlos Academy in Mexico City and Universidad del Nuevo Mundo (UNUM). He went on to teach semiology and art theory at UNUM, and painting, new media, and photography at UNARTE in Puebla, Mexico. He founded two non-profit exhibition venues in Cholula, Puebla, Espacio Sero, and Don Apolonio Presenta, where he also worked as an artistic director. Nolasco-Rózsas has exhibited at a number of art institutions and galleries in Mexico and abroad. This list includes; Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporáneo and the Rufino Tamayo Museum in Mexico City, the Kunsthalle Budapest in Hungary, the Kunsthalle Basel in Switzerland, the ZKM in Karlsruhe, Art Science Exhibits at Humboldt-Universität in Berlin, Germany and the 58th Venice Biennale.
STATEMENT
The process defines the media and leads to artistic forms of new knowledge production.
My projects are divided in chapter-like fables that explore the role of culture and technology in human behaviour and evolution. My primary goal is to theorize, design, and conduct longitudinal studies of cultural dynamics in ecological context. By integrating cross-cultural fieldwork, my fables focus on the application of different field methods, and try to contribute to the interdisciplinary study of human evolution and human social dynamics. Using the theory of extended cognition my artistic works are transformed into tools to develop critical thinking.
CV
México City, 1975
Lives and works in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Studies (selection)
2003-2004
MA in Visual and Art Theory, San Carlos Academy (UNAM), Mexico City.
2002-2004
Visual art workshop. MFA. Francisco de Santiago.
Human figure workshop. MFA. Hermilo Castañeda.
2000-2001
Diploma in Semiology. UNUM, Mexico City
1996-2000
BA Visual and Graphic Culture. UNUM, Mexico City.
1996-1999
Photography workshop. Artist Saúl Serrano.
1997
From Existentialism to Installation, seminar. Artist Santiago Sierra.
1994-1996
Medical and Research Department, Anahuac University, Mexico City.
Teaching expirience
2016
ART AS RESEARCH, lecture at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe with Prof. Dr. Laurence A. Rickels.
2015
The Sweet Whisper of the Symbolic Power – Seminar about symbolic power in artistic practice at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe,Germany.
2012
Seminar about research in artistic practice at the Bauhaus University Puebla, Mexico.
2006-2008
Professor of painting, drawing, new media and photography at the UNARTE University, Puebla, México.
2003-2005
Professor of Semiology and Art Theory at the UNUM University, D.F., México.
Others
2011
Founding member of 570C gallery, Cholula,México.
2010
Co-founder of the Cultural Space Don Apolonio Presenta, Cholula, México.
2007
Founding member of the Espacio Sero gallery, Cholula,México.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2017
The Anthropometry in The Anthropocene, Why Yes, Karslruhe, Germany.
2016
Once Upon a Time, Alice Cavoukdjian dite Galli, Karslruhe, Germany.
2015
Parabole. Mobiles Museum, Pforzheimer,Germany.
The Sweet Illusion of the Economy of Power. Off Biennále Budapest.
2014
Work of Art in the Era of Digital Reproduction. Art Placc, Tihany,Hungary.
Once upon a time, Igor Metropol. Budapest, Hungary.
2012
Cholula Etnography. Nomadic Gallery, Cholula, Mexico.
2011
Hyperflaneur. Cultural space Don Apolonio, Cholula, Mexico.
2010
Porfirio short film screening. Cultural space Don Apolonio, Cholula, Mexico.
2009
Why to create more images, if I can find them on the Internet. Drexel art gallery, Nuevo León, Monterrey.
2008
Parabolé. Espacio Sero art gallery, Cholula, Mexico.
2005
Nature 01. E Mínimo art gallery, Madrid, Spain.Nature 02. Galería Absenta art gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2004
Dematerialization. El Grito art gallery, Mexico City.
2003
Blurred image. Agapi mu art gallery, Mexico City.
2002
Anatomy of the Imaginary. Hellenic Community art gallery, Mexico City.
2001
Entropy. Valle Dorado art gallery, Edo. de Mex., Mexico.
Group exhibitions (selection)
2019
Correspondence, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Kaposvár, Hungary.
Equilibrium, Palazzo Albrizzi, Venice, Italy.
Art/NaturSci Pavillion, Villa Sträulli, Winterthur, Switzerland.
20 éves a Dósai Nemzetközi Alkotótábor, Arkt Galériában, Eger, Hungary.
2018
Eco-connectivity, Berlin Science Week ,Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.
Ungeborenen Elefanten ins Maul sehen, PORT25, Mannheim, Germany.
2017
OOO Object Oriented Ontology, Kunsthalle Basel curated by Andreas Angelidakis.
Global Control and Censorship, Kunstihoone, Tallin, Estonia.
Global Forest, St. Georgen, Germany.
2016
Correspondence, Community Futures Lab, Philadelphia, USA.
Correspondence, Liliput gallery, Puebla, Mexico.
Global Forest, St. Georgen, Germany.
Splitting, UPAEP Museum, Puebla, Mexico.
From the Micro to the Macro, BUAP Museum, Puebla, Mexico.
Obra Abierta, Centro Cultural Las Claras, Plasencia.
2015
Global Control and Censorship, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2014
On the Edge of Perceptibility, Mücsarnok Kunsthalle Budapest, Hungary.
Crosstalk Video Art Festival, Higgs Field, Budapest, Hungary.
ART IX-XI Gallery, Budapest Hungary.
Art Colony of Hajdúság. Hajdúság, Hungary.
Art Colony of Jászdózsa. Jászdózsa, Hungary.
2013
Selection from the Collection of Jászdózsa. Templom Gallery, Eger, Hungary.
12º Contemporary art contest, Museum of Contemporary art Puebla, Puebla, Pue.
Residence (15 years). Jászdózsa, Hungary.
Art Colony of Hajdúság (50 years). Hajdúság, Hungary.
2009
XIV Painting Biennial Rufino Tamayo, MACO (Museum of Contemporay art Oaxaca), Oaxaca, Mexico.
2008
XIV Painting Biennial Rufino Tamayo, Tamayo Museum, Mexico City.
There is no Topic. Volume I. Espacio Sero art gallery, Cholula, Puebla.
2007
UNARTE Contemporary. Museum of contemporary art Puebla, Puebla, Pue.
Residence (8 years). Jászdózsa, Hungary.
2006
Subasta de Arte. Presidente Intercontinenta Art Gallery, Mexico City.
2005
The art of diplomacy. S. Menache art gallery, México D.F.
Mosaics. Lomas Sporting Club art gallery, Edo. de Mex. México.
2004
WTF. El Grito art gallery, México D.F.
2000
Apocalyptic visions, National Museum of Viceroyalty, Tepozotlan, Mexico.
1997
Black+White. Cultural Center of Contemporary Art, México D.F.
1996
On painting. Naucalli Art Gallery, Edo. de Mex. Mexico.
Awards and Residencies (selection)
2017
Sankt Georgen art residence, Germany.
Regionale 18
2016
Selected in the Obra Abierta 2016, Plasencia.
Jászdózsa art residence, Hungary.
2014
Igor Metropol art residence. Budapest, Hungary.
Hajdúság art residence, Hungary.
Jászdózsa art residence, Hungary.
2013
Selected in the 12º Contemporary art contest of Puebla.
Hajdúság art residence, Hungary.
Jászdózsa art residence, Hungary.
2008
Selected in the XIV Bienal Rufino Tamayo.
2005
Madrid and Barcelona art residence.
2003
Residence in Jászdózsa, Hungary.
2001
Jászdózsa art residence, Hungary.
First place, Young artists Edo. de Mex.
2000 Third place at Scotties art contest, Mexico City.
Fairs
2014
Art Placc, Tihany,Hungary.
2011
Zona Maco, Mexico City.
Collections
Dosai Alkototabor Foundation
Hajdúsági Foundation
Publications and Catalogs
Kunstforum
Can you hear me?
Global Control and Censorship
Weltweite Überwachung und Zensur
von Carmela Thiele
2015
Global Control and Censorship
Catalog
2015
Mobile Museum
Catalog
2015
Other Sounds
Flash Art Budapest
November 2014
MACO
Catalog
April 2011
XIV Bienal Rufino Tamayo
Catalog
February 2009
Biennial Rufino Tamayo
La Jornada
September 2008
Especio Sero
Genero
October 2008
Espacio Cero
Ambience
May 2007
Espacio Cero
Opiniones
July 2007
Espacio Cero
Khuomo
March 2007
Espacio Sero
Catalog
December 2007
Gerardo Nolasco
Cover
May 2007
UNARTE
Genero
July 2007
Gerardo Nolasco
Mundo Canada
September 2001